{"id":20335,"date":"2021-09-02T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2021\/09\/02\/en-philo-ivorycoast-igf-2021-ranciere-disagreement\/"},"modified":"2021-09-02T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T19:00:00","slug":"en-philo-ivorycoast-igf-2021-ranciere-disagreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2021\/09\/02\/en-philo-ivorycoast-igf-2021-ranciere-disagreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranci\u00e8rean Disagreement on Ivory Coast IGF 2021 Virtual \u2014 Distribution of the sensible"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This essay applies the conceptual framework of the Political Philosophy \/ Aesthetics<\/strong> \u2014 most prominently associated with Jacques Ranci\u00e8re<\/strong> \u2014 to re-read the Ivory Coast IGF 2021 Virtual conference. Target audience: researchers, doctoral students, policy analysts, and executives.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Introduction: The Problem<\/h2>\n

Ranci\u00e8re conceives politics as reconfiguring the distribution of the sensible. Ivory Coast IGF is a practice of redrawing the boundary of who can speak and what registers as an agenda in international discussion.<\/p>\n

This essay argues that the multistakeholder process of Ivory Coast IGF becomes intelligible in its specificity only through the concept of Distribution of the sensible<\/strong>, and that the concept itself undergoes transformation under the new material of digital space. Describing this mutual transformation is the task of this essay.<\/p>\n

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Redistributing the visible\/audible<\/h2>\n

Each time the voice of C\u00f4te d'Ivoire, of the Global South, of youth, or of indigenous peoples becomes audible at IGF, the distribution of the sensible is reconfigured. This is what Ranci\u00e8re calls "the moment of politics."<\/p>\n

Each session's agenda-setting can be read as a contemporary restaging of the Jacques Ranci\u00e8re-type problematic.<\/p>\n

The national-level IGF (Ivory Coast IGF) is an attempt to redefine the modern category of the nation-state in the digital era.<\/p>\n

The part of those who have no part<\/h2>\n

Jacques Ranci\u00e8re's concepts are not confined to abstract philosophical discussion; they apply to the concrete agenda items debated at the 2021 conference. We examine that application below.<\/p>\n

1. Application to "COVID\u5f8c"<\/h3>\n

Discussion of "COVID\u5f8c" can be positioned, from the perspective of Jacques Ranci\u00e8re's Distribution of the sensible<\/strong>, as a central problematic. In C\u00f4te d'Ivoire's context, the three layers of regulatory design, social implementation, and citizen participation around COVID\u5f8c are particularly at stake.<\/p>\n

2. Application to "AI"<\/h3>\n

Discussion of "AI" can be positioned, from the perspective of Jacques Ranci\u00e8re's Distribution of the sensible<\/strong>, as a derivative problematic. In C\u00f4te d'Ivoire's context, the three layers of regulatory design, social implementation, and citizen participation around AI are particularly at stake.<\/p>\n

3. Application to "\u63a5\u7d9a\u683c\u5dee"<\/h3>\n

Discussion of "\u63a5\u7d9a\u683c\u5dee" can be positioned, from the perspective of Jacques Ranci\u00e8re's Distribution of the sensible<\/strong>, as a peripheral yet important problematic. In C\u00f4te d'Ivoire's context, the three layers of regulatory design, social implementation, and citizen participation around \u63a5\u7d9a\u683c\u5dee are particularly at stake.<\/p>\n

4. Application to "\u56fd\u5185\u6cd5\u6574\u5099"<\/h3>\n

Discussion of "\u56fd\u5185\u6cd5\u6574\u5099" can be positioned, from the perspective of Jacques Ranci\u00e8re's Distribution of the sensible<\/strong>, as a peripheral yet important problematic. In C\u00f4te d'Ivoire's context, the three layers of regulatory design, social implementation, and citizen participation around \u56fd\u5185\u6cd5\u6574\u5099 are particularly at stake.<\/p>\n

5. Application to "\u653f\u5e9c\uff0b\u6c11\u9593\u5354\u50cd"<\/h3>\n

Discussion of "\u653f\u5e9c\uff0b\u6c11\u9593\u5354\u50cd" can be positioned, from the perspective of Jacques Ranci\u00e8re's Distribution of the sensible<\/strong>, as a peripheral yet important problematic. In C\u00f4te d'Ivoire's context, the three layers of regulatory design, social implementation, and citizen participation around \u653f\u5e9c\uff0b\u6c11\u9593\u5354\u50cd are particularly at stake.<\/p>\n

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Implications for Executives and Practitioners<\/h2>\n

The philosophical reflection of this essay is not merely academic. The Jacques Ranci\u00e8re perspective carries three practical implications for executives operating in C\u00f4te d'Ivoire.<\/p>\n

First, it raises the reflexive question of how the firm's business model connects to the logic of Distribution of the sensible<\/strong>. Second, in dialogue with regulators and civil society, it suggests dimensions of consensus formation that purely technical arguments cannot reach. Third, it indicates that the long-term ground of business legitimacy lies not so much in technical advantage or market share as in participation in such philosophical-normative debates.<\/p>\n

Academic Positioning and Future Research<\/h2>\n

The argument of this essay attempts to graft a philosophical perspective onto the mainstream political-science and legal approaches to internet governance research. Three future research questions follow.<\/p>\n

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  1. Verification of the applicability of Jacques Ranci\u00e8re's framework to other IGF conferences<\/li>\n
  2. Comparative contrast between Political Philosophy \/ Aesthetics<\/strong> and other theoretical traditions<\/li>\n
  3. Exploration of dialogue possibilities with the indigenous intellectual traditions of C\u00f4te d'Ivoire<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In particular, the third point has the potential to liberate IGF research from West-centric debate and open a more multi-layered discursive space.<\/p>\n

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