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Networks and Politics. A presentation for Spanish Fulbright Alumni Associa…
Olga Gil gave a presentation on networks and politics. She discussed thinkers like Yochai Benkler and his work on the wealth of networks. She also discussed projects between thinkers and makers, including @RedesyCambio. Finally, she explored how networks empower institutions, citizens, firms and ideas, and can lead to change. The presentation examined these topics over the last 40 years of technological revolution and the empowerment it enables.
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- 1. Networks and Politics APresentation for Olga Gil, Ph.D. December 4rd, 2012. Monthly Tertulia of the Spanish Fulbright Alumni Association
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- 3. 2 I. Thinkers Find us@ Twitter @TicWisdom @OlgaG @JeanCharles
- 4. 3 The Wealth ofNetworks Power to the People A Moment of Opportunity Radical Reordering “Collective actions practices, … decentralized, that do not rely on the price system or the managerial structure of coordination” “The most convincing case for a fundamental change on how we understand the economy of society” --Lawrence Lessig Yochai Benkler, Medialab Madrid 2010
- 5. 4 2 Networks & Politics Arquitecture is control in Cyberspace: it is power to regulate behaviour in society. --Lawrence Lessig. An example is Facebook, reproducing the same structure (& induced also) we find in society. --Stephen Downs Language is also control. . @cognolab_beta
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- 7. Politics and Networks… 6 Democracy …And what went wrong…? •Individualism –attack on family, class…) made very difficult to engage people in politics •The end of the Cold War broke the social contract between elites and the citizen •Elite put of the control of voters •Democracies today depart from the egalitarian outcomes @cognolab_beta
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- 9. 8 What the digitalworld has made to the USA today…? A positive view Change in productive, leaership and relation models: @NewUrbanMechs –new urban mechanics civic -- innovation focused on delivering transformative city services to Boston residents @CitizensConnect City of Boston´CitizenSourcing. Mayor´s 24 hours plan @Patrick_Brennan in Boston or @CoryBooker
- 10. 9 II. Makers --andin between Find us @ Twitter @TicWisdom @OlgaG @JeanCharles
- 11. 2 10 How … did TicWisdom came about? People such as @piscitelli has inspired us from 2009 to 2011. And others such us @MadanRao @LRainiee @stevehargadon or @zephoria were the first informed about the initiative. In Spain we counted on @alafuente @dreig and @jfreire among others… and growing. TicWisdom is now working for profit in !) Big Data Projects 2) Developing Long Life Learning Programs Designed for Private International Firms at IBEX Index and Universities, 3) On the Trends side, working for private firms and building bridges with with three universities at the moment Besides, we are now over 20 people working under the LABs label TicWisdom is committed to participate in society and devotes 20% of its time to support non-for-profit causes for two projects linking Enterpreneurship, Sustaninability and Sports for Kids on the one hand and Spain Global Branding on the other.
