Welcome to the Experimental Democracy Console
With pre-existing democratic forms increasingly being questioned, participative experiments are proliferating with these publicly testing-out and possibly even pre-figuring political alternatives.
Shift the console's sliders and then click on the console's mouse (to the right of the sliders) to explore some of the multiplicity of contemporary forms of experimentation.
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eRepublik
Become a citizen and 'change the world' in this online social strategy game. View experiment
22 April 2010
Democracy: Your Voice, Your Video
A US Department of State backed competition inviting citizens from around the world to create a short video that completes the phrase 'Democracy is…' View experiment
22 April 2010
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The Open Utopia
A new edition of More's Utopia, that is open to use, copying and modification. View experiment
7 April 2011
Echo
Platform which allows people from all over the world to jointly discuss issues of common interest and to develop and implement solutions to these issues. View experiment
7 April 2011
WeGov
WeGov will develop a toolset that will allow pre-existing forms of participation on social networking sites to be used to inform policy making. View experiment
12 August 2010
Citzalia
Citzalia is a role playing game and social networking forum that captures the essence of the European Parliament. View experiment
12 August 2010
openIDEO
openIDEO is designed to be an online platform for creative thinkers, a place where people design better, together for social good. View experiment
7 October 2010
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Ideal Debate
An EC wide online climate change debate. View experiment
22 April 2010
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Summit of micronations
Summit of self-made micronations. View experiment
19 April 2011
European & World Social Forum
The World Social Forum is an open meeting place where social movements, networks, NGOs and other civil society organizations opposed to neo-liberalism come together to share their experiences freely, pursue their thinking and formulate proposals for effective action. View experiment
22 April 2010
World Wide Views
World Wide Views is a response to this challenge of including and involving citizens worldwide in policy making processes around the issue of global warming. More than 4,000 ordinary citizens gathered in 38 countries worldwide and have been involved in this project to date. View experiment
7 October 2010
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Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army
Roll up, roll up - ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, friends and foes - welcome to the unparalleled, the unexpected, the perfectly paradoxical, the grotesquely beautiful, the new-fangled world of the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army. View experiment
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Omnibus for Direct Democracy
Democracy in motion, a maneuverable force touring around South-Eastern Europe. View experiment
22 April 2010
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Europolis
This project was set up to test whether a form of deliberative democracy might be used to help address the democratic deficit in Europe. View experiment
22 April 2010
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Tory 'Crowdsourcing' proposal
The UK Conservative party have announced a competition, with a £1million prize, for the best new technology platform that helps people come together to solve the problems that matter to them. View experiment
13 April 2010
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MyFarm
The National Trust, in the UK, is asking the public to help run a real-life working farm via the web. View experiment
10 May 2011
Yoosk
Putting publics in touch with famous people to answer their questions. View experiment
22 April 2010
38 Degrees
People. Power. Change. Brings people together to take action on the issues that matter to bring about real change in the UK. View experiment
22 April 2010
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A National Dialogue on Health, Information Technology and Privacy
Experiment in 21st century democracy that engaged a diverse group of voices in tackling an issue confronting America's health care system: How can information technology be used to improve the way patients interact with the healthcare system, while safeguarding their right to privacy?
22 April 2010
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UK Uncut
On 27 October 2010, just one week after George Osborne announced the deepest cuts to public services since the 1920s, around 70 people ran along Oxford Street, entered Vodafone's flagship store and sat down. We had shut down tax-dodging Vodafone's flagship store. View experiment
22 April 2010
Battlefront
Battlefront is an online/on telly Channel 4 education project (in the UK) that supports 14-21 year-olds become campaigners by turning their ideas into fully-fledged campaigns. View experiment
19 August 2010
Gormley's One & Other
A live and participatory artwork / representation of the UK by sculptor Antony Gormley. View experiment
22 April 2010
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Precarity: A People's Tribunal
A one-day tribunal that brought together people, testimonies, evidence and archives to stimulate collective discussions and propositions about the conditions of precarity that face workers and artists involved in the 'cultural industries'. View experiment
7 April 2011
If Not, Then What?
A temporary creative think-tank for arts involvement with politics - exploring, developing and critiquing various forms of collective and local political engagement in a participative way. View experiment
11 February 2011
How to Live in the 21st Century
Summoning members of UK campaigning organisation Compass to generate and vote on new policy ideas. View experiment
22 April 2010
Building Democracy
A 2008 UK Department of Justice sponsored competition for initiatives to facilitate and encourage democratic participation. View experiment
22 April 2010
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POWER 2010
A campaign to give everyone (in the UK) a say in how British democracy works. View experiment
22 April 2010
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Democracy Village
A creative space (on Parliament Square, Westminster) generated in 2010 to enable people to discuss and put into action solutions for the future, such as community, self sufficiency and sustainability. View experiment
11 February 2011
May Day People's Assembly
A proposal for a People's Assembly in Trafalgar Square in London, organised as part of the May Day 2010 'Election Meltdown'. View experiment
22 April 2010
Climate Camp
Actions and events organised by a grassroots movement of people taking action on climate change. View experiment
22 April 2010
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Vote for Me
A Pop Idol-style show to select potential MPs to stand for Parliamentary election. View experiment
22 April 2010
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Nanojury
Designed to enable non-specialists to voice their perspectives on an emerging policy issue. View experiment
22 April 2010
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Vote for Demolition
An online survey to identify which building the population of Los Angeles would like to have demolished. View experiment
22 April 2010
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LocalEyes
A community resource for any community, a local social networking site. View experiment
22 April 2010
Comixed
A networked conversation that works to bring different people in Manchester together to explore ideas collaboratively. View experiment
22 April 2010
Demoex
Short for Democracy Experiment, Demoex is an association with an elected local government representative that promotes and realises a form of direct democracy in Sweden. View experiment
22 September 2010
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Barnet PledgeBank
Barnet Pledgebank can be used to gather together people to get projects done […] PledgeBank is designed to help residents passionate about doing their bit for the community. By working together, we can offer services that are popular and worthwhile. View experiment
11 February 2011
Who Wants to Be?
A live reality game-show where the audience make up the questions, have all the answers, and set their own rules. View experiment
22 April 2010
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A World in Waiting
A World in Waiting is a day workshop that uses open space technology to let you set the agenda. It's a chance to share ideas and concerns with representatives of communities and authorities from across Bristol, the UK and Europe. View experiment
11 February 2011
Tagwagon
Tagwagon is designed as a vehicle for capturing the opinions of young people as part of community consultation projects. View experiment
22 April 2010
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21st Town Hall Meeting
Opportunities for citizens to participate in public decision making. View experiment
22 April 2010
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Policy Slam
Like Poetry Slams, Policy Slam events are designed to offer a way for people to come together to reflect on ideas and think about decisions. View experiment
22 April 2010
Clay and the Collective Body
A collective sculpture making project enabling a local public to express and represent itself through clay. View experiment
22 April 2010
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Totnes Primary experiment
Ballot papers were sent to every member of this UK constituency and 23.9% of the electorate took part in this 'Primary' style process to choose the Conservative Party candidate. View experiment
22 April 2010
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