Difference between revisions of "BarnCamp 2019 workshop proposals"

Avoiding paywalls to access academic research publications

You will:

Explore some of the free repositories of scientific publications on the internet
- sci-hub
- libgen
and tools like unpaywall
discuss different ideas about ownership, propriety and freedom of information

remember Aaron Swartz and some of the other people who have made this possible
Could we set up a live link (or similar) with Alexandra Elbakyan to express our appreciation?
if time permits, discuss how to carry out a systematic literature review using these resources

Proposed by: Darren Rhodes
Time: To be announced
Level: Anyone interested in politics and computing science. Anyone with political experience that they could share.
Resources: People with the technical skill to talk about block chain and the feasibility of the proposed project.: People with the political experience to suggest ways of campaigning to make this happen.
Number: Anyone who wishes to attend.

You will:

Here is where I need your suggestions as to how this should be done ...

This is an initial call for expressions of interest.
If you can contribute to this proposed discussion, please do so via this wiki.
If you know someone who you think may be able to make a contribution, please forward this part of the wiki to them.
If there is sufficient interest ... see you in Wales.

Background

Local Council Accounts are available for inspection for two months in the year after they have been finalised by the local authority in question. The National Audit Office supplies a Rights Guide to Local Authority Accounts [pdf]detailing who has the right to inspect the accounts and what to expect.
I think that by using blockchain technology we could produce access to local authority accounts in real time for anyone in the world. This transparency could and should be extended to other parts of public spending.

Proposed by: Sam
Time: 1 hour
Level: All
Resources: Bring your own device - Mac/ Win/ Nix / Android (No iPhone client yet)
Number: up to 10 people all huddled round a couple of laptops

You will learn how to install a Scuttlebutt client on your phone or laptop https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/

Proposed by: Naomi
Time: At least an hour
Level: No tech involved whatsoever
Resources: Projector and screen, if I get around to making any slides, otherwise nowt
Number: Unlimited (can split into groups for discussion if needed)

You will:

Discuss the above things, and whatever else people have to say on the matter
Have a big argument
Drink cider afterwards and make friends again.
(It will be better than my talk about Greece, I promise! It can't very well be worse).

Details

We can informally facilitate a tai chi session, potentially including:

Flintsteel

Details

We can explore firelighting techniques such as using a flintsteel (see picture).

This is a good time of year for fire with the summer solstice (21 Jun 2019 16:54 BST) traditionally featuring fire.

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 * Beginning of a tai chi form
 * We might improvise non-lethal swords to try out some sword form.
+==Alternative firelighting==
+[[File:Flintsteelmagnesium.png|alt=Flintsteel (with magnesium)|thumb|Flintsteel]]
+;Proposed by: Brent
+;Time: 30-45 mins
+;Level: All
+;Resources: Bring any firelighting tools or knowledge.
+;Number: Unlimited
+'''Details'''
+We can explore firelighting techniques such as using a flintsteel (see picture).
+This is a good time of year for fire with the summer solstice (21 Jun 2019 16:54 BST) traditionally featuring fire.