We are exploring a conversation on the possibilities of what we call “wise democracy” using the tools from the Wise Democracy project. With participatory exercises to guide dialogue, we explored questions of: How might we design for co-creative democratic participation? How might we invoke wisdom to facilitate power sharing? What practices might we be missing […]
Can we Raise Awareness Toward Disrupting the Business Model of War? If we become aware of the interconnected systems and interests of political & planetary oppression, we can publicly speak to these issues, and disrupt their functions. We hold that the only truly sustainable world is flourishing – which is present when people, societies and […]
Continuing the DwD exploration of policy futures, in April we explored probable and desired near future political landscapes facing Toronto and Ontario in the impending election. As with the 2017 DwD series on a People’s Design Brief for Canadian foreign policy, we hosted a dialogue to co-create new narratives for an emerging political concern. In […]
This year, September 21-22 OCAD University hosts the #NoWar2018 conference, the annual international peace conference held by World Beyond War. We are proposing a workshop and possibly a panel or talk to share the workshop’s outcomes at this event. Last year at this time DwD held a track of dialogue events toward the recovery of […]
The July DwD hosted a mixed group of designers, curious citizens and community activists to engage in the inquiry and workshop Exploring Values in Digital Democracy. The primary purpose of the workshop was to explore questions of values and positions openly to inform the design of the Nova Agora prototype and contribute to new model […]