*** Democracies Online Newswire - http://www.e-democracy.org/do *** Below is specific detail on the Social Software panel and a second message on the larger "international media art festival berlin DIY [ do it yourself ! ]" event. I will be in Berlin from Wednesday, February 7 through the afternoon of Sunday, February 11. I will also be in London for meetings February 12 and 13. If you would like to connect in some way, please drop me a note <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Cheers, Steven Clift Democracies Online From: Andreas Broeckmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Social Software Panel Description Conference Panel Social Software - Soziale Software Thursday, 8 February 2001, 14.30 - 18.00 hrs Die Entwicklung der Computertechnologie und der globalen Kommunikationsnetzwerke bieten immer neue und erweiterte Möglichkeiten für soziale und kreative Interaktionen zwischen Menschen. Um aber realisierbar zu werden, müssen diese Möglichkeiten in Form von Software entworfen und programmiert werden. So wird Software zu einem entscheidenden Katalysator für das Entstehen der Informationsgesellschaft und ihrer gesellschaftlichen und kulturellen Strukturen. In welchem Grade determiniert Software die Strukturen und Handlungspotentiale in technisch gestützten Gemeinschaften?Wie sieht das soziale Design zukünftiger politischer Prozesse aus? Wird politische Repräsentation so virtuell wie Online-Wahlen? Wie kann Soziale Software benutzt werden, gesellschaftliche Prozesse nicht nur zu unterstützen, sondern zu katalysieren? Und wie funktionieren soziale Standards wie Zuverlässigkeit und Verantwortlichkeit in einer Umgebung, in der Anonymität und liquide Identitäten eine Grundtatsache darstellen? The development of computer hardware and the global network infrastructure provide ever-extending possibilities for social and creative interactions between people. These possibilities have to be designed and coded in software in order to be realised. Thus, software becomes a crucial catalyst for the emergence of the Information Society and its social and cultural structures. To what degree does software determine the structures and potentials of technically based communities? What will be the social design of future political processes? Will political representation become as virtual as online voting? How can software be used not only to support, but also to catalyse social processes? How do social standards of commitment and responsibility work in an environment where anonymity and fluid identities are a given? Project presentations Lutz Henckel (D), GMD FOKUS, project manager of the German BerliOS Open Source platform Christian Hübler (CH), Knowbotic Research: IO_dencies, experimental and artistic interfaces for networked cooperation Heiko Idensen (D), Hyperdis: hypertext projects and collaborative writing environments Thomax Kaulmann (D): Open Meta Archive, an open, multi-nodal database structure for cultural content Prof. Dr. Dieter Otten (D), University Osnabrück, research project manager 'Internetwahlen' (online voting) Joel Slayton (US), C5 Corporation: SoftSub, an information mapping and knowledge representation project Discussion panelists Steven Clift (US), political analyst of 'e-democracy' Michael van Eeden (NL), programmer, co-founder of Amsterdam's Digital City Georg Greve (D), programmer, software analyst, representative of the European Free Software Foundation Hamburg Jeanette Hofmann (D), political scientist, internet researcher at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin Rena Tangens (D), FOEBUD Bielefeld, net pioneer and cryptography expert English/German simultaneous translation. Tickets: DM 20 (red. DM 15) Reservations at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________ andreas broeckmann - artistic director - transmediale - international media art festival berlin klosterstr. 68-70 - d-10179 berlin tel. +49-30-24721907 - fax +49-30-24721909 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.transmediale.de --------------------------------------- transmediale.01 - DIY [do it yourself!] - 4-11 feb 2001 ---www.v2.nl/syndicate-------www.mikro.org--- >From Phil Agre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To "Red Rock Eater News Service" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject [RRE]international media art festival berlin =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This message was forwarded through the Red Rock Eater News Service (RRE). You are welcome to send the message along to others but please do not use the "redirect" option. For information about RRE, including instructions for (un)subscribing, see http//dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/rre.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Date Fri, 22 Dec 2000 164300 +0100 >From "transmediale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject transmediale.01 newsletter no.1 transmediale.01 - international media art festival berlin DIY [ do it yourself ! ] 4 - 11 February 2001 the programme planning for the upcoming transmediale - international media art festival berlin - is progressing fast. in the coming weeks, we will be sending out regular news updates which will, as soon as possible, also be reflected on the festival website which is under construction. here is a first overview over some parts of the festival programme * two-day CONFERENCE with two international panels each day - Social Software (8 feb afternoon) - about software as a designed motor of social change - Artistic Software (8 feb evening) - about programming as artistic practice - New Forms of Distribution (9 feb afternoon) - about artistic content production and distribution on the net - Net-Based Participation (9 feb evening) - about art projects probing models of interaction and participation * artist presentations and prize ceremony for the projects shortlisted for the transmediale.01 AWARDS in the three categories, Interactive, Video, and Artistic Software (10 feb) * six thematic VIDEO SCREENING programmes from the competition submissions (5, 6, 7, 11 feb) and a video-on-demand service * the Competition Terror screening night - all you can take! (9 feb) * three special screenings with video art from Africa (6 feb), internet-based shorts from Russia (10 feb) and the UK group Machinima who produce feature films with computer game software (11 feb) * a retrospective afternoon with the berlin-based film and video group DOGFILM - pioneers in bridging the gap between independent video production and public television (11 feb) * four WORKSHOPS (Flash animations and Gameboy hacking for children, LEGO Mindstorms and Synaesthetic environments for all) * a specially designed MEDIA LOUNGE in the Foyer Hall of the Podewil where we will present the computer screen-based works (internet, CD-Rom, software) - this is set to become a spectacular and inviting environment that will give the transmediale.01 a characteristic face. * the transmediale.01 SALON, a cafe and evening hang-out with magazine-style short presentations of new media projects and work in progress. * PRICES (reduced) Conference - 1 panel DM 20 (DM 15) - 2 panels DM 35 (DM 25) Screenings - DM 12 (DM 10) Competition Terror - DM 20 (DM 15) Presentations - DM 12 (DM 10) Workshops - DM 20 (DM 5) Media Lounge/Salon - free Festival pass - DM 150 (DM 120) an ACCREDITATION FORM is available on the website http//www.transmediale.de PRESS please, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] the NEXT NEWSLETTER will be published on 29 dec and will contain a list of the projects and tapes shortlisted for the transmediale.01 awards. we wish everybody a pleasant and peaceful end of the year season and send special greetings to all those who, like us, can't take holidays. best regards, the transmediale team _______________________________________ transmediale - international media art festival berlin klosterstr. 68-70 - d-10179 berlin tel. +49-30-24721907 - fax +49-30-24721909 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http//www.transmediale.de --------------------------------------- transmediale.01 - DIY [do it yourself!] - 4-11 feb 2001 transmediale.01 DIY [do it yourself!] 4 - 11 february 2001 international media art festival berlin klosterstr. 68-70 10179 berlin germany fon +49 30 2472 1907 fax +49 30 2472 1909 www.transmediale.de ...................................................................... ..... ................................. 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