hey all is there any video of these sessions? On 5/26/07, Steve Rhodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The grassroots panels Saturday & Sunday (including a couple on ) at the > International Communications Assoc conf are free and open to the public. > > They take place at the Hilton near the Powell street Bart station > > the full list is here with related links. I'll post descriptions of a > couple > > http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~ncarpent/icatheme/themeevents.html<http://homepages.vub.ac.be/%7Encarpent/icatheme/themeevents.html> > > Grassroots discussion panel: Participatory models and alternative > content production > > Whether concerned with social movements, civic engagement, aesthetic > production or personal expression, alternative content production > embraces participation as core value as well as a structural > possibility. This theme event examines attempts to develop, use, > augment and promote structures for participation in production > processes. Discussion will compare content creators' strategies for > social inclusion, democratic involvement and technological literacy, > by looking not only at technological or political imperatives but > institutional ones as well. Key practitioners also address what is > meant by participation, who participates and how, and what alternative > content producers gain and lose from participatory design. > > Location: Hilton > Time: Saturday May 26; 6:30-8:00 > Participants: > > * Ryan Junell (Webzine) > * Jay Dedman (OurMedia) > * Ronda Hauben (OhMyNews International) > * Ilyse Hogue (MOVEON) > * David Sasaki (Global Voices) > * Chair: Benjamin De Cleen (Free University of Brussels (VUB)) > > Grassroots discussion panel: Alternative journalisms > > What are the many faces of alternative journalism today? This theme > event explores the role of alternative journalists in speaking to > power and creating social change and contemplates journalists' > adaptation and/or resistance to new social, economic, political and > technological pressures in the field. The discussion will center on > the practice of alternative journalism as it has existed in the past > and in the present. Panelists will also treat alternative journalism's > successes and failures and the challenges of working in a media- and > information-saturated environment. The event will end by reflecting on > ways to enhance alternative journalism's critical capacities. > > Location: Hilton > Time: Sunday May 27; 6:30-8:00 > > Participants: > > * Shinjoung Yeo (Radical Reference) > * Bob Ostertag (artist and author of People's Movements, People's Press) > * Don Hazen (Alternet) > * Josh Wolf (the Free the Media Coalition, the Rise Up Network, > prisonblogs.net) > > * Chair: Nico Carpentier (Free University of Brussels (VUB)) > > -- > Steve Rhodes > > http://ari.typepad.com > > http://tigerbeat.vox.com blogs > > http://flickr.com/photos/ari/ photos > > http://del.icio.us/tigerbeat interesting articles & sites > > http://twitter.com/tigerbeat > >
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