Hello (and apologies if you get more of this than you'd like)

 

I'm looking for examples of 'accessible', 'participatory', 'non-exclusionary' 'radical', 'different' (...etc) conferences, seminars and other dissemination 'events' (especially large scale ones).  I'm particularly interested in how to maximise attendance/participation, the workability (or otherwise) of interesting/non-traditional categorisation of attendees (ie beyond 'member of...', 'guest' etc), tiered registration or attendance fees, radical, cross-subsidisation of attendee costs, venue accessibility and so on - what has been tried, what worked well, what problems were encountered, what solutions to these problems found?  Any views/comments on the nature and extent of the 'problem' of inequitable access to getting your ideas/views 'out there' is also welcome.

 

Cheers

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Dr Duncan Fuller

Programme Leader, BA Geography

Division of Geography

Ellison Building D Block

Northumbria University

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 8ST

Direct Tel - 0191 2273753

Fax - 0191 2274715

Divisional Office - 0191 2273428

 

PEANuT (Participatory Evaluation and Appraisal in Newcastle upon Tyne) - http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/peanut

 

Mapping Tranquillity - http://northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/sas/sas_research/pa/consultres/map_tranquil/?view=Standard

 

Exploring solutions to 'graffiti' in Newcastle upon Tyne - http://northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/sas/sas_research/pa/consultres/graffiti/

 

'Local to me': Advancing Financial Inclusion in Newcastle upon Tyne - http://northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/sas/sas_research/pa/consultres/local/?view=Standard

 

Participatory Geographies Working Group of the RGS/IBG (PyGyWG)- http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/research/pygywebsite/

 

Geo-publishing.org - http://www.may.ie/nirsa/geo-pub/geo-pub.html

 

Radical Theory/Critical Praxis: Making a Difference Beyond the Academy?

http://www.praxis-epress.org/availablebooks/radicaltheorycriticalpraxis.html