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..in my garden, reading "The Nightmare of Participation" by Markus Miessen.

For some time now, Miessen has been waging war against the hollowness of the popular idea of "participatory strategies". In this recent book, he outlines an alternative definition of participation. The idea of the "uninvited outsider" who is "forcing himself in" even if he is not an expert. Miessen's ideal is the productive debate rather than "Harmonistan".

To me this sounds like an investigative journalists everyday-job.

It's a beautiful day. No work. Just thinking and reading.