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popular assemblies are studied as instruments of direct and deliberative democracy and are protected as freedom of assembly.","purpose":"Let an agent explain popular assemblies and their forms, relay history and modern deliberative practice with attribution, describe legal protections for assembly, and distinguish popular assemblies from legislatures and protests.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Direct participation","Deliberation and decision","Historical and modern forms","Sortition in modern assemblies"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What a popular assembly is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition and forms.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is a popular assembly, and what forms has it taken?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the gathering an assembly, a legislature, a protest or a meeting?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"Historical assemblies.","findings":[{"id":"history-finding","name":"History","description":"History.","questions":[{"text":"How did the ekklesia, the thing, the Hoftag and town meetings work, as historians describe?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific assembly?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"modern","name":"Modern","description":"Modern deliberative assemblies.","layers":[{"id":"citizens","name":"Citizens","description":"Citizens assemblies.","findings":[{"id":"citizens-finding","name":"Citizens","description":"Citizens.","questions":[{"text":"How do citizens assemblies such as the Irish one select members and deliberate, and what have they decided?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"evidence","name":"Evidence","description":"Evidence and debate.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-finding","name":"Evidence","description":"Evidence.","questions":[{"text":"What does research say about the effects and legitimacy of deliberative assemblies, with positions attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation neutral?","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"rights","name":"Rights","description":"Freedom of assembly.","layers":[{"id":"law","name":"Law","description":"Legal protection.","findings":[{"id":"law-finding","name":"Law","description":"Law.","questions":[{"text":"How is freedom of assembly protected in human rights law?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"movements","name":"Movements","description":"Assemblies in movements.","findings":[{"id":"movements-finding","name":"Movements","description":"Movements.","questions":[{"text":"How have social movements used assemblies, from mass meetings to occupy-style assemblies, with attribution?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific movement?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Theory and practice.","layers":[{"id":"theory","name":"Theory","description":"Democratic theory.","findings":[{"id":"theory-finding","name":"Theory","description":"Theory.","questions":[{"text":"How do theories of direct and deliberative democracy treat assemblies?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits deliberative democracy?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"practice","name":"Practice","description":"Running an assembly.","findings":[{"id":"practice-finding","name":"Practice","description":"Practice.","questions":[{"text":"What practices support fair and effective assemblies, as practitioners describe?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits facilitation?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe historic and modern forms of popular assembly from documented sources.","Help an assembly publish its agenda, minutes and decisions as it has agreed."],"mustNot":["Misreport what an assembly decided or the size of its support.","Record or identify participants in an assembly without their consent.","Manipulate an assembly's discussion or vote, including by flooding it with fake voices.","Pass participants' details to authorities or employers."],"requiresHuman":["Publishing a list of participants or speakers.","Representing an assembly's position to outside bodies."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Participants in assemblies have faced reprisals from states and employers.","Claiming to speak for a community without its mandate undermines its self-rule."],"affectedParties":["Participants","The community represented","Minorities within the assembly"]},"owners":{"steward":"The community or assembly itself; its chosen officers keep its records.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q43229","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q874405","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q89753576","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"assembly","type":"related","note":"in registry terms, under Article 11 ECHR"},{"target":"social group","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"direct democracy","type":"related","note":"and deliberative democracy"},{"target":"legislature","type":"related","note":"the representative body"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.popular-assembly","Wikidata: Q280783 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q280783)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":[]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["Direct gathering of citizens for public decisions","Ancient assemblies, things, town meetings, citizens assemblies","Parliaments are elected representative bodies; 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