Participatory
adjective
Involving or allowing people to actively take part or get involved in something.
The town hall meeting was a participatory event where residents could express their opinions.
Often appears as...
- participatory democracy
- participatory approach
adjective
Relating to or denoting a method where you learn or understand things by doing them yourself or by giving your ideas or thoughts, not just by reading about them or hearing from others.
Our school encourages a participatory learning environment to engage students.
Often appears as...
- participatory learning
- participatory teaching
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Formal
Academic
adjective
Of or related to a system or process which is designed to involve as many people as possible in decision-making or planning.
The community development project was designed to be participatory, with every household having a role.
Often appears as...
- participatory decision-making
- participatory planning
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adjective
Involving or allowing people to actively take part or get involved in something.
The town hall meeting was a participatory event where residents could express their opinions.
Often appears as...
- participatory democracy
- participatory approach
adjective
Relating to or denoting a method where you learn or understand things by doing them yourself or by giving your ideas or thoughts, not just by reading about them or hearing from others.
Our school encourages a participatory learning environment to engage students.
Often appears as...
- participatory learning
- participatory teaching
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adjective
Of or related to a system or process which is designed to involve as many people as possible in decision-making or planning.
The community development project was designed to be participatory, with every household having a role.
Often appears as...
- participatory decision-making
- participatory planning
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Active Involvement
Emphasizes the role of active participation rather than passive observation.
Each workshop is designed to be participatory, so come ready to get involved.
Pro Tip 2/3Common in Events
Often used for meetings and events that encourage open discussion and contribution.
Our annual festival is a participatory event with workshops and activities for everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Listening
Implies doing more than just listening; requires active engagement.
Bring your ideas to the forum; it's a participatory session with live debates.
Pro Tip 1/3Active Involvement
Emphasizes the role of active participation rather than passive observation.
Each workshop is designed to be participatory, so come ready to get involved.
Pro Tip 2/3Common in Events
Often used for meetings and events that encourage open discussion and contribution.
Our annual festival is a participatory event with workshops and activities for everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Listening
Implies doing more than just listening; requires active engagement.
Bring your ideas to the forum; it's a participatory session with live debates.
Pro Tip 1/3Active Involvement
Emphasizes the role of active participation rather than passive observation.
Each workshop is designed to be participatory, so come ready to get involved.
Pro Tip 2/3Common in Events
Often used for meetings and events that encourage open discussion and contribution.
Our annual festival is a participatory event with workshops and activities for everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Listening
Implies doing more than just listening; requires active engagement.
Bring your ideas to the forum; it's a participatory session with live debates.
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Medicine's future?...
participatory ways is going to become increasingly important so I'll finish up with exponentially better we'd like to get therapies better and more effective now today we treat high blood pressure mostly with pills what if we take a new device and knock out the nerve vessels that me delayed blood pressure and a single therapy basically cure hypertension this is a new device that essentially is
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Daniel H. Cohen: For...
We can think of a politician trying to present a position, trying to convince the audience of something. But there's another twist on this model that I really think is important; namely, that when we argue before an audience, sometimes the audience has a more participatory role in the argument;
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Food Security in an...
the politics and the ideology of climate change and therefore we haven't been as participatory in the rest of the world it it is it's been looking at these things at the same time I think there are a lot of folks in the u.s. feel that maybe some other folks look at this from
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What if you could help...
Now we know the challenges that we face in today's society. How can we expect people to feel motivated, to show up to the polls when they can't trust that government is run by and for the people. I argue that we haven't actually experienced true participatory democracy
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Benjamin Barber: Why...
by their security details to do it, nor be in a position to do it. That's the difference, and the difference has to do with the character of cities themselves, because cities are profoundly multicultural, open, participatory, democratic, able to work with one another.
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Good news about...
of one help this is Google Flu Trends it shows that by monitoring keystrokes we are able to beat CDC's reports by two weeks find flu or any other flu-like disease two weeks sooner this is a new participatory surveillance system that
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Clay Shirky: How...
is not just a side effect of opening up to human motivation. It really is going to be a side effect of what we, collectively, make of these kinds of efforts. There are a trillion hours a year of participatory value
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One year of turning the...
making hundreds of thousands of people participating, creating millions of views. This is the biggest global art participatory project that's going on. So back to the question, "Can art change the world?"
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Marc Goodman: A vision...
They call for a shift to a more open form and a more participatory form of law enforcement. So I invite you to join me. After all, public safety is too important to leave to the professionals.
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The new political story...
we can recover those amazing components of our our altruism and cooperation. Where there is atomization, we can build a thriving civic life with a rich participatory culture.
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Medicine's future?...
participatory ways is going to become increasingly important so I'll finish up with exponentially better we'd like to get therapies better and more effective now today we treat high blood pressure mostly with pills what if we take a new device and knock out the nerve vessels that me delayed blood pressure and a single therapy basically cure hypertension this is a new device that essentially is
Video examples
Daniel H. Cohen: For...
