Introduction by a Student Body activist who speaking on how direct democracy could be advanced within the Student Body in practice. Historically, student self-government has revolved around the erasing of the power of the individual student and replacing it with a bureaucracy which is ever more distant from their reality. Student council is the latest innovation in limiting the powers of the average student. However, replacing representation with direct democracy within the Student Body would be easily achieved by developing the two methods of direct democracy which are already included in Student Body constitutions, that is, a general referendum and general assembly. *Student Body in this case refers to the original student governing body established at the University of Helsinki in 1858.Youtube version: https://youtu.be/0uDIqRaugtkSecond introduction by a representative of the Quebec student movement via skype: https://soundcloud.com/aryhma/direct-democracy-as-an-alternative-to-student-council-elections-quebec-student-movementLecture took place 2nd of November 2014Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aryhma/Instagram: aryhmaTwitter: https://twitter.com/A_ryhmaYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AryhmaHelsinkiTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/aryhmaSpotify: https://sptfy.com/a-ryhmaApple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/a-ryhmä/id1508757319Google podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?q=a-ryhm%C3%A4