BarnCamp 2010 Workshops

Format of Workshops

Can you please follow the following format if you can be bothered

Title of Workshop: Data control

Name and contact : Barbara@woodhouse.co.uk

Length: 45 mins

Short Description: How to get your data to behave like you want it. Not everyone has time to invest in a full time data control course. We'll look at coping strategies

Type: practical

Are you up for collaboration? Yes

Full Description: Although Mike Harris is renowned for being one of the best data trainers from a couple of decades ago, even this book cannot make his apauling methods appear any better. His abusive and consistent use of the cursed choke chain and details of his harsh methods she would use upon computer delinquents is awful to detail the least. Neither a book for the first-time, nor the experienced data owner...not even for non data owners. After reading this book, I feel better prepared to exploit modern, more effective, kinder training methods that utilise some of the practices described in this book. Why not try: "Data Training, The Gentle Modern Method" by David WESTON, "Why Does My Data...?" and "Think Data!" by John FISHER?

Presentation Workshops

Please put down your workshops here if they are mainly presentation based.

Found Sounds & Live Coding Playshop

Facilitator: Mark R

Length/type: 30 minutes presentation/practical & 20 minutes performance

Short Description: Stand-by activity to do if a proper workshop is cancelled at the last minute

Are you up for collaboration? Hell yes, I have more to learn than to teach

Full description: The plan would be for a 20-30 minute barcamp-style session preparing an experimental musical piece, to be performed on Saturday Night as part of the entertainment programme. I don't see this as a core part of what Hacktionlab is about, but there are some "transferrable skills" in audio manipulation & live-coding so I propose it as a stand-by if something better gets cancelled

The barcamp-style part of the event could involve finding some sounds from around the site then sampling them to be triggered using Hydrogen to form a soundscape, and/or using Puredata and/or Supercollider to code up some oscillations, depending on people's interests. If it flies then a small group could re-convene after the workshop programme finishes, make a few loops and prepare a performance. People wanting to make non-electronic noises (e.g. banging shit, shouting) would also be encouraged to join in. If we lose power completely, prepare to behold the wonders of the vegetable orchestra!

Practical Workshops

Please put down your workshops here if they are hands-on practical workshops. Ones where people are asked to bring their own equipment, set up an account on a service and step through activties etc.

Strategy / Discussion Workshops

Please put down your workshops here if they are strategy or discussion based

Why would I want to use Indymedia?

Facilitator: Mark R

Length: 30-45 minutes

Short Description: A discussion about the importance of open newswires and how the praxis of citizen journalism can build community.

Type: Facilitated discussion, possibly developing some documents.

Are you up for collaboration?: Yes.

Full description: I'm offering this because I've been doing some outreach work recently for my Indymedia collective. This has made me think about the importance of open newswires (text and multimedia) and their interaction with listings/announcements as a means of developing (political) community. My thinking about it is captured in this sketchy diagram, which I'm hoping can be bettered by the end of the session.