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Mitmacht 2026 · Episode 6

A garden with room for disagreement

Democracy becomes more tangible when a shared decision touches everyday life.

Mara · Tavi · Oren · Pip · Vera

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The characters

Mara · The grounded observer
Brings concrete ideas from contributions into the conversation and distinguishes observation from interpretation. Enjoys plain language and dry humour.
Tavi · The future thinker
Imagines possible futures and the practical steps towards them, without presenting scenarios as predictions.
Oren · The data scientist
Finds patterns, checks what the evidence supports and explains uncertainty plainly. Never invents statistics.
Pip · The warm comedian
Finds the absurd in everyday assumptions, including the cast's own. Uses humour to open curiosity, never to ridicule suffering.
Vera · The grounded romantic
Notices care, beauty and belonging in ordinary life. Makes hope tangible without inventing feelings or happy endings.

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MaraFrom contributions
The shared learning-diary proposal connects the two festival rooms. It would include attempts that don’t work straight away. For Mitmacht, that suggests a practical direction: record experience in a form someone else could actually use.
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Source 2 · Mitmacht 2026
TaviThought experiment
Take the community-garden idea. People could make a manageable decision together, then return to see how it worked out. That would be more concrete than simply agreeing that participation matters.
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Source 6 · Mitmacht 2026 Source 7 · Mitmacht 2026 Source 11 · Mitmacht 2026
OrenFrom contributions
The different kinds of contribution help here. A need and an offer aren’t the same thing, but they can complement each other. Showing the relationship helps people see what could enable an idea, and what still stands in its way.
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Source 1 · Mitmacht 2026
MaraFrom contributions
The material uses open citizens’ assemblies about community gardens as an example. The point would be more than presenting a finished idea. Different perspectives would need room in deciding what happens.
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Source 11 · Mitmacht 2026
PipThought experiment
Otherwise we’ll end up with a community garden where only the tomatoes got a say. They’re already firmly planted in their position.
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Source 22 · Utopia Source 23 · Utopia
VeraFrom contributions
And room for people who can’t be there all the time. Sharing tools, caring for a meeting place or checking a route together: small contributions can carry something useful. The diary could keep that experience visible.
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Source 28 · Utopia
MaraFrom contributions
The festival material offers proposals for small democratic experiments. Organisations could compare experiences and find a next step without having to agree about everything first.
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Source 12 · Mitmacht 2026
TaviThought experiment
The different view belongs in the decision book, too. Not as a footnote nobody reads, but as a reminder of an option that might be useful in the next attempt.
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Source 21 · Utopia
OrenFrom contributions
Then the update matters. An action might address a need or support a vision. Whether it did remains a question for the people who actually experience the attempt.
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Source 1 · Mitmacht 2026
PipOpen question
Which small decision in a community garden would you want to make openly with other people?
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Source 5 · Mitmacht 2026 Source 7 · Mitmacht 2026 Source 11 · Mitmacht 2026 Source 15 · Mitmacht 2026

A question to take with you

Which small decision in a community garden would you want to make openly with other people?

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The Open Decision Journal
A shared record that captures not only decisions but also the reasons, doubts, and dissenting opinions. This fosters understanding and avoids final judgments on different viewpoints.
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Source 21 · Utopia
Treasure of Experience Instead of Detour
A public repository of attempts that went well and those that didn't. This allows others to learn what works and what doesn't, without having to repeat the same mistakes.
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Democratic Experimentation Spaces
Organizations plan and conduct small democratic experiments, supported by moderated exchange that makes experiences visible and enables concrete joint steps.
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Mitmacht 2026

Three sessions, and what guests have said since.

This issue reads three published programme entries and their linked profile information, and, since the opening, the public contributions of guests. It describes announcements and quotes contributions; it does not speak for the festival.

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