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<DIV><SPAN class=437392018-16112005><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Yes - that sounds
really useful.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=437392018-16112005><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>I am unable to go
to this one. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=437392018-16112005><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>If someone wants
to go on behalf of T & SA, we can pay reasonable expenses in return for a
report back.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=437392018-16112005><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2>Andy</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Andy Dearden<BR>Communications & Computing Research
Centre<BR>Sheffield Hallam University<BR>Sheffield<BR>S1 1WB<BR><BR>Tel: 0114
225 2916<BR>email: a.m.dearden@shu.ac.uk </FONT></P>
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
esocialaction-bounces@email-lists.org
[mailto:esocialaction-bounces@email-lists.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Walker,
Steve<BR><B>Sent:</B> 16 November 2005 11:28<BR><B>To:</B>
esocialaction@email-lists.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [esocialaction] FW: OII News
[2005.11.16]: E-Participation andPower: the Copper Wire and the
Electricity<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>May be of
interest,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Steve</FONT></DIV>
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size=2>________________________________________________________________</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Steve Walker, Senior Lecturer</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Leeds Metropolitan University</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>School of Information Management</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phone: (44) 113 283 7448</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> OII Events
[mailto:events@oii.ox.ac.uk]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wed 16/11/05 11:01<BR><B>To:</B>
OII-contacts@maillist.ox.ac.uk<BR><B>Subject:</B> OII News [2005.11.16]:
E-Participation and Power: the Copper Wire and the
Electricity<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Dear All,</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2> </FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>Please may we bring your attention to the following forthcoming
event:</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2> </FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>'E-Participation
and Power: the Copper Wire and the Electricity'</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Speaker: Stephen Coleman, Cisco Visiting Professor of
e-Democracy, Oxford</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Internet Institute</FONT>
<BR><FONT size=2>Respondent: Alex Allan, Permanent Secretary, Department of
Constitutional</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Affairs</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2> </FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Professor Jay G. Blumler will be in
attendance as a special guest of the</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>OII. He was
a mentor to many academics, including Professors Stephen</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>Coleman and Bill Dutton, and the recipient of the 2005 Career
Achievement</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Award from the Political Communication
Section of the American Political</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Science
Association.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2> </FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Date: 07
December 2005, 17:00 - 18:30</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Location: Rhodes Trust
Lecture Theatre, Said Business School, Park End</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>Street, Oxford OX1 1HP </FONT><BR><FONT size=2> </FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>Attendance: This event is open to the public, if you would like to
attend</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>please email your name and affiliation, if any,
to events@oii.ox.ac.uk</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2> </FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>Abstract:</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Some e-participation projects have
been funded and promoted by governments;</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>others have
been initiated by grass-roots activitists and communities. What</FONT>
<BR><FONT size=2>is the relationship between such projects and the
distribution of political</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>power? Top-down/governmental
e-participation can be accused of allowing the</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>public
to 'have their say' in ways that are subsequently ignored, about</FONT>
<BR><FONT size=2>issues that have already been decided upon. Bottom-up/grass
roots</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>initiatives can be criticised as 'virtual
talking shops' which are isolated</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>from the structures
of decision-making. What scope is there for e-enabled</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>co-governance?</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2> </FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>Biography: Stephen Coleman</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>BA hons and PhD from
London University. Formerly Director of the Hansard</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>e-democracy programme, which pioneered online consultations for the
UK</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Parliament, and lecturer in Media &
Communication at the London School of</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Economics and
Political Science. Chaired the Independent Commission on</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>Alternative Voting Methods. Recent publications include ; Bowling
Together</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>(with John Gotze), Hansard Society, 2001;
Realising Democracy Online: A</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Civic Commons in
Cyberspace(with Jay G. Blumler), IPPR, 2001; 2001: A Cyber</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>Space Oddysey: the Internet in the UK Election, Hansard Society,
2001;</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Televised Election Debates: International
Perspectives, Macmillan 2000;</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Parliament in the Age of
the Internet (edited with J. Taylor and W. van de</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>Donk) OUP, 1999. At the OII, Professor Coleman will be working on
the</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>adaptation of representative institutions in the
digital age; the</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>development of spaces for public
democratic deliberation; and a global</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>evaluation of a
range of e-democracy exercises. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Biography: Alex Allan</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>See: <A
href="http://www.dca.gov.uk/dept/changprog/allana.htm">http://www.dca.gov.uk/dept/changprog/allana.htm</A></FONT>
<BR><FONT size=2> </FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>For further information on all
OII events, please refer to our website at:</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>www.oii.ox.ac.uk</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2> </FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>We hope to see you there.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2> </FONT>
<BR><FONT size=2>Kind Regards</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>The Events Team</FONT>
<BR><FONT size=2> </FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Oxford Internet
Institute</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>1 St Giles</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>University of Oxford</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Oxford</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>OX1 3JS</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2> </FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Tel: +44
(0)1865 287209</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Fax: +44 (0)1865 287211</FONT>
<BR><FONT size=2> </FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>www.oii.ox.ac.uk</FONT>
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