Hi there,<br><br>I'm distributing information about a four day festival taking place in Dublin at the end of June. <br><b>Open</b>here will bring together a transdisciplinary community of<br>critical theorists, engineers, artists, designers and industry<br>
professionals to expand debates surrounding the digital commons.Key<div><div>points of discussion will include the conflictive spaces of the<br>digital commons, tactical media, net-art, digital policy, disruptive<br>wireless practices, alternative spectrum ownership models,<br>
next-generation networks and the political economy of infrastructure.<div><br></div><div>I'd really appreciate it if you could forward this information to interested parties.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind Regards,</div>
<div><br></div><div>Rachel O'Dwyer</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_137be4346e82d166" alt="Inline image 1"><br><br><br>OpenHere 28/06-01/07<br>Where: Science Gallery and CTVR headquarters, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland<br>
When: 28th of June – 1st July 2012<br>Admission: Events are free, but booking is recommended, & essential for workshops<br>with limited capacity.<br>More info: <a href="http://openhere.data.ie">openhere.data.ie</a><br>
<br><br>What does it mean to be open today?<br><br>CTVR / The Telecommunications Research Centre, in collaboration with<br>the Dublin Art and Technology Association (D.A.T.A) present Openhere,<br>a free four day festival that addresses social, technological and<br>
cultural issues surrounding the notion of the digital commons.<br><br>If we speak of ‘the commons’ today as a general phenomenon, this has<br>much to do with the modes of production, consumption and distribution<br>that have emerged over the last two decades around information and<br>
communication technologies. This period has seen a growing emphasis on<br>the social and juridical implications of sharing in the online domain,<br>where a range of nonmarket and non-proprietary activities such as open<br>
source software, remix cultures and commons-based peer-production have<br>lead some to propose the advent of a ‘digital socialism’. However, as<br>sharing and openness become the watchwords of the new corporation - as<br>
the commons is increasingly central to capitalism - such positions are<br>no longer straightforward.<br><br>Open Here will bring together a transdisciplinary community of<br>critical theorists, engineers, artists, designers and industry<br>
professionals to expand debates surrounding the digital commons. Key<br>points of discussion will include the conflictive spaces of the<br>digital commons, tactical media, net-art, digital policy, disruptive<br>wireless practices, alternative spectrum ownership models,<br>
next-generation networks and the political economy of infrastructure.<br><br>This festival takes the form of talks, presentations, workshops,<br>discussions and screenings. It will be held in The Science Gallery and<br>in CTVR headquarters in Trinity College from June 28th to July 1st,<br>
2012.<br><br><br>Participants include: Amelia Andersdotter (SE), Michel Bauwens (BE),<br>Ralph Borland, (ZA) Sarah Browne (IRL), Alexander Chemeris (RU),<br>Florian Cramer (NE), CTVR (IRL), DATA (IRL), Linda Doyle (IRL),<br>
Fairwaves (RU), Jessica Foley (IRL), Tim Forde (IRL), Benjamin Gaulon<br>(FR/IRL), Saoirse Higgins (IRL) Robert Horvitz (US), Dmytri Kleiner<br>(UA/CA), Franco Iacomella (AR), Nicolas Maigret (FR), Rachel O’Dwyer<br>(IRL), Julian Oliver (NZ), Nora O’Murchu (IRL) Jussi Parikka (FI), Tom<br>
Rondeau (US), Lourens Rozema (NL), Paul Sutton (IRL), Danja Vasiliev<br>(RU), Martin Weiss (US), Harald Welte (DE), Mick Wilson and Thomas<br>Wilson (IRL).<br><br>Open Here is curated by Linda Doyle, Benjamin Gaulon and Rachel<br>
O’Dwyer and supported by ESOF2012, CTVR, & Science Gallery, Trinity<br>College Dublin.<br><br><br>All events are free but booking is recommended, especially for<br>workshops with limited capacity. For more information and to book a<br>
place see <a href="http://www.openhere.data.ie">www.openhere.data.ie</a>.<br><br><br><br><br>-- <br><br><a href="http://www.interferencejournal.com">www.interferencejournal.com</a><br><a href="http://www.data.ie">www.data.ie</a><br>
<br>CTVR<br>Dunlop Oriel House<br>Trinity College Dublin<br>01 8964243<br>085 7023779<br></div></div></div>