It’s the people
Yesterday’s PRADSA showcase event wrapped up two years of research. A look at PRActical Design for Social Action from both the practitioners’ and the researchers’ side (not that they are necessarily two separate camps).
The conclusion of all this? It’s the people. Every time. Every case brought out people who as facilitators, negotiators, directors or whatever, brought about changes in community by being able to mediate between community, authority, and technology.
It’s great that individual action is shown to be so important in an age of collective shrugging and turning away from big problems [1] - but that’s a heavy burden to shoulder for anyone wanting change, of course - get up and be the change. With a call to action should come a little help, and some pointers so - what do you think activists should do to get others on board?
[1] Or turning to face them with #smallsteps, of course.
