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Designing for the 21st Century: Using Web 2.0 Technologies (and Social
Networking Tools) for Social Action - 11/12th March, London
We invite you to present an idea or case study at this PRaDSA workshop
on "Designing for the 21st Century: Using Web 2.0 Technologies and
(Social Networking Tools) for Social Action" to be held in London in
March.
Call for presentations:
Social networking tools and Web 2.0 are this year's talking points. But
the chatter hides their growing history as means to contact, link and
engage a broad range of friends, strangers, existing and emergent groups
in forms of work and play that build (or challenge) civil society. Their
effect has been seen in charity fundraising, community decision-making
and political mobilisation. Their use has created shadows (see, for
instance:
http://partnerships.typepad.com/civic/2006/12/social_media_su.html) that
altered the strategy of organisations and changed the shape of projects
to include greater and wider participation.
But tools alone don't make things happen. So this is an opportunity to
explore the practices that lead to change and share ideas about the use
of these tools to democratise consultation processes, win hearts and
minds and the rest. Please bring your experience of working in this way
and the potential - and challenges - you see in the new forms of social
organisation supported by these developments. We welcome informal and
unorthodox contributions as well as more formal talks. Emphasis will be
upon reflection and practice, rather than grand research objectives.
There will be full wifi connectivity.
You might like to have a look at O'Reilly's definition of Web 2.0 at:
http://www.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.
html
and the PRaDSA discussions of social action at:
http://www.technologyandsocialaction.org.
as a prelude to the event.
How to express interest:
Talks will range from 10 to 25 minutes depending on the nature of the
submission. It will also be possible to offer a panel discussion. Please
send a summary of your topic and why you would like to share it at this
event to Kutoma Wakunuma at <[log in to unmask]> as soon as
possible. She will be the first port of call for any questions you have.
Formal invites to speak will start to follow in December.
Notes:
. Day one will start about 1pm with a keynote talk and day two
ends at 3.30 to allow for travelling.
. PRaDSA has a small budget to offer bursaries which cover
expenses, including travel, your stay overnight in London and your
absence from work - be that to your organisation or to you as a
freelance operator. If you require one of these bursaries to attend,
please note this on your proposal and the organising committee will
consider your application.
About PRaDSA
PRaDSA stands for "Practical Design for Social Action". The PRaDSA
project's goal is to develop and extend the capability of social action
organisations to creatively design new practices by appropriating and
adapting ICTs. There are three strands to the project, of which the
workshop series is one. The other two are:
. To develop a new understanding of designing in social action
settings, grounded in detailed contextual studies of design in practice.
. To create a collection of practical resources to support the
work of practitioners (and others) including workshop materials and
easy-to-use (open-source) on-line community communications systems.
PRaDSA is a project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council
(AHRC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
(EPSRC) as part of its Designing for the 21st Century programme.
If you would like to know more about the PRaDSA project, please see:
http://www.technologyandsocialaction.org.
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