Rituels publics, souveraineté et identité citadine

Etudes relatives aux ixodidae - les espèces iraniennes du genre haemaphysalis, Koch 1844. Identité d›haemaphysalis cholodkofskyi olenev 1928 et d›h. Cinnabarina var. Cretica senevet et caminopetros 1936

Can technologies represent their publics?

This article locates the frequent call for public participation in the governance of technology within a theory of democratic representation. The article examines several modes of representation—symbolic, formal, delegate, trustee, and descriptive—in light of their potential contribution to a democratic theory of publicly representative technology. Publicly representative technology depends on ...

Geeks, Social Imaginaries, and Recursive Publics

This article investigates the social, technical, and legal affiliations among “geeks” (hackers, lawyers, activists, and IT entrepreneurs) on the Internet. The mode of association specific to this group is that of a “recursive public sphere” constituted by a shared imaginary of the technical and legal conditions of possibility for their own association. On the basis of fieldwork conducted in the...

The publics of public health in Africa

How do we understand the public character of public health in contemporary Africa? What are the parameters of community engagement in health care delivery, medical research and disease control programmes? To what extent is public health in Africa a project led by African Governments? Through what political processes and deliberative practices can African publics influence the priorities of rese...

Tiny Publics: Small Groups and Civil Society*

It has been conventional to conceptualize civic life through one of two core images: the citizen as lone individualist or the citizen as joiner. Drawing on analyses of the historical development of the public sphere, we propose an alternative analytical framework for civic engagement based on small group interaction. By embracing this micro-level approach, we contribute to the debate on civil s...