Request for Proposals
The New Jersey Council for the Humanities requests proposals for Visualizing Democracy: Contemporary Conversations, an initiative seeking digital projects that will explore, curate, and visualize the recently created “conversation” archive on the state of democracy within New Jersey and beyond (seen below). Proposals selected for commission will receive an award of $2500-5000, depending on the scale of the project.
New Jersey's Democracy Conversation
See what your neighbors are saying about democracy in our state.
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“Legislative stagnation”
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?
“The ’72 Nixon-McGovern election”
What do you remember about the first time you voted?
“Things change drastically between parties”
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?
“Hyper partisanship coupled with dishonesty”
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?
“Us vs. them mentalities”
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?
“The polarization of our bipartisan system”
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?
“Extreme positioning to activate their base”
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?
“We turn inward, harden our own beliefs”
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?
“Loss of emotioanalism and pragmatism”
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?
“We have a hard time finding common ground”
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?
“Unable to agree on almost anything”
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?
“Both parties blame each other”
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?
“Polarized views”
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?
“Technology has allowed for ‘group think/echo chamber’ environments to flourish.”
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?
“Extreme polarization”
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?
“The lack of unity”
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?
“Republicans and Democrats are becoming politically polarized”
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?
“far right terrorists”
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?
“Creeping authoritarianism”
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?
“one party that is totalitarian”
What are the main challenges facing democracy today?
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