Rescuing participation: a critique on the dark participation concept

This article returns to the in-depth theorisations about participation in order to reflect about the nature of participation, and to demonstrate some of the problems inherent to the publications that distinguish between light and dark (forms of) participation. The starting point of the article is a...

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প্রধান লেখক: Carpentier, Nico, Melo, Ana Duarte, Ribeiro, Fábio
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:cs_1284 en https://journals.openedition.org/cs/1284 2020-04-08T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/eymq https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Rescuing participation: a critique on the dark participation concept Comunicação e sociedade Centro de estudos de comunicação e sociedade info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2183-3575 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1645-2089 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cs Carpentier, Nico Melo, Ana Duarte Ribeiro, Fábio condições de possibilidade definição de participação cultura democrática limites de participação teoria participativa relevância da participação conditions of possibility defining participation democratic culture limits of participation participatory theory relevance of participation This article returns to the in-depth theorisations about participation in order to reflect about the nature of participation, and to demonstrate some of the problems inherent to the publications that distinguish between light and dark (forms of) participation. The starting point of the article is a discussion on three limits embedded in the concept of participation. The first limit brings us back to the old discussion on the nature of participation, the focus on power, and what is included and excluded through its definition(s). The second limit of the participation concept thematises a series of distinctions, namely those between participation, its condition of possibility (access and interaction) and its outcomes. The third limit that (potentially) structures participation is the limit imposed by democratic culture. In response to these debates, the article introduces a more positive approach, that focuses on what has been ignored for too long, namely the reasons why participation matters. Here, the article provides a structural reflection on the contributions to the “Rescuing Participation” special issue, and constructs a theoretical model that consists out of three logics, namely a social, political and fantasmagoric logic, allowing us to better understand why participation matters. Este artigo regressa a uma teorização aprofundada sobre o conceito de participação, com o objetivo de refletir sobre a natureza da participação e demonstrar alguns dos problemas inerentes às publicações que distinguem entre formas de participação claras e escuras. O ponto de partida do artigo é uma discussão sobre três limites inscritos no conceito de participação. O primeiro limite leva-nos a uma discussão antiga sobre a natureza da participação, o foco no poder e o que é incluído e excluído nestas definições. O segundo limite do conceito de participação tem como tema uma série de distinções, nomeadamente aquelas entre participação, a sua condição de possibilidade (acesso e interação) e os seus resultados. O terceiro limite que (potencialmente) estrutura a participação é da imposição da cultura democrática. Em resposta a estes debates, o artigo apresenta uma abordagem mais positiva, focada no que foi ignorado por muito tempo, a saber, as razões pelas quais a participação é importante. Aqui, o artigo fornece uma reflexão estrutural sobre as contribuições para este número da revista e constrói um modelo teórico que consiste em associar estas três lógicas, a saber, uma lógica social, política e fantasmagórica, permitindo entender melhor as razões pelas quais a participação é importante.
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topic condições de possibilidade
definição de participação
cultura democrática
limites de participação
teoria participativa
relevância da participação
conditions of possibility
defining participation
democratic culture
limits of participation
participatory theory
relevance of participation
spellingShingle condições de possibilidade
definição de participação
cultura democrática
limites de participação
teoria participativa
relevância da participação
conditions of possibility
defining participation
democratic culture
limits of participation
participatory theory
relevance of participation
Carpentier, Nico
Melo, Ana Duarte
Ribeiro, Fábio
Rescuing participation: a critique on the dark participation concept
description This article returns to the in-depth theorisations about participation in order to reflect about the nature of participation, and to demonstrate some of the problems inherent to the publications that distinguish between light and dark (forms of) participation. The starting point of the article is a discussion on three limits embedded in the concept of participation. The first limit brings us back to the old discussion on the nature of participation, the focus on power, and what is included and excluded through its definition(s). The second limit of the participation concept thematises a series of distinctions, namely those between participation, its condition of possibility (access and interaction) and its outcomes. The third limit that (potentially) structures participation is the limit imposed by democratic culture. In response to these debates, the article introduces a more positive approach, that focuses on what has been ignored for too long, namely the reasons why participation matters. Here, the article provides a structural reflection on the contributions to the “Rescuing Participation” special issue, and constructs a theoretical model that consists out of three logics, namely a social, political and fantasmagoric logic, allowing us to better understand why participation matters.
author Carpentier, Nico
Melo, Ana Duarte
Ribeiro, Fábio
author_facet Carpentier, Nico
Melo, Ana Duarte
Ribeiro, Fábio
author_sort Carpentier, Nico
title Rescuing participation: a critique on the dark participation concept
title_short Rescuing participation: a critique on the dark participation concept
title_full Rescuing participation: a critique on the dark participation concept
title_fullStr Rescuing participation: a critique on the dark participation concept
title_full_unstemmed Rescuing participation: a critique on the dark participation concept
title_sort rescuing participation: a critique on the dark participation concept
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