Don't know if I posted this already, but for many of us unsatisfied with
what is happening so far in the official summit, we are turning our eyes to
other parallel civil society activities like this great effort below...
Cheers
Al
> -----Original Message-----
> From: prep-l-bounces@geneva03.org [mailto:prep-l-bounces@geneva03.org]
> On Behalf Of francesca
> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 6:46 AM
> To: prep-l@geneva03.org
> Subject: [prep-l] translation polimedia Lab
>
> POLIMEDIA LAB
>
> As an intervention into the reorganisation of power, communication and
> information, we propose a media and communication laboratory during the
> World Summit on the Information Society as part of the
> <http://www.geneva03.org>Geneva03 initiatives and as a counter-event to
> the
> WSIS.
> Based on the experiences of the Hub in Florence in November 2002, and
> organised in close cooperation with the proposed media lab for the next
> European Social Forum in Paris, Polymedia Lab will be a temporary space
> of
> experimentation and confrontation for alternative and grassroots
> communication projects.
> It will serve as a platform to develop and experiment with horizontal
> communication, to share experiences and knowledge, to create networks of
>
> alternative communication projects,and present an alternative vision of
> information society.
>
>
>
> What would we envision? What could take place at Polymedia Lab?
> - Indymedia Centre with public access terminals
>
> -pirate TV and pirate radio
>
> - video and radio streams (global, multidirectional, and in interaction
> with streams being produced elsewhere)
>
> - presentations on issues around the information society : media
> concentration, intellectual property rights, infowar, ISP and media
> laws, etc.
>
> - skill sharing workshops on technological aspects of communication:
> Linux,
> pgp, WiFi, satellite transmission, hacking, streaming, etc.
>
> - permanent workshops on non-technical aspects of communication :
> horizontal, non-hierarchical ways of communicating- network meetings of
> groups and individuals involved with free TV, free radio, Indymedia,
> video,
> etc. to develop and facilitate cooperation
>
>
> The Polimedia Lab aims to counteract the summit agenda, and show the
> value
> of information and communication systems based on freedom, horizontality
>
> and cooperation..
>
> organize yourself! Post your Proposals and join the mailing list.
>
> Please don't forget to include in the form:
> What equipment are you bringing?
> What else do you need as technical equipment?
>
>
>
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