The full rationale for this new division is available online at http://tinyurl.com/ncapdd. We need a minimum of 100 signatures but hope to achieve many more.
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The momentum for a new division is building rapidly. This shows how ready our community is for a dedicated space for public dialogue.
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im in. democratic deliberation is way too important to be scattered across random interest groups.
YES. Count me in. This is exactly what the NCA is missing right now.
Finally. Its about time we organized properly. Really lookin forward to seeing who steps up to lead this division.
Thanks for the comment, Anna. I would stress that virtually nobody writing on the subject views deliberation as as "best reserved for experts and privileged political leaders." Most work in the comm field, at least, examines deliberations using broad publics as a *corrective* against elite discourse, which too often is anything but deliberative.
this is long overdue. our discipline needs a dedicated space for this work so we can stop being sidelined.
I served on Legislative Assembly as a member of the Rhetorical Communication & Theory division, one of the largest in NCA, from 2009-2011 (inclusive). In my time on LA, we voted to condemn torture (finally), voted on language to force institutions to be clear about domestic partnership benefits, voted to disagree with NCA's parliamentarian that the Chair *does not*, in fact, have the power to censor paper/panel titles, and so on. In other words, powerful stuff. And, messy stuff. It seems in recent years, there is a distinct move away from messiness, as if greater participation is chaotic in a bad way rather than a democratic and important way. I am reminded of Bob Ivey's work on "demophobia" where "This idealization of deliberative democracy as a rational process best reserved for experts and privileged political leaders" (2005, p. 5) leads to a fear, literally, of the people. NCA's leadership is moving to erode LA's authority and voice because it is afraid of the bodies that serve on it. As I return to Legislative Assembly next year as Second Vice Chair of RCT, I intend to continue to agitate for more democracy, and for more messiness. I encourage others to join me.
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The full rationale for this new division is available online at http://tinyurl.com/ncapdd. We need a minimum of 100 signatures but hope to achieve many more.
Updates
December 14, 2013
The momentum for a new division is building rapidly. This shows how ready our community is for a dedicated space for public dialogue.
Reached 100 supporters
December 14, 2013
7 Comments
absolutely essential for the future of the field. thanks for getting this started.
im in. democratic deliberation is way too important to be scattered across random interest groups.
YES. Count me in. This is exactly what the NCA is missing right now.
Finally. Its about time we organized properly. Really lookin forward to seeing who steps up to lead this division.
Thanks for the comment, Anna. I would stress that virtually nobody writing on the subject views deliberation as as "best reserved for experts and privileged political leaders." Most work in the comm field, at least, examines deliberations using broad publics as a *corrective* against elite discourse, which too often is anything but deliberative.
this is long overdue. our discipline needs a dedicated space for this work so we can stop being sidelined.
I served on Legislative Assembly as a member of the Rhetorical Communication & Theory division, one of the largest in NCA, from 2009-2011 (inclusive). In my time on LA, we voted to condemn torture (finally), voted on language to force institutions to be clear about domestic partnership benefits, voted to disagree with NCA's parliamentarian that the Chair *does not*, in fact, have the power to censor paper/panel titles, and so on. In other words, powerful stuff. And, messy stuff. It seems in recent years, there is a distinct move away from messiness, as if greater participation is chaotic in a bad way rather than a democratic and important way. I am reminded of Bob Ivey's work on "demophobia" where "This idealization of deliberative democracy as a rational process best reserved for experts and privileged political leaders" (2005, p. 5) leads to a fear, literally, of the people. NCA's leadership is moving to erode LA's authority and voice because it is afraid of the bodies that serve on it. As I return to Legislative Assembly next year as Second Vice Chair of RCT, I intend to continue to agitate for more democracy, and for more messiness. I encourage others to join me.
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absolutely essential for the future of the field. thanks for getting this started.