Three initiatives in Spain used wikis to encourage political participation by providing new online platforms for citizens to collaborate, discuss issues, and publish information to obtain consensus and engage in civic activities. These wikis aimed to empower users and foster more critical civic engagement through new digital tools for interaction, online public spheres for debate, and easy publishing capabilities.

1. Use of wikis
for political participation
Three initiatives in Spain
Enric Senabre Hidalgo
CitiLab-Cornellà / Observatorio para la CiberSociedad
Use of wikis for political participation > Three initiatives in Spain

2. What is political participation?
To...
• collaborate for a common constructive objective
• practice defend freedom of speech
• freely meet and engage with people and causes
• discuss in order to obtain consensus
• engage in non-economic initiatives
• consume with responsibility
• watch the watchers
• and much more...
And to vote, from time to time
Use of wikis for political participation > Three initiatives in Spain