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KRIA - The Icelandic Constitution Archives

Archive-It Partner Since: Oct, 2020

Organization Type: Other Institutions

Organization URL: http://instagram.com/kriaarchives/   

Description:

KRIA is a community effort to gather and make openly available the content around the citizen-driven Icelandic constitutional reform process. In 2011, Iceland rewrote its constitution using an historically open approach. This offered an inspiring new way to think about how citizens can participate in policy reform using available technology. What resulted was a draft constitution that was affirmed by a public referendum. Iceland's proposed constitution has not yet been ratified by Althingi (the Icelandic Parliament), but the initiative is still alive and gaining international attention.

However, the ephemeral nature of digital-born content poses a threat to the constitutional process materials safety and public access. The KRIA archive hopes to make this information available as a resource for the community, scholars, and future generations. Among the partners in this effort are the Icelandic Constitutional Society, Icelandic National Archives, the University of Washington, the University of Iceland, and peace building nonprofit Build Up.

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Title: Candidates for the Constituent Assembly René Biasone 6516

URL: http://wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20101124011834/http://www.ruv.is/stjornlagathing/frambjodendur?nr=6516

Collection: Election of Constitutional Assembly/Council - Before

Description: René Biasone, a candidate for the Icelandic Constitutional Assembly lays out his reason for running with an outline of her background and demographics.

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Subject:   Icelandic. Stjórnarskrá

Title: Candidates for the Constituent Assembly René Biasone 6516

URL: http://wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20101124011834/http://www.ruv.is/stjornlagathing/frambjodendur?nr=6516

Collection: Election of Constitutional Assembly/Council - Before

Description: René Biasone, a candidate for the Icelandic Constitutional Assembly lays out his reason for running with an outline of her background and demographics.

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Subject:   Icelandic. Stjórnarskrá

Title: how Iceland beat the banks

URL: https://youtube.com/watch?v=KYpzHZh5byY/

Collection: Pots and Pans Revolution - Before

Description: A youtube video giving a brief overview of the Icelandic government's response to the Global Financial Crisis. The Icelandic government let banks fail after Icelandic banks over-extended their loans to citizens (an inherent policy of neo-liberal economics). Instead, Iceland opted for debt forgiveness programmes to bail out its own citizens, as opposed to the austerity schemes that the EU opted for. Today, Iceland has a steady annual growth rate and low unemployment rate.

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Title: Iceland revolution project- Interview with Gudmundur Halfdanarson

URL: https://youtube.com/watch?v=V2RZybVfQ0k/

Collection: Pots and Pans Revolution - Before

Description: Interview with Gudmundur Halfdanarson - history professor at the University of Iceland - about the then lack of accountability by the government attributed to the bankers responsible for the failure of the three major banks in Iceland following the Global Financial Crisis 2008. Halfdanarson argues that there must be recognition of these faults for the sake of legitimacy of government rule.

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