[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: polimedia Lab

[arne]

Polimedia Lab is part of a series of alternative events around the 
WSIS under the name "WSIS? We Seize!". WSIS? We Seize! is a platform 
for interventions in, outside of, counter to, and as an alternative 
to the agendas and organisation of the WSIS.

According to the latest plans and ideas, it comprises the following:
- Polimedia Lab (during the whole week of the summit) as a space for 
experiment, development, creativeness, skill- and knowledge-sharing
- MakeWorlds conference (on the weekend before the summit) on issues 
such as intellectual property rights, freedom of communication, 
informationalised labour
- three-day web-tv netcast, streaming independent media activism and 
community media projects, linking up Geneva with other regions across 
the globe.

Check the site http://www.geneva03.org/ and the call 
http://www.geneva03.org/display/item_fresh.php?id=1&lang=en (also 
available in other languages).

WSIS? WeSeize! will take place outside Palexpo, in the Geneva city 
centre, and is organised distinctly and explicitly outside the WSIS 
framework. Of all the side-events that are planned, it is probably 
the one that would come closest to some kind of "counter-summit". 
However, while fundamentally criticising both the WSIS agenda and its 
organisational approach, the event does not limit itself to