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How Power Corrupts: Online Deliberation

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Wed 11 May 2011, 2:00pm

Free Word Lecture Theatre

Panel discussion featuring Professor David Graeber (Goldsmiths), Tim Hardy (Sukey), Dr Ricardo Blaug (Westminster)

Existing internet fora suffer hierarchy and corruption by power: who can be most scathing, who can post most frequently, who has had their blog referenced by mainstream media. The panel will consider: How can we challenge online power dynamics? What structures online forums and how can they be made accessible? How can deliberative and consensual ways of organsing practised online spread to institutions?