Participatory Democracy: Hybrid Forums and Deliberative Processes as Methodological Tools

International audienceDialogic democracy is a key part of social and humanist research. Indoor research describes a sort of 'closed research world', a form of research where researchers communicate with researchers — the more or less normal conference situation. Outdoor research is described as a type of research including non-researchers ('profans'). The preparatory workshop aims at reaching a shared frame based on common information on the subject, presentation of the public dialogue structure and rules, and better knowledge about each other's ideas and perspectives. The choice of the controversy was based on various local controversies about fish quality — fresh/frozen and local shop/supermarket —price, and tradition, which emerged during a fieldwork in June 2016 underlining controversies. The citizens, farmers, and municipality representatives agreed on the fact that the current traditional location of the market is convenient for all parties. The ambition is to further open up the quite classical research approach to the 'unexpected'