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Citizenship and the Digital Context with Anowa Quarcoo

  • Writer: Elizabeth Dubois
    Elizabeth Dubois
  • Mar 17, 2021
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jan 24, 2024


Co-founder of CivicTechTO and self-declared certified nerd, Anowa Quarcoo chats with Elizabeth about the idea of citizenship. They talk about legal and cultural definitions of citizenship before jumping into a discussion of what counts as a citizen in a digital era. From civic leaders, to publics, to users, to citizens - they talk about how some terms can be empowering while others can be exclusionary. Key take-away? Context matters. You need to ask why you are trying to define a group with this kind of term and pick accordingly.


Additional Resources

  • There are a lot of definitions of citizenship out there. Elizabeth summarizes legal and cultural definitions quickly in the episode, drawing on what she and Florian Martin-Bariteau wrote in their Introduction to the Citizenship in a Connected Canada book (available open access!).

  • Check out CivicTechTO, one of North America's largest civic hacking communities.


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