[Commlist] New book: Digital Democracy from Below: Resisting AI and Techno-solutionism

The Digital Technology for Democracy Lab (DTD) at the University of 
Virginia is pleased to share "Digital Democracy from Below: Resisting AI 
and Techno-solutionism," a new open-access collection of essays.

Bringing together researchers, activists, practitioners, and organizers, 
the collection examines how communities and institutional actors can 
challengeand reimaginethe growing influence of AI and digital 
technologies on democratic life. Across 34 essays, contributors explore 
questions of political power, technological infrastructure, digital 
sovereignty, accountability, environmental justice, and collective 
resistance.

Technological development is not treated as inevitable; the collection 
asks where democratic agency can be exercised, how existing power 
structures can be challenged, and what it means to practice democracy 
from belowin the digital age.

The essays are deliberately short and accessible, inviting readers from 
different backgrounds to engage with these questions and consider how 
they relate to their own work and communities.

The collection is co-edited by Jess Reia, Jonathan van Geuns, and Nicole 
West Bassoff.

Read and download the collection here: 
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23580697 
<https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23580697>

It was precipitated by a public eventby the same name in February 2026. 
Watch the panel recording here: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjnV0QvSxxQ 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjnV0QvSxxQ>.


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