We can think of a politician trying to present a position, trying to convince the audience of something. But there's another twist on this model that I really think is important; namely, that when we argue before an audience, sometimes the audience has a more participatory role in the argument;
Video examples
Food Security in an...
the politics and the ideology of climate change and therefore we haven't been as participatory in the rest of the world it it is it's been looking at these things at the same time I think there are a lot of folks in the u.s. feel that maybe some other folks look at this from
Video examples
What if you could help...
Now we know the challenges that we face in today's society. How can we expect people to feel motivated, to show up to the polls when they can't trust that government is run by and for the people. I argue that we haven't actually experienced true participatory democracy
Video examples
Benjamin Barber: Why...
by their security details to do it, nor be in a position to do it. That's the difference, and the difference has to do with the character of cities themselves, because cities are profoundly multicultural, open, participatory, democratic, able to work with one another.
Video examples
Good news about...
of one help this is Google Flu Trends it shows that by monitoring keystrokes we are able to beat CDC's reports by two weeks find flu or any other flu-like disease two weeks sooner this is a new participatory surveillance system that
Video examples
Clay Shirky: How...
is not just a side effect of opening up to human motivation. It really is going to be a side effect of what we, collectively, make of these kinds of efforts. There are a trillion hours a year of participatory value
Video examples
One year of turning the...
making hundreds of thousands of people participating, creating millions of views. This is the biggest global art participatory project that's going on. So back to the question, "Can art change the world?"
Video examples
Marc Goodman: A vision...
They call for a shift to a more open form and a more participatory form of law enforcement. So I invite you to join me. After all, public safety is too important to leave to the professionals.
Video examples
The new political story...
we can recover those amazing components of our our altruism and cooperation. Where there is atomization, we can build a thriving civic life with a rich participatory culture.
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Ben Katchor
American Cartoonist
There's something exciting about weekly strips in that you're following the way the story reveals itself to the writer week by week. All the possible directions it could have taken are there; it's a kind of participatory reading that I think books discourage.
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Jack Dangermond
American Businessman
A location-aware tablet will let us use what's called geodesign to compose participatory, what-if scenarios onsite, using maps that several people can share - something we could always do with paper but that's been a challenge with digital maps in the field.
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Wole Soyinka
Nigerian Dramatist
And gradually they're beginning to recognize the fact that there's nothing more secure than a democratic, accountable, and participatory form of government. But it's sunk in only theoretically, it has not yet sunk in completely in practical terms.
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JR
French Artist
I want to create the largest-ever participatory art project and highlight the concept of Shadow Philanthropy, where people help others create work without taking credit for it - through this we can really change the world.
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Caterina Fake
American Businesswoman
I love participatory media, collective knowledge systems, user-generated content and the like, and spent much of my life and career participating in them and making them.
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George Takei
American Actor
This is supposed to be a participatory democracy and if we're not in there participating then the people that will manipulate and exploit the system will step in there.
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Paul Wolfowitz
American Public Servant
I think, in the longer view of things, there is a very powerful pull in the direction of participatory government.
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Jamais Cascio
American Writer
Intelligence augmentation decreases the need for specialization and increases participatory complexity.
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Mark McKinnon
American Businessman
A messy participatory process is representative democracy at its best.
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Steven Van Zandt
American Musician
Rock n' roll is a participatory sport.
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Ben Katchor
American Cartoonist
There's something exciting about weekly strips in that you're following the way the story reveals itself to the writer week by week. All the possible directions it could have taken are there; it's a kind of participatory reading that I think books discourage.
Quote examples
Jack Dangermond
American Businessman
A location-aware tablet will let us use what's called geodesign to compose participatory, what-if scenarios onsite, using maps that several people can share - something we could always do with paper but that's been a challenge with digital maps in the field.
Quote examples
Wole Soyinka
Nigerian Dramatist
And gradually they're beginning to recognize the fact that there's nothing more secure than a democratic, accountable, and participatory form of government. But it's sunk in only theoretically, it has not yet sunk in completely in practical terms.
Quote examples
JR
French Artist
I want to create the largest-ever participatory art project and highlight the concept of Shadow Philanthropy, where people help others create work without taking credit for it - through this we can really change the world.
Quote examples
Caterina Fake
American Businesswoman
I love participatory media, collective knowledge systems, user-generated content and the like, and spent much of my life and career participating in them and making them.
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George Takei
American Actor
This is supposed to be a participatory democracy and if we're not in there participating then the people that will manipulate and exploit the system will step in there.
Quote examples
Paul Wolfowitz
American Public Servant
I think, in the longer view of things, there is a very powerful pull in the direction of participatory government.
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Jamais Cascio
American Writer
Intelligence augmentation decreases the need for specialization and increases participatory complexity.
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Mark McKinnon
American Businessman
A messy participatory process is representative democracy at its best.
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Steven Van Zandt
American Musician
Rock n' roll is a participatory sport.
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