Methodical Snark critical reflections on how we measure and assess civic tech
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Findings #participationwashing? Participatory mechanisms promise to empower the marginalized, and can provide the illusion of power, but an ethnographic study on development processes in Boston shows how participation can simply reinforce existing power dynamics: “residents appear empowered, while officials retain ultimate decision-making authority.” Worse than that, a (peer reviewed...

Methodical Snark critical reflections on how we measure and assess civic tech

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