Public Knowledge : Volume 2 Radical Futures

This is the second volume in our new series Radical Futures,, which is focused on future challenges

What do we know? And how do we know it? These are essential questions to consider when a functioning democracy is reliant on an informed populace. Yet at this moment in the information age something has gone awry with our public knowledge. Are we cultivating an environment for the sharing of ideas? Who has access to the institutions and practices that hold our collective knowledge? Do we know when to act and when to delegate to experts? Is our education, in the broader sense of the term, sufficient for us to meaningfully participate in public life?

From archives and matauranga Maori to formal education models and knowledge types that inspire action, this multi-author book explores the state of our public knowledge, its potential and how it affects our public life and conversations. With the need to find responsive solutions to the challenges facing us, the health of our public knowledge matters to us all.

Featuring:Archive stories, archive realities

Jared Davidson (archivist and historian)

Matauranga Maori: Practising knowledge

Joseph Hullen (Ngai Tuahuriri/Ngati Hinematua)

Agreements in likes and dislikes: Navigating politics in the age of social media

Gwynn Compton (public relations)

Not listening: Changing conversations in the wake of the mosque shootings

Sally Blundell (journalist)

Making a table: Moana publics online

Lana Lopesi (editor)

Welcome to the circus

Morgan Godfery (writer and trade unionist)

Beyond the social contract: Knowledge and citizenship

Michael Macaulay (Government, Victoria University)

Expanding conversations: Editorial cartoons

Hannah Benbow (cartoon librarian)

Educating publics

Ruth Boyask (Education, Auckland University of Technology)

The balancing act: Limits and freedom of speech

Golriz Ghahraman (MP)

Derailing democracy: Digital media and public knowledge

Marianne Elliott (researcher and advocate)

Knowing but not doing: Public knowledge, action and social change

Sacha McMeeking (researcher and commentator)

On becoming an academic: A social education

Nicola Gaston (Physics, University of Auckland)

Making knowledge public

Barnaby Bennett (designer)

Featured in the 14 October 2019 New Zealand newsletter.
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