Dear okffers, Knowing that we really need help co-ordinating the programme, I initiated conversations at a NODE.London (http://wiki.nodel.org) meeting about a possible collaboration with okcon. I think these were two very good proposals for sessions:
- Adnan Hadzi would be interested in helping to organise another 'Open Media' panel this year, in his capacity as a researcher at Goldsmiths, he can put in the time and some limited resources (500 squids or so) towards pulling this together. I think it would be a great idea. Gift horse, mouth etc. - Ilze Black has suggested a 'Free Youth Culture' panel, with some real free young people who have been working on media education projects in a network of organisations around the UK and Europe. I've spoken to her and this would not be a 'showcase' as such, but a critical look at what the institutional/legislative landscape is for young people's cultural production. I think this could be a really interesting new area to explore at an okcon. Working in related projects with The People Speak (http://theps.net), I'm constantly appalled at how a proprietary culture is shoved down their throats at every opportunity. Not that I'm biased mind you ;) In both cases, I might also be able to muster some financial support, via a NODE.London-based funding application for good documentation of the event. In any case, I think these two panels could provide a very useful contribution - and would come with some human/financial resources to pull them together (an important point!). Thoughts? Cheers, Saul. -- The People Speak | 17-25 Cremer St. London E2 8HD | http://theps.net studio +44 (0)20 71007915 | saul: +44 (0)7941 255210 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss
