participation-washing
nounEtymology
Apparently coined in 2020 from participation + washing
- inherited from *waskandī✻
- inherited from *wæsċende//*wasċende✻
- inherited from waschyng//wasschinge//wasschynge//wassende//wesschinge
Definitions
The strategy or practice by organizations (such as companies and governments) of a…
The strategy or practice by organizations (such as companies and governments) of a process of "hollow" (fake) consultation of citizens or members, despite no (or little) interest in such participation, in order to improve their public image, gather attention and sympathy by creating an illusion of openness.
- Participation can be used tokenistically - and ‘participation-washing’ is a common concern in data systems and beyond.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for participation-washing. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA