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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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Constitutional Drafting Process - During

Archived since: Nov, 2020

Description:

This collection contains content of the 2011 constitutional drafting process. Items include meeting notes, communication with the public, citizen deliberation and input, video recordings of constitutional meetings, press coverage, personal reflections from constitutional council members, mind maps of process and efforts to reach public, the technology used, constitution and article draft versions, news from the constitutional process, expert input, national polls, letters from citizens, photos from inside and outside of constitutional sessions, interviews with council members, government documentation and announcements on the process.

Subject:   Government Politics & Elections Society & Culture

Feedback on Draft - During

Archived since: Nov, 2020

Description:

This is a collection of the types of input offered by the public during the constitutional drafting process in Iceland in the summer of 2011.

Subject:   Government Politics & Elections Society & Culture

Final Constitution - During

Archived since: Nov, 2020

Description:

This collection contains the final draft constitution created in 2011. Included is the official version submitted in Icelandic by the Constitutional Council, English translations of the draft, audiobook readings of the constitution, and media announcing the draft proposal. Note that there are multiple English translations of the draft with debate over which is most accurate.

Subject:   Government Politics & Elections Society & Culture

News and Draft Versions - During

Archived since: Dec, 2020

Description:

This collection explores the constitutional draft versions and the constitutional author's (Constitutional Council) communication back to the public while the process took place. Items include versions of the constitutional draft as it evolved, citizen input, media coverage, international response, photos, social media outreach from the Constitutional Council, specialist visits and suggestions, polls, interviews, technical framework, blogs, reports from the full Constitutional Council, and the three committees within the council.

Subject:   Government Politics & Elections Society & Culture

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