Jose Ramos

The purpose of FuturesLab is to support the ideation, design and innovation of breakthrough techniques, policies and social innovations with the potential for systemically great impacts.
FuturesLab uses a peer to peer approach in which a community of supporters provide assistance in the anticipation, design, communication and evaluation of potential breakthrough projects.
FuturesLab provides a way for people with an idea, to grow this idea through peer support and through using an… Show more

The purpose of FuturesLab is to support the ideation, design and innovation of breakthrough techniques, policies and social innovations with the potential for systemically great impacts.
FuturesLab uses a peer to peer approach in which a community of supporters provide assistance in the anticipation, design, communication and evaluation of potential breakthrough projects.
FuturesLab provides a way for people with an idea, to grow this idea through peer support and through using an effective development approach. Show less

Liquid Democracy is a concept for an audio-visual documentation project about particular experiments in participatory democratic decision-making. In Germany, Italy and other parts of Europe organizations, political parties and even governments are experimenting with an approach called “Liquid Democracy”. What clues does this new approach to participatory web-enabled decision-making hold for the future of democracy? The documentary project combines elements of ethnographic research with elements… Show more

Liquid Democracy is a concept for an audio-visual documentation project about particular experiments in participatory democratic decision-making. In Germany, Italy and other parts of Europe organizations, political parties and even governments are experimenting with an approach called “Liquid Democracy”. What clues does this new approach to participatory web-enabled decision-making hold for the future of democracy? The documentary project combines elements of ethnographic research with elements of documentary filmmaking. The concept for the audiovisual documentation draws upon an ethnographic / constructivist methodology (actor network theory informs the approach).

The focus of the project is to delve into the life worlds of those people who are deeply engaged in developing and using liquid democracy systems, to document how technology and culture are interacting complexly, in the emergence of a new techno-political culture. The intention is to enter into the life worlds of people who are innovating or using emerging digital democracy systems (such as Adhocracy and Liquid Feedback), to explore how ideas inform new practices, and the intersection of human beings, technology and ideology. The research intends to understand both the role of technology in producing possibilities for new political cultures, but as well how culturally informed ideas about politics shape the technological tools that we employ to strategically satisfy values.
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The objective of Bendigo-A Thinking Community is to encourage and engage with the community to think deeply and strategically about expectations and aspirations to develop a more prosperous, liveable and sustainable society.

Footscray Makers Lab is a Hackerspace established to provide space, mentally and physically, for transformative and commons oriented creative initiatives. A place for pioneering new products, services, processes, artistic visions, and social change. It also aims to empower migrants from across the Melbourne region, young people with edge business ideas, Eco-entrepreneurs in developing next generation products and social entrepreneurs addressing pressing social issues.