Radical Democracy

Hosted with partner Simon Fraser University’s Community Engaged Research Initiative (CERi), the CERi-Participedia Summer School on Radical Democracy (June 4-10, 2023) centered the theory and practice of radical democracy to explore themes of power and disruption, Indigenous governance, creativity, and care. The school brought together leading experts, researchers, graduate students, community leaders, activists, and practitioners for a week of workshops, discussion, dialogue, community events and field trips. Students joined from the social sciences, including political science, political philosophy, media and communications, sociology, cultural studies, anthropology, economics, environment and related disciplines. Together, with the summer school team and invited guests, we explored what it means to radically re-imagine, research, and practice democracy in their communities and in everyday life.