Introduction

How could we call a coming age of participation? Philippe Van Nedervelde suggests two possible names, both drawn from classical Greek:

1) Synergos, from "sun/syn" = together; "ergos" = work

2) Metechos, denotes sharing/participating

Related Sections

• Material on "Facilitation" (i.e. facilitating group dynamics for cooperation), http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Facilitation
• Creating Collective Intelligence, http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Intelligence
• Examining the new relationality and cooperative individualism, http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Relational
• The emerging sharing economy, http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Sharing
• Cooperation and cooperatives, http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Cooperation ; http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Cooperatives

Key Resources

We recommend the material gathered by the Participedia:

1. Methods of Participation
2. Directory of Organizations Active in Participation
3. Case Studies in Participation

Key Articles

• Trebor Scholz on the Participatory Challenge

• Defining the Sharing vs the Collaborative vs the Participatory Economy. By Tiberius Brastaviceanu.