Carol Romero & Andrés Pereira de Lucena about Decidim, and why technology is political
Ep. 28

Carol Romero & Andrés Pereira de Lucena about Decidim, and why technology is political

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Episode description

Carol Romero is CPO and Andrés Pereira de Lucena is CTO of Decidim, a well-known open-source tool for democratic online participation. With several hundred instances actively running and nine years of development behind it, Decidim is a widely used and battle-tested software. Building on this experience, the Decidim team is now working on a more refined and mature release.

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0:00How Decidim came into life
4:59The evolution of Decidim
12:54Cycles of community driven features
15:16Two upcoming modules & about AI features
20:27Challenges
24:15Examples of how Decidim was used
28:45The terminology issue
34:41Promoting feminism in Decidim and beyond
43:16Relationship with politicians
52:15Personal background
56:49API & Federation of Decidim instances
1:01:09Final message