Democratic institutions are straining around the world. In an era defined by rising inequality, global migration, movements for social justice, and political polarization, what does it mean to practice self-government “of the people, by the people, and for the people”? Who is included in “the people” and who is not? Can ordinary people remake existing institutions and build new ones that truly meet their needs? This week’s films profile individuals and communities around the world attempting to answer these questions through electoral politics, activism, scholarship, policymaking, community organizing, and cooperative enterprise.
FILMS
What is Democracy (Astra Taylor)
Hamtramck, USA (Razi Jafri, Justin Feltman)
(Un)divided (Doha Debates)
Artea: Envisioning a World Without Borders (Doha Debates)
Panelists
Astra Taylor, Director, What is Democracy?
Chenjerai Kumanyika, Rutgers University
Mariah Parker, Athens-Clarke County Commissioner, Georgia
Democratic institutions are straining around the world. In an era defined by rising inequality, global migration, movements for social justice, and political polarization, what does it mean to practice self-government “of the people, by the people, and for the people”? Who is included in “the people” and who is not? Can ordinary people remake existing institutions and build new ones that truly meet their needs? This week’s films profile individuals and communities around the world attempting to answer these questions through electoral politics, activism, scholarship, policymaking, community organizing, and cooperative enterprise.
FILMS
What is Democracy (Astra Taylor)
Hamtramck, USA (Razi Jafri, Justin Feltman)
(Un)divided (Doha Debates)
Artea: Envisioning a World Without Borders (Doha Debates)
Panelists
Astra Taylor, Director, What is Democracy?
Chenjerai Kumanyika, Rutgers University
Mariah Parker, Athens-Clarke County Commissioner, Georgia