We are proud of our #mercatorfellow Prof. Dr. Jens Prüfer who talked about his experimental results on the role of #socialmedia in #democracies in Passau last week. #DigitalPlatform #Ecosystems

Digital platforms and their principles can improve coordination and orchestration of relevant actors in the Canton of Zurich in the context of the Ukraine crisis. An 'orchestration framework' will support the platformization of public administration.

@uzh @zhdk
#KantonZuerich #governmentasaplatform #digitalplatform

https://vimeo.com/790325095

Still thinking about this illuminating thread on empathy and democracy in #design: https://econtwitter.net/@jon@social.lot23.com/109372321198918046

The questions it raises are relevant beyond building a #digitalplatform. I've seen them crop up thought on #postcolonialism and #postcapitalism, too.

Do you give the people what they want; what is familiar and convenient to them—or do you attempt to create something "better"?

The Digital Benin initiative, launched by the Museum am Rothenbaum Kulturen und Künste der Welt in Hamburg, arrives over a century after the artefact collection known as the Benin Bronzes was looted from Benin City by a punitive British expedition.
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/digital-benin-markk-benin-bronzes-2205398
Via @elginism

#Benin #Bronzes# #artifacts
#Museum #digitalplatform