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<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>
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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> </P><BR></DIV>
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