Ben Katchor

There's something exciting about weekly strips in that you're following the way the story reveals itself to the writer week by week. All the possible directions it could have taken are there; it's a kind of participatory reading that I think books discourage.

American Cartoonist

Jack Dangermond

A location-aware tablet will let us use what's called geodesign to compose participatory, what-if scenarios onsite, using maps that several people can share - something we could always do with paper but that's been a challenge with digital maps in the field.

American Businessman

Wole Soyinka

And gradually they're beginning to recognize the fact that there's nothing more secure than a democratic, accountable, and participatory form of government. But it's sunk in only theoretically, it has not yet sunk in completely in practical terms.

Nigerian Dramatist

I want to create the largest-ever participatory art project and highlight the concept of Shadow Philanthropy, where people help others create work without taking credit for it - through this we can really change the world.

French Artist

Caterina Fake

I love participatory media, collective knowledge systems, user-generated content and the like, and spent much of my life and career participating in them and making them.

American Businesswoman

George Takei

This is supposed to be a participatory democracy and if we're not in there participating then the people that will manipulate and exploit the system will step in there.

American Actor

Paul Wolfowitz

I think, in the longer view of things, there is a very powerful pull in the direction of participatory government.

American Public Servant

Jamais Cascio

Intelligence augmentation decreases the need for specialization and increases participatory complexity.

American Writer

Mark McKinnon

A messy participatory process is representative democracy at its best.

Steven Van Zandt

American Musician

Emphasizes the role of active participation rather than passive observation.

Active Involvement

Often used for meetings and events that encourage open discussion and contribution.

Common in Events

Implies doing more than just listening; requires active engagement.

Not Just Listening

Highlights the concept of gaining knowledge through practical experience.

Learning by Doing

Focuses on the benefit of keeping students actively engaged in their own learning.

Engages Students

Participatory indicates a classroom with interaction instead of just lecturing.

Interactive Classes

Means that different viewpoints are encouraged and taken into consideration.

Everyone's Input

In a participatory process, planning involves collaboration between all stakeholders.

Collaborative Planning

Suggests empowering people by involving them in decision-making.

Empowers Individuals

 participatory ways is going to become increasingly important so I'll finish up with exponentially better we'd like to get therapies better and more effective now today we treat high blood pressure mostly with pills what if we take a new device and knock out the nerve vessels that me delayed blood pressure and a single therapy basically cure hypertension this is a new device that essentially is

Medicine's future?...

 We can think of a politician trying to present a position, trying to convince the audience of something. But there's another twist on this model that I really think is important; namely, that when we argue before an audience, sometimes the audience has a more participatory role in the argument;

Daniel H. Cohen: For...

 the politics and the ideology of climate change and therefore we haven't been as participatory in the rest of the world it it is it's been looking at these things at the same time I think there are a lot of folks in the u.s. feel that maybe some other folks look at this from

Food Security in an...

 Now we know the challenges that we face in today's society. How can we expect people to feel motivated, to show up to the polls when they can't trust that government is run by and for the people. I argue that we haven't actually experienced true participatory democracy

What if you could help...

 by their security details to do it, nor be in a position to do it. That's the difference, and the difference has to do with the character of cities themselves, because cities are profoundly multicultural, open, participatory, democratic, able to work with one another.

Benjamin Barber: Why...

 of one help this is Google Flu Trends it shows that by monitoring keystrokes we are able to beat CDC's reports by two weeks find flu or any other flu-like disease two weeks sooner this is a new participatory surveillance system that

Good news about...

 is not just a side effect of opening up to human motivation. It really is going to be a side effect of what we, collectively, make of these kinds of efforts. There are a trillion hours a year of participatory value

Clay Shirky: How...

 making hundreds of thousands of people participating, creating millions of views. This is the biggest global art participatory project that's going on. So back to the question, "Can art change the world?"

One year of turning the...

 They call for a shift to a more open form and a more participatory form of law enforcement. So I invite you to join me. After all, public safety is too important to leave to the professionals.

Marc Goodman: A vision...

 we can recover those amazing components of our our altruism and cooperation. Where there is atomization, we can build a thriving civic life with a rich participatory culture.