On the Margins of Technology
One day event
Friday 29th February, 11am - 4pm

SPACE is an Art and Education charity based in Hackney. We are currently
exhibiting work made with groups of older people and artists, based in
East London, looking at ways in which the UK's older population can
engage with future processes and designing technology. The show is
accompanied by a symposium 'On the Margins of Technology', a day of
presentations and debate about the impacts of technology for those on
the margins of technology with an emphasis upon participation and older
people. The programme has been funded by Arts Council London, AHRC and
has attracted large numbers of older people to our gallery.

We would like to invite you to this event. If you know someone who may
also be interested, please let us know and we will forward them an
invite.

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places you would like to book and we will reserve you a place. 


The event will be held at:
SPACE
129 - 131 Mare St
Hackney
London E8 3RH

The programme :

10.30-11am
Breakfast 

11am- 11.10am
Introduction
Gini Simpson, SPACE Media

11.15 - Stacy Makishi and Lois Weaver
'Desire, Technology and Failure' 

11.45  - 12 coffee
12  - 12.45
'Democratising Technology' Introduction to The Not Quite Yet Ann Light,
Senior Researcher, Queen Mary University Vi Davies, Senior AGE, Sundial
Centre and Community Mentor

12.45 1.30 lunch

1.30
Geezer Power
Loraine Leeson, The Geezers (A Group of Older men from East London)

1.50
User Manuals and 'explaining technology'
Mukul Patel (AmbientTV.net), Fiona Fieber (SPACE Age Sirens- An older
people's choir)

2.10 tea 

2.30
'Beyond boundaries; social innovation from the edges' 
Dr D. McQuillan (Formerly Amnesty International).

3.15-4pm
Choose between one of the following discussion sessions:

Session1: 
Discussion on freedom and technology
Chaired by Bill Thompson

Session 2:
'Do It Yourself' or 'Do it for me'
Long Table' discussion introduced by Lois Weaver

Session 3: 
Examples of practice - working title
Camilla Brueton (artists in residence at Hanover in Hackney older
people's project) in conversation with Patrick Fox and Laura Yates
(Tenant Spin an over 50's broadcast channel operating from a tower block
in Liverpool) 

4pm
Closing Remarks

4.15pm-5pm
Glass of wine and exhibition viewing

Jim Prevett
Emergent Technologies Producer

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