Parlia is an

encyclopedia An encyclopedia (American English) or encyclopædia (British English) is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge either general or special to a particular field or discipline. Encyclopedias are divided into articles ...

opinion An opinion is a judgment, viewpoint, or statement that is not conclusive, rather than facts, which are true statements. Definition A given opinion may deal with subjective matters in which there is no conclusive finding, or it may deal with f ...

, a project looking to map all of the world's opinions. The name Parlia is derived from the Old English word for negotiation, to "parley." The project was founded by

Turi Munthe Turi Munthe FRSA (born 1976) is an Anglo-French journalist and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Demotix, which became the largest network of photojournalists in the world, as well as Parlia, an encyclopaedia of opinion. Education Munthe stu ...

and J. Paul Neeley. Turi Munthe previously founded

Demotix Demotix was a photo agency that enabled freelance photojournalists to license their photos to mainstream media organisations, charities, and stock image buyers. Initially conceived as a free speech platform to allow local journalists to report t ...

, at the time the "world’s largest network of photojournalists" which sold to Corbis, a

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company, in 2013. J. Paul Neeley previously founded Yossarian Lives. Parlia is not a

debate Debate is a process that involves formal discourse on a particular topic, often including a moderator and audience. In a debate, arguments are put forward for often opposing viewpoints. Debates have historically occurred in public meetings, a ...

site, but looking to "showcasing all opinions in a calm, descriptive voice." The ambition of Parlia is to build a "platform that could map all opinions about everything."

History

The initial funding for development of the Parlia prototype came from a

Paul Hamlyn Foundation Paul Hamlyn Foundation is a registered charity, and a company limited by guarantee which has been established in its current form since 2004, succeeding an earlier incarnation that was founded in 1987, which itself formalised established philanthr ...

Ideas and Pioneer Fund and a

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Digital News Innovation Fund grant (DNI). According to Google "The Digital News Innovation Fund (DNI Fund) is a European programme that's part of the Google News Initiative, an effort to help journalism thrive in the digital age." The Google DNI grant was awarded on the fund's 4th round. Parlia is part of the

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Exchange program, based in

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, UK.

References

Specialized encyclopedias

External links

* {{official website, Parlia.com