[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [WSIS-CT] polimedia Lab

[Sean O Siochru]

Hi

We have been planning in the World Forum on Communication Rights, to 
cooperate closely with the We Seize groups, including the Polymedia Lab, 
and one person is on both the Forum Organising Group and the Polymedia and 
We Seize Group.  I have also attended one planning meeting.

Personally I think it is very important that civil society inside and 
outside the Summit cooperate together, and especially that we do not let 
the 'securicrats'  keep us apart.  We should also recall the extremely 
aggressive and heavy handed tactics that the Swiss police used during the 
civil society Evian anti-G8 demonstrations in June and we must be on our 
guard to be able to respond appropriately.

Sean

At 08:32 10/10/2003 -0300, Beatriz Busaniche wrote:

>Thank you Valerie for this information.
>I guess, as we said in Geneva during prepcom 3, that it's necesary to make
>contact with these initiatives from civil society. I think that maybe we
>could make some strategies together.
>
>Could we do something like that?
>
>As all of you know, the meeting of november is confirmed so we have to start
>making plans and strategies for that also.
>
>Regards
>Beatriz
>
>
>
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>De: plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org] En nombre
>de Valerie Peugeot
>Enviado el: viernes, 10 de octubre de 2003 8:01
>Para: plenary société civile
>Asunto: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FW: [prep-l] translation polimedia Lab
>
>
>
>For your information.>
>
>Valerie
>
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> >
> >
> > POLIMEDIA LAB
> >
> > As an intervention into the reorganisation of power, communication and
> > information, we propose a media and communication laboratory during
> > the World Summit on the Information Society as part of the
> > <http://www.geneva03.org>Geneva03 initiatives and as a counter-event
> > to the WSIS. Based on the experiences of the Hub in Florence in
> > November 2002, and organised in close cooperation with the proposed
> > media lab for the next European Social Forum in Paris, Polymedia Lab
> > will be a temporary space of experimentation and confrontation for
> > alternative and grassroots communication projects.
> > It will serve as a platform to develop and experiment with horizontal
> > communication, to share experiences and knowledge, to create networks of
> > alternative communication projects,and present an alternative vision of
> > information society.
> >
> >
> >
> > What would we envision? What could take place at Polymedia Lab?
> > - Indymedia Centre with public access terminals
> >
> > -pirate TV and pirate radio
> >
> > - video and radio streams (global, multidirectional, and in
> > interaction with streams being produced elsewhere)
> >
> > - presentations on issues around the information society : media
> > concentration, intellectual property rights, infowar, ISP and media
> > laws, etc.
> >
> > - skill sharing workshops on technological aspects of communication:
> > Linux, pgp, WiFi, satellite transmission, hacking, streaming, etc.
> >
> > - permanent workshops on non-technical aspects of communication :
> > horizontal, non-hierarchical ways of communicating- network meetings
> > of groups and individuals involved with free TV, free radio,
> > Indymedia, video, etc. to develop and facilitate cooperation
> >
> >
> > The Polimedia Lab aims to counteract the summit agenda, and show the
> > value of information and communication systems based on freedom,
> > horizontality and cooperation..
> >
> > organize yourself! Post your Proposals and join the mailing list.
> >
> > Please don't forget to include in the form:
> > What equipment are you bringing?
> > What else do you need as technical equipment?
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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