- 12. 11 Projects “in Between” @RedesyCambio Together with Maria Luz Congosto @Congosto, Cecilia Gañán de Molina @CeciliaGanan, Ricardo García Vegas, Carlos Montes, Dolors Reig Hernendez @DReig, Jaime Ridriguez Martinez, Lourdes Soria and Llanos Montes @LlanosMontes and Jean Charles Blondeau @JeanCharles
- 13. 12 An example ofa project in Between, thinkers and makers: @RedesyCambio… Firms, Institutions and Citizens in the Networked Age @OlgaG olgagil@olgagil.es
- 14. Where… did TicWisdomwas Born 13 At Medialab-Prado, Madrid (http://medialab-prado.es) Medialab-Prado is an international space oriented to the production, research, and broadcasting of digital culture. It is a space where art, science, technology and society merge – a space where workshops, seminars, debates, meetings, concerts.... take place. Streaming is available for quarterly events so that #influence and #global participation are possible. All the sessions are recorded and are openly available and free. Thank you Jean Charles @Jeancharles Julia @julajcandela and Yolanda @Tintaalsol, Jose, Juan, Pascale Bang-Rouhet, @McGlaria, Marcos, Gabriel for your support those challenging- start days, and many others before and afterwards… @cognolab_beta
- 15. 14 II. Applied Thinking How do networks empower institutions, citizens and firms? And religion… @Pontifex Find us @ Twitter @TicWisdom @OlgaG @JeanCharles
- 16. @OlgaG 15 COSTS
- 17. @OlgaG 16 COSTS
- 18. @OlgaG 17 REPUTATION
- 19. @OlgaG 17 NETWORKS
- 20. @OlgaG 18 INSTITUTIONS IN CIVIL SOCIETY Foto: Siemens.com
- 21. @OlgaG 18 INSTITUTIONS IN CIVIL SOCIETY
- 22. @OlgaG 19 FIRMS
- 23. @OlgaG 20 PEOPLE
- 24. @OlgaG 21 PEOPLE AND … PARTIES correctphilippines.org/problems_of_presidentialism
- 25. @OlgaG 22 IDEAS http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/27846/
- 26. @OlgaG 23 CHANGE http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/27846/
- 27. 24 El ámbito de la reflexión de esta presentacion COSTS son los últimos cuarenta años, en los que hemos sido testigos de una gran revolución REPUTATION tecnológica. Esta revolución se basa en un cambio, el empoderamiento. Internet hace posible que la humanidad se comunique a gran NETWORKS escala de forma distribuida. Las redes de comunicación distribuída facilitan el empoderamiento del individuo y de la FIRMS sociedad. INSTITUTIONS Investigando científicamente las posibilidades novedosas que existen de modificar objetivos, prácticas, formas organizativas y valores PEOPLE sociales a través de las redes sociales, y cómo empoderan a las instituciones, al ciudadano, y las empresas, hemos llegado a conclusiones. El IDEAS estudio se realiza desde las aportaciones teóricas de la ciencia política, y de manera CHANGE secundaría, desde la sociología y la matemática…
- 28. COSTS 25 Hemos encontrado variables estructurales nuevas, que dependen de la tecnología distribuída y que afectan positivamente a la REPUTATION acción colectiva. NETWORKS Hemos visto tambien que los grandes detonantes del cambio son los cambios de valores, las nuevas ideas, la búsqueda de innovación, y diferenciación. FIRMS Por lo tanto, podemos hacer recomendaciones como: • La prospectiva sobre las nuevas ideas y sus aplicaciones, como INSTITUTIONS las avanzadas por Joi Ito, director de Medialab en MIT, cuya visión es la de una tecnología que forme parte de la naturaleza, en lugar PEOPLE de intentar dominarla… a diferencia de lo hecho en revoluciones industriales anteriores. O centros como The Centre for Design and Geopolitics en San Diego, en http://designgeopolitics.org IDEAS • Podemos hablar de mejores prácticas, prácticas nuevas y disruptivas. •Podemos establecer recomendaciones para el diseño de CHANGE acciones colectivas.
- 29. 26 Networks and Politics I.Thinkers II. Makers Conclusions
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- 31. @OlgaG 28 REFERENCES A Great Scientific Study, Bonobos ed. December 2012. Thanks to Dr. Rodrigo Sandoval
- 32. @OlgaG 29 REFERENCES A great applied example, december 2012. Thanks to @Amaya_Flyabit
- 33. 30 Time 4 Your Questions Weinvite you to contact us @TicWisdom Olga Gil - Founder and Director @olgag +34 609448309 olgagil@olgagil.es
- 34. 31 Thank you very much Visit us at www.TicWisdom.com Olga Gil, Ph.D. Founder Author of the idea and design for this presentation Jean-Charles Blondeau @jeancharles Labs director Education. Moodle. Tech tools. Feeds specialist and Financial Planning