The data of democracy and what we can learn from thirty thousand Poles standing in a field. Anthony Zacharzewski, founder of the Democratic Society, talks about the interface between open data and democratic decision-making, and what we can learn from thirty thousand Poles standing in a field.

1. Democracy & Data
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2. One of the lesser known democratic festivals

3. 30,000 Poles standing in a field

4. A truer reflection of democracy than this ?

5. Five interactions between data and democracy

6. Jan Sobieski is
6’1” tall
1. Information

7. Jan Sobieski spoke in the
Senate in favour of attacking
the Turks
2. Relevant information

8. The generals say we cannot secure
the border unless we recapture
Kamieniec Podolski from the Turks
3. Context

9. I think they are going to
vote for Jan Sobieski
4. Listening in

10. 5. Connecting conversations

11. Biggest achievements: open data

12. You know when it’s done

13. There’s not (usually) much political consequence

14. You don’t need to change your behaviour

15. Context: “why” not “what”

16. Donation mapping

17. Law mapping

18. How you are represented

19. Not short of platforms...

20. ...easily colonised by unrepresentative voices

21. Need networks

22. Actively open

23. but save the human

24. Presentation by Anthony Zacharzewski
for the Democratic Society. May 2013
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