anita’s tiny revolution
- challenge category: democracy
- date: 28 september 2019
- selected tactic: tiny identity correction
- difficulty rating: doable
- current status: queued for doing
the submission:
“Democracy has been co-opted by those with economic and political power. Decisions are being made about our futures by a small number of people who don’t care about the majority. It seems there is little the majority can do about it.”
anita, 28.9.19.
the thinking:
what can we do?
invitation for members of the public to take part in a live sortition game / experiment which allocates positions of parliamentary responsibility to them. the aim is to encourage a sense of ownership over the political process.
how can we do it?
a live bingo game / mashed up with the ‘guess who’ / ‘connect 4’ games enacted in public. each person sorted will then be sworn in as our representative.
we then present the new ministerial cabinet to the press? / public.
where does it need to take place?
the street, or outside council house or near the aec / polling places.
are there any legal implications to the activity?
vacinity to aec is problematic.
possible defamation if we are using existing politicians names.
the doing:
this idea became waaaaay too big for us to undertake during the do week.
tactic: identity correction
