CivicNotes

Course Syllabus

Ravi Bajnath
This was an original app I designed while living in NYC, being unable to go to a public meeting, the idea of participating from home directly proliferated into an entire social platform for direct local governance. Let’s remake it in Figma!

How do you want to be represented? Participation in local politics is difficult to accomplish with the way our current technology disables us from being more involved in improving community life. We primarily do not have time to interact with institutions that actively shape our lives and if we need to, the current technology is not suitable for current and upcoming generations. CivicNotes aims to provide civic education by designing a social platform for civic engagement. Learn how to engage in organizing, petitioning, and providing civic commentary to engage in local issues. Learn how to design an app and gain political knowledge on how to make a difference in your community.

🪸 Sustainability Rhizome

Global initiatives

Governance Institutions
Citizenship & Advocacy
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Academic Fields

🎓 Political Science
🎓 Civics
🎓 Public administration

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🗄️ Modules

🗄️ Orientation

Civics: Redesigning Representation

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1
In our beginning module, we dive into the core elements of civic participation by learning how State governments function, dysfunction, and subvert democratic practices through representative electoral politics.
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🗄️ Evergreen

International Relations: The American Nightmare

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2
An investigation into the American political economy.
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International Relations: Colonialism

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3
An investigation into the psychology of colonization and the myths of exceptionalism.
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🚧 Projects

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📚 Recommended Literature

Title
Author
Domains
Links

Possibilities: Essays on Hierarchy, Rebellion, and Desire

2007
David Graeber
🇺🇸 United States
☀️ Politics
🦺 Authority and Sovereignty

Nationalism and Culture

1933
Rudolf Rocker
🇩🇪 Germany
☀️ Politics
🕊️ Process and Recognition

Ur Fascism

1995
Umberto Eco
🇮🇹 Italy
☀️ Politics
✊ Observance and Visibility

Necropolitics

2019
Achille Mbembe
🇨🇲 Cameroon
☀️ Politics
☝️ Agency and Advocacy

Neoliberalism's War on Higher Education

2014
Henry Giroux
🇨🇦 Canada
🪢 Culture
💡 Deliberation and Debate

The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World

2023
Antony Loewenstein
🇦🇺 Australia
📉 Economics
💱 Aid and Remittances

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

1972
Walter Rodney
🇬🇾 Guyana
📉 Economics
💸 Social Wealth and Heritage

Black Skin, White Masks

1952
Frantz Fanon
🇲🇶 Martinique
🪢 Culture
😜 Diversity and Difference

Empire and Communications

1950
Harold Innis
🇨🇦 Canada
☀️ Politics
🛡️ Refuge and Sanctuary

Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

1988
Noam Chomsky, Edward S. Herman
🇺🇸 United States, 🇺🇸 United States
☀️ Politics
📰 News and Information

Palestine in Israeli School Books: Ideology and Propaganda in Education

2012
Nurit Peled-Elhanan
🇮🇱 Israel
🪢 Culture
💡 Teaching and Training

Hegemony and education under neoliberalism

2015
Peter Mayo
🇲🇹 Malta
🪢 Culture
💡 Teaching and Training

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

2019
Shoshana Zuboff
🇺🇸 United States
☀️ Politics
✊ Observance and Visibility