[Discuss-gnuradio] OpenHere: Workshop on spectrum use and communications

[Tom Rondeau]

Pardon a bit of promotional material. I'll be speaking later this
month at an event with my post-doc employer, CTVR at Trinity College
Dublin. I've included some information below (or in PDF form if you
prefer). There are a number of really interesting speakers/presenters
coming for this, so it will almost certainly be an exciting few days
in a great city.

Tom

OpenHere 28/06-01/07
Where: Science Gallery and CTVR headquarters, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
When: 28th of June – 1st July 2012
Admission: Events are free, but booking is recommended, & essential
for workshops

with limited capacity.
More info: openhere.data.ie


What does it mean to be open today?

CTVR / The Telecommunications Research Centre, in collaboration with
the Dublin Art and Technology Association (D.A.T.A) present Openhere,
a free four day festival that addresses social, technological and
cultural issues surrounding the notion of the digital commons.

If we speak of ‘the commons’ today as a general phenomenon, this has
much to do with the modes of production, consumption and distribution
that have emerged over the last two decades around information and
communication technologies. This period has seen a growing emphasis on
the social and juridical implications of sharing in the online domain,
where a range of nonmarket and non-proprietary activities such as open
source software, remix cultures and commons-based peer-production have
lead some to propose the advent of a ‘digital socialism’. However, as
sharing and openness become the watchwords of the new corporation - as
the commons is increasingly central to capitalism - such positions are
no longer straightforward.

Open Here will bring together a transdisciplinary community of
critical theorists, engineers, artists, designers and industry
professionals to expand debates surrounding the digital commons.  Key
points of discussion will include the conflictive spaces of the
digital commons, tactical media, net-art, digital policy, disruptive
wireless practices, alternative spectrum ownership models,
next-generation networks and the political economy of infrastructure.

This festival takes the form of talks, presentations, workshops,
discussions and screenings. It will be held in The Science Gallery and
in CTVR headquarters in Trinity College from June 28th to July 1st,
2012.


Participants include: Amelia Andersdotter (SE), Michel Bauwens (BE),
Ralph Borland, (ZA) Sarah Browne (IRL), Alexander Chemeris (RU),
Florian Cramer (NE), CTVR (IRL), DATA (IRL), Linda Doyle (IRL),
Fairwaves (RU), Jessica Foley (IRL), Tim Forde (IRL), Benjamin Gaulon
(FR/IRL), Saoirse Higgins (IRL) Robert Horvitz (US), Franco Iacomella (AR),
Dmytri Kleiner (UA/CA),  Nicolas Maigret (FR), Rachel O’Dwyer
(IRL), Julian Oliver (NZ), Nora O’Murchu (IRL) Jussi Parikka (FI), Tom
Rondeau (US), Lourens Rozema (NL), Paul Sutton (IRL), Danja Vasiliev
(RU), Martin Weiss (US), Harald Welte (DE), Mick Wilson and Thomas
Wilson (IRL).

Open Here is curated by Linda Doyle, Benjamin Gaulon and Rachel
O’Dwyer and supported by ESOF2012, CTVR,  & Science Gallery, Trinity
College Dublin.


All events are free but booking is recommended, especially for
workshops with limited capacity. For more information and to book a
place see www.openhere.data.ie.

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