{"id":4631,"date":"2005-01-11T08:27:51","date_gmt":"2005-01-11T08:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/?p=4631"},"modified":"2005-01-11T08:27:51","modified_gmt":"2005-01-11T08:27:51","slug":"a-map-of-civic-renewal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/?p=4631","title":{"rendered":"a map of civic renewal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a map of the civic renewal network<\/a>. I made it in the following way. I visited TouchGraph’s amazing GoogleBrowser<\/a>, which generates diagrams of the links among websites, as recognized by Google. I entered three URLs that to me represent important nodes in the real (not merely virtual) network for civic renewal in America:<\/p>\n

  • The Civic Practices Network<\/a>, a gateway to such fields as asset-based community development, public journalism (i.e., news that tries to support citizen participation), and civic environmentalism (efforts to protect nature collaboratively).<\/li>\n
  • CIRCLE<\/a>, where I work. We try to cover the fields of civic education and youth politics, since it’s critical to prepare the next generation of citizens.<\/li>\n
  • Common Cause<\/a>, an organization that seeks to reform government and make it more responsive to citizens.<\/li>\n

    TouchGraph generates a dynamic map that moves and expands as you adjust it. It’s great to watch. The map that you can view on my site is static, because I pasted it into a graphic file. Nevertheless, it neatly shows the relationships among such fields as neighborhood activism, civic engagement on college campuses, public deliberation, national service, and public journalism. It is evidence of a robust and fairly tight network of organizations that are improving the quality and power of citizens’ public work.<\/p>\n

    This is a <\/i>map of civic renewal, not the <\/i>map. It has at least three major limitations: (1) I chose the three initial nodes–not arbitrarily, but guided by my personal experience; (2) Google’s database of links is imperfect and incomplete; and (3) links among websites are not always meaningful. One site can link to another without having anything to do with it; or two groups can work closely together but neglect to exchange links on their sites. (They might not even have websites.) In short, I find my own map fascinating, but my main advice is to use TouchGraph to make your own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Here’s a map of the civic renewal network. I made it in the following way. I visited TouchGraph’s amazing GoogleBrowser, which generates diagrams of the links among websites, as recognized by Google. I entered three URLs that to me represent important nodes in the real (not merely virtual) network for civic renewal in America: The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4631\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}