I always end up feeling like "Big Mouth Strikes Again" * when you speak at these things I find!!
C u soon
Janie .
*(The Smiths) !!
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Saul Albert posted
Who Wants to Be III - 7th November (and my conference paper)
Hello Engage people!
I know many of you are based in Scotland - but I hope you'll come to London for the next 'Who Wants to Be...?'- the experimental democratic game-show I talked about at Engage '08.
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Sun, Oct 19 at 12:08PM
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Janie Nicoll
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anna henderson
Wed, Sep 24 at 6:05AM
Sarah Yearsley posted
So what did you think?
It's great to see people carrying on conversations after the conference. The evaluation process is under way so feel free to email me at scotland@engage.org to let me know what you thought and what you'd like to see at future engage Scotland events.
Thu, Sep 18 at 5:42AM
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anna henderson
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Janie Nicoll
hey Janie, i was well chuffed to hear your voice represent the artists in the lighthouse last week...you should have been up on that podium too!
Anna
Tue, Sep 16 at 3:07AM
Neil McGuire
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Questions from the floor - technology
thanks kirstie for picking up this point.
I agree with what you're saying, and in addition reckon sauls quote from bruno latour on a different thread (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor-Ne... could also go some way to addressing it. ...
Tue, Sep 16 at 1:34AM
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Kate Tregaskis
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Saul Albert
Hi Saul,
Here below is the link to that report I mentioned - John Holden's 'Cultural Value and the Crisis of Legitimacy - Why culture needs a democratic mandate'
http://www.demos.co.uk/publications/c...
You've maybe seen it already...it says we need what you are doing (!). The other thing I mentioned to you, drunkenly, is Meredith Belbin's theory of Team Roles...the idea that there are a set number of roles (he says 9) that are performed by members of a team...it's a sort of theory of group dynamics...it's been variously discredited...I guess nothing holds water for long...but I’d be interested in what you think given that you are working with group dynamics...that each participant in the events you organise is not just expressing an opinion but performing a role relative to (and maybe partly determined by) other group members …I think it's useful not in terms of 'pigeon-holing' people but in helping with a realisation that different types of contribution are required to get an idea or a project off the ground. (Too many innovators can be as least as disastrous as too many 'completer-finishers')
There's a brief summary of Belbin team roles at http://changingminds.org/explanations...
Anyway, thanks for your great contribution to the conference.
Kate
Sat, Sep 13 at 5:33AM
Saul Albert
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Questions from the floor - ethics of participation
When thinking about ethics in networks of participation, I often return to this quote from Bruno Latour about the ethics of 'Actor Network Theory': (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor-Ne...
"By abandoning the dreams of epistemology, A...
Fri, Sep 12 at 2:39AM
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Moira
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The secrets of CrowdVine
Hello Crowdviners, look forward to seeing you tomorrow!
I'm interested in what happens to content of that discussion, when users are not of a generation or social group comfortable with the protocols.
The hierarchical world of my profession,...
Wed, Sep 10 at 12:22AM
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Sarah Yearsley posted
FREE BUS TO EDINBURGH (AND BACK!) ON THURSDAY EVENING
Book your place for the outdoor film screening of 'Under Assured' by Kate Gray and staff from Scottish Widows in Edinburgh on Arthur's Seat on Thursday evening.
Conference participants can take a free ... [read more]
Tue, Sep 9 at 7:04AM
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David Cook posted
Link to notes of Charles Leadbetter's recent keynote in Edinburgh
I won't make the engage conference but, as promised Kate, here is the link to the notes of Charles Leadbetter's keynote address to the first ever Social Enterprise World Forum, hosted by Scotland last week ... [read more]
Mon, Sep 8 at 11:09AM
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Sarah Yearsley posted
Interpretations research report available to download
Interpretations is an action research project investigating the role of interpretation in breaking down barriers to access to contemporary visual art.
Four galleries across Scotland were involved in thi... [read more]
Mon, Sep 8 at 8:21AM
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Kate Tregaskis posted
Open Invitation
If you'ld like people to contribute to this site who aren't here, go to 'My Network' at the top of this page and then to 'invite friends' where you can put in the email address of who you please and invite ... [read more]
Mon, Sep 8 at 2:00AM
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Carol Dunbar
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Emma Nicolson
Hi Emma, Good to hear from you - we'd love to see you here too. All well at the Pier - everyone sends their love and best wishes
Mon, Sep 8 at 12:44AM
Ele Carpenter
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Sarah Munro
Hej Sarah, thanks for your warm messages. Hope the conference goes well, sorry I can't be there. Happy times, Ele X
Sun, Sep 7 at 9:36AM
DK
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The Value of This
Like with most things in life, the value of something usually relates to the input - which relates directly with the great quote on happiness that made me feel all warm inside :-)
Taking my cue from Ele, sites like this can be so much more dyna...
Sun, Sep 7 at 6:05AM
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DK
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:-( not to be there
It's a good quote and we have another way of putting it laid out in our manifesto (mediasnackers.com/intro/manifesto):
Real life has more bandwidth :-)
Thu, Sep 4 at 11:41PM
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Kirstie Skinner
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http://museumtwo.blogspot.com
Wow, it's like this video should be 'required listening'! (It took me a minute to find it - the link to it is on the right of the page, under 'What is Museum 2.0', where it says 'click here'). As well as a fantastic intro to the issues, it is powe...
Thu, Sep 4 at 5:08AM
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Kirstie Skinner
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Mindsets
I agree - this has got to be one of the most challenging aspects of all this, and it is a nightmare trying to explain to students that not all references are equal! On the one hand, they often yearn for the definitive book on something (which of ...
Thu, Sep 4 at 5:02AM
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Maureen Finn posted
Another link
http://www.metamute.org/en/All-Problems-of-Notation-Will-be-Solved-by-the-Masses
Here's another link to a related article - All Problems of Notation Will be Solved by the Masses by Simon Yuill in Mute magazine
Thu, Sep 4 at 4:05AM
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laura simpson
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catherine street
Hi Catherine - hope all going well and looking forward to seeing you at this thing, laura
Wed, Sep 3 at 8:55AM
Kirstie Skinner
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Tone
I agree completely. There are few things that make my heart sink as much as interpretation that begins by telling you how important such and such an artist is, and how much of a coup it is that the gallery is showing their work. I always think, is...
Tue, Sep 2 at 5:06AM
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Kate Tregaskis
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virtual dinner party
Hi Robert,
The Virtual Dinner Party looks really interesting - another thing I didn't know about !
I wonder if being 'time limited' (you told me the Dinner Party was time limited) keeps the whole thing more vital and energised...this is our ...
Tue, Sep 2 at 3:31AM
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Ele Carpenter
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Interpretation...eh?
Re titles: I was wondering about 'Mis-interpretation'... as a term which embraces the complexity of meaning(s). Either as a purposeful (artistic / political) strategy or through mis-communication...
Sun, Aug 31 at 3:47PM
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Ele Carpenter
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francis mckee
Hi Francis,
I wont make it to the conference because I'll have only just moved to Sweden (I go on wed 3rd Sept). It's bad timing because I would love have to presented the Html Patchwork. One of the interesting things about it is the levels of mis-interpretation of online / physical expectations and outcomes.....
Best,
Ele
Sun, Aug 31 at 3:40PM
Kate Tregaskis posted
I like that shirt you're wearing. It suits you.
With out the social niceties possible with face to face contact - what will it take to get people talking?
Maureen and I (co-programmers of this conference) decided we wanted to set up a CrowdVine site f... [read more]
Tue, Sep 2 at 5:34AM
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