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To more and more people, the future is no longer a promise but a threat. They feel a sense of powerlessness in the face of global developments such as climate change, cultural backlashes and economic transformation. While, as human beings, we are always exposed to contingency, democracy does give us the opportunity to control and shape large parts of our lives together as free and equal citizens.
We believe that for the 2020s to become a decade of transformation, they have to become a decade of democratisation, too. In the years to come, the way we produce, work and live will fundamentally change. It is up to us whether these transformations will be characterised by design – in the sense of change brought about by technocratic institutions and corporations -, disaster – in the sense of uncontrolled change due to inaction -, or democracy – in the sense of change shaped equally and freely by all. Can processes of democratisation be an answer to the multiple crises we are facing?
Towards a future shaped freely and equally by all
We often think of improving democracy in terms of widening and deepening the possibilities of participation. In this understanding, democratisation means that more people should be able to participate in the political process in more innovative and impactful forms. While the question of who is able to participate in democratic decision-making processes is crucial, it should not divert our attention from the equally important question of what it is that we (do not) democratically decide about.
At Innocracy 2021, we want to identify fields which are excluded or are being removed from democratic control and explore whether and how (re-)democratising them could lead to a better future. We want to move from liberal democracy as a state we must defend to democratisation as a process we must develop.
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