Reading list (optional)

Alexander, C., Ishikawa, S., & Silverstein, M. (1977). A pattern language: towns, buildings, construction. New York, Oxford University Press, pp. 610-613.

Berners-Lee, L. (2023, April 14). The intimacy gradient. Design Issues [link].

Bohm, D. (1996). On dialogue. New York: Routledge, pp. 1-5.

Chwalisz, C. A Movement That’s Quietly Reshaping Democracy For The Better [link].

Claudia Chwalisz’s note on the need for AI-powered tech in the next democratic paradigm [link].

Cramer, K. J. (2022). "Chapter 4: The qualitative study of public opinion". In Handbook on Politics and Public Opinion. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing [link].

Ganz, M. Organizing: People. Power. Change, The Commons: Social Change Library [link].

Goffman, E. (1959). The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. Penguin Books ltd. pp. 57–58.

Herzig, M. and Chasin, L. (2006). Fostering dialogue across divides: A nuts and bolts guide from the Public Conversations Project. Watertown, MA: The Public Conversations Project, pp. 59-92.

Hughes, M., Dimitrakopoulou, D., McDowell, C. & Roy, D. (2022). Digital Civic Sensemaking: Computer-Supported Participatory Sensemaking of Nuanced, Experience-Based Dialogue. Proceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences [link].

Lafont, C. (2019). Democracy without Shortcuts: A Participatory Conception of Deliberative Democracy, Oxford (Introduction).

Levitsky, S., & Ziblatt, D. (2018). How Democracies Die. Crown Publishing Group (chapter 9 “Saving Democracy”).

Lippmann, W. (1919, November). The basic problem of democracy. The Atlantic [link].

Meyrowitz J. (1985) No Sense of Place: The Impact of Electronic Media on Social Behavior. New York: Oxford University Press.

Palmer, P. (2009). A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life. Jossey-Bass, pp. 89-112.

Roy, D. (2023, October 17). The Internet could be so good. Really. The Atlantic [link].

Schumpeter, J. A. (2010). Capitalism, socialism, and democracy. Chapter XXI, The Classic Doctrine of Democracy [link].

Sensemaking Unveiled: Cortico’s Community-Driven Approach to Qualitative Analysis [link].

Stains, Jr., R. (2014). Repairing the breach: The power of dialogue to heal relationships and communities. Journal of Public Deliberation, 10:1, article 7, pp. 1-5.

Stone, D., Patton, P., and Heen, S. (1999). Difficult conversations: How to discuss what matters most. New York: Viking Penguin, pp. 1-20.

Thurston, B. “Democracy without politicians (Claudia Chwalisz)”, How to Citizen, Season 4, Episode 4 [link].

Turkle, S. (2015). Reclaiming conversation: The power of talk in a digital age. New York: Penguin Books, pp. 1-56.