Tuesday May 24 2011 / Citizenship
SIX Spring School: Citizen Passion in the 21st Century
The conference is on 24 and 25 May
From the recent eruption of civil unrest in North Africa, to crowd sourcing ideas for commercial products in the US; from investing in micro enterprises in Mumbai and Mexico City, to city ideas banks in South Korea, the nature of what it means to be a citizen is changing. All over the world, ‘regular people' are claiming a voice as activists, journalists, educators, producers, social entrepreneurs, bankers, and policymakers.
The potential of citizen driven innovation in this digital age broadens both what citizens can become involved in and how they can become involved. This changes the way citizens interact in every aspect of their lives, and it changes the way that social issues and wicked problems are addressed. It undermines top-down thinking, but it is often not entirely bottom-up.
During the SIX Spring School 2011 the participants will explore how co-creation can play a critical role in the way in which we live our lives and shape our society and will discuss the advantages and pitfalls of co-creation between citizens and organisations in this new technology-mediated world. A global community including professionals from public agencies, NGOs, global firms and universities will join with technology experts, policymakers, and service users will gather to explore some of these issues.
Organized by Kennisland, Young Foundation, Dialogue Cafe, Amsterdam Innovatie Motor, Ministery of Internal Affairs and SIX network (Social Innovation eXchange).
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