from participation to power
DESCRIPTION
Quantitative sociologist Harald Katzmair, Ph.d describes the role web 2.0 can play in social change, and how it can be a boon but also a trap. The boon is that it connects us, which is necessary precursor to common understanding and action. The potential trap is that participants get stuck in the conversation mode and do not move into action mode. Participation is not power, but it can lead to power if we understand its role in the ecosystem of social change and it's used accordingly.TRANSCRIPT
From Participation to Power
How to create a shared understanding for resilient social
change
Harald Katzmair, Phd(Founder and Director, FAS.research)
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Three things I want to talk about
Change
Power
Sharing
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Change
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It started in Spring 1977
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Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
The site of first encounter (St.Leonard / Austria)
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My first bird book (1977)
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Floodplain forest of Danube/Linz
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Floodplain forest
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Annual Flooding
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Ecology
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Annual Flooding
A puls stabilized sub-climax system (Odum)
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Diversity
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Transformations in social and natural systems
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Crawford Stanley (Buzz) Holling
Different version - cycle of change
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Dangers of Transformations
trapped,
smashed
locked-in
Getting
lost
Web 2.0
depression, burn-outpoverty
addiction
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Power
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Mapping = Connecting the Dots
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Mapping = Identifying the Resources
FAS - Power Formula
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Different roles required
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Different set of skills required r-stage
– Pioneers– Decision Maker– Opportunists
K-stage– Bureaucrats – Specialists
Ω-stage– Activists– Visionaries– Dreamer
α-stage– Catalysts– Investors– Incubators 21(c) 2009 FAS.research
Different focus required R-stage
– starting– implementing
K-stage– scaling– downloading
Ω-stage– grieving – dreaming– crystallizing
α-stage– prototyping– debating 22(c) 2009 FAS.research
Dark Side of Web 2.0
get stuck!
depression, burn-out, poverty
get stuck!
addiction
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Getting things done
common action
exchanging
sharing online
offline
online/offline
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From participation to power to act
online conversations
ideas (crystallizing)
real world prototyping
established new action
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Sharing
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3 things to share
Shared embracement of change (pulsing)
Shared understanding of connectedness
Shared embracement of functional diversity
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Shared embracement of change
Forward Loop (starting and scaling)
Backward Loop (deconstructing and reorganizing)
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Shared understanding of connectedness
Social Network Analysis
Systems Dynamics
Complexity Theory
Chaos Theory
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Create a shared understanding
The case of Jordan
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Goal in Jordan
Enhance the capacity among the stakeholders to shape the changes required to solve the water problem
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Stakeholder Mapping
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Participatory Impact Analysis (PIA)
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Participator Impact Analysis (PIA)
Bottom up process facilitated by FAS for better understanding drivers and levers how to overcome water problem
Strengthen by-in and sense of ownership through participation
1.5 days workshop on 6/22-23 in Amman, members from JWA, different Ministries, NGOs, Universities, GTZ etc.
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Reduce agricultural groundwater overuse in the Northeastern Highlands in cooperation with
farmers
The Goal
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Practices that would change the problem
Practices
Practices
Practices Practices
Practices
Practices
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Action Domains identified by PIA process
Change crop pattern Illegal wells and land Land management pattern Efficient irrigation Waste water reuse Exchange experience among farmers Diversification of income sources
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Factors that drive practices
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Factor
Factor
FactorFactor
Factor
Factor\
Practices
Practices
Practices Practices
Practices
Practices
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Main policy factors identified by PIA process Awareness on problems and potential benefits for farmers
Financial incentives (tax system, loans, compensations, prizes)
Farmer's organizations and networks (unions, cooperatives, water use org.)
Role alignment and sectoral integration among governmental institutions
Stakeholder participation (project planning, law enforcement)
Effectiveness of law enforcement
Equity of law enforcement
Availability of improved technologies
Availability of alternatives outside agriculture (alternative income sources)
Availability of alternatives inside agriculture (new product markets)
Diversify income sources
Change the crop pattern (towards crops that need less water)
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Stakeholder that have an Impact on Factors
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Factor
Factor
FactorFactor
Factor
Factor\
Practices
Practices
Practices Practices
Practices
Practices
Stakeholder
Stakeholder
StakeholderStakeholder
Stakeholder
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Impactmatrix
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0 No Impact
1 Slight Impact
2 Moderate Impact
4 Strong impact
8 Super strong impact
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How things are connected (strong and extreme Impact)
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0.8
0.8
1.5
1.7
1.9
2.2
2.5
3
4.1
4.2
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5
Effectiveness of Law Enforcement
Alternatives to Agriculture
New Product Markets
Availability of improved technologies
Financial Incentives
Equity of Law Enforcement
Awareness
Farmer's Organizations and Networks
Role Alignment
Stakeholder Participation
Average Active Values
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0.2
0.5
0.6
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.0
1.1
1.6
5.9
0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0
Effectiveness of Law Enforcement
Availability of Alternatives outside …
Availability of Alternatives inside …
Financial Incentives (Tax System, Loans, …
Awareness on Problems and Potential …
Availability of improved technologies
Equity of Law Enforcement
Farmer's Organizations and Networks …
Stakeholder Participation (Project …
Role Alignment and Sectoral Integration …
Policy Levers
Active/Passive
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AwarenessFinancial Incentives
Farmer's Organizations and Networks
Role Alignment
Stakeholder Participation
Effectiveness of Law Enforcement
Equity of Law Enforcement
Availability of improved technologies
Alternatives to Agriculture
New Product Markets
Income Diversification
Crop Pattern Change
Use of Efficient Technologies
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1
2
3
4
5
6
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4
Ave
rage
act
ive
val
ue
s
Average passive values
Role of success factors in the system
Policy Indicators
Performance Indicators
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Main Stakeholder idenfied
MWI / WAJ
MOPIC
MoA
Royal Court
Land Owners (not farmers)
Land owners who are also farmers
Sharecroppers
Managers
Farmer's Association
NGOs
Private Sector
Research Centers
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7 Dialog Domains
1. Change the Crop Pattern2. Improve the Land Management Pattern 3. Improve Use of Efficient Irrigation 4. Increase Use of Treated Waste Water 5. Improve Exchange of Experience among Farmers 6. Diversify Income Sources or Leave Agriculture 7. Resolve Use of Illegal Wells and Land
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Stakeholder Dialog
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Explanations
Evidence
Policy Alternatives
Observations
Crawford Stanley (Buzz) Holling
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Questions and challenges for the future How can we allocate resources and synchronize
understanding that we not remain scattered or stay stuck into the α-phase of re-organization without getting things going (dark side of Web 2.0)
How can we create resilient communities being capable to go through those cycles of re-invention without ultimately getting smashed and destroyed (depression, social stigma, isolation, poverty, resignation etc.) (institutionalized ways of new social security)
How can we transform the dangers of individual creative destruction into a collective creative de-construction(Meetup groups helping each other to transform)
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