01. Conference
(Please make sure to register in advance to the event. >>
Tea and coffee available during welcome and registration, and during afternoon breaks.
Lunch not provided. For info on cafés, restaurants and take-aways nearby, see our ‘Newcastle Information’ page >>
The conference is transmitted live over Ustream >>)
MONDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER
09.15-9.45 — Welcome and registration
09.45-10.00 — Introduction
10.00-12.00 — Session 1: Collective Action
Régis Lemberthe (Enable Berlin) – Enabling Citizens >>
Julien Dorra (OrsayCommons, Paris) – OrsayCommons, Building a Micro-Community of Museum Hackers >>
Lien Tran (Parsons New School of Design, NYC) – Seeds to Soil >>
12.00-13.30 — Lunch break / Workshop #1 from 12.30 to 13.20 >>
13.30-15.30 — Session 2: Participative Platforms
Gabriel Menotti (Cine Falcatrua, London) – Cinematographic Circuit Bending: the Cine Falcatrua Collective, a Grassroots Film Society Between Pirate Media and the Institutions of Art >>
François Naudé (alt.sense, Cape Town) – Goodbye People. Hello Profile. >>
Helen Pritchard (Lancaster University / University of Plymouth) – Ingredients of Social Exchange >>
15.30-16.00 — Break
16.00-18.00 — Session 3: Engagement
Yves Bernard (iMAL, Dorkbot Brussels) – Fostering New Creative Communities >>
Andrew Wilson (Thumbprint Co-operative, London) – I Heart Texting >>
Wafa Bourkhis (Universities of Tunis and Artois) – Connected Communities in Virtual Worlds in the Arab World and the Impact of Arab Cyber-Revolutions on Arts and Cyber-Arts >>
19.30-21.30 — Exhibition Opening at Culture Lab OnSite >>
TUESDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER
09.30-10.00 — Welcome and registration
10.00-12.00 — Session 4: Economies
Adam Hasler, Kawandeep Virdee and Benjamin Sugar (Dorkbot Boston) – The Community Stack: Design Principles for a Community Centered Solution Stack >>
Karen Martin and Kristina Glushkova (Makerhood, London) – Makerhood: Local Making Meets the Web >>
Rachel O’Dwyer (Trinity College Dublin) – Media Publics: The Political Economy of Mobile Networks (Talk cancelled) >>
12.00-13.30 — Lunch break / Workshop #2 from 12.30 to 13.20 >>
13.30-15.30 — Session 5: Transnational
Amanda Williams (Wyld Collective, Montréal) – Local Community, Global Hub: Organizational Tactics of a Slum >>
Pamela McLean (Dadamac, UK/Africa) – Dadamac’s Connected Communities: Fun We’ve Had and Lessons We’ve Learned >>
Simon Biggs (Edinburgh College of Arts) – Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice >>
15.30-16.00 — Break
16.00-18.00 — Session 6: (Hi)stories
Alex Henry (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums) – Culture Shock >>
Joanna Berry (Newcastle University), Rachel Ratner (KEXP, Seattle) – Seattle Band Map: Mapping the Evolution of Seattle’s Artistic Relationships >>
Elizabeth Skadden (Berlin) – The Role of the Cassette Tape in Connecting Musical Micro-Communities of the Former East Germany >>
19.30-01.00 — Beats & Pieces Party at Star and Shadow >>
WEDNESDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER
09.30-10.00 — Welcome and registration
10.00-12.00 — Session 7: Technology & Society
Hannah Goraya and Ann Light (Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield) – Digital Inclusion as Social Connection – a Socio-Political Analysis of the Role of Local Online Centres >>
Budi Arief, David Greathead, Chris Smith, Aad van Moorsel, Lynne Coventry, Phil Butler (Newcastle University / Northumbria University) – NEWS: Inclusive Technology’s Impact on Society through Neighbourhood Watch Scheme >>
Panayiota Tsatsou (Swansea University) – ICTs and Connectivity in Minority Communities in Wales >>
12.00-13.00 — Lunch break / Workshop results showcase from 12.00 to 13.00
13.00-15.30 — Session 8: Co-Creation
Marije Kanis (Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences) – Co-Design in Real-World Settings for Addressing Varying Community Needs >>
Giovanni Innella (Northumbria University, Newcastle) – Designing for Mars >>
David Littler and Berit Greinke (Queens Mary University, London) – The Paper Orchestra and Sampler-Cultureclash >>
Olle Bjerkås (Co-Lab, Göteborg) – Co-Created Creative Expression >>
15.30-16.00 — Break
16.00-18.00 — Session 9: Community Art
Sophie Hope and Elaine Speight (University of London) – Critical Friends Out on a Limb? Performing Connected Communities through Socially Engaged Art >>
Toby Lowe (Helixarts, Newcastle) – Digital Narratives and Communities >>
Sharon Bailey (ISIS Arts, Newcastle) – ‘Homelands’. How ISIS Arts Uses Visual and Media Arts Projects to Connect Artists and Communities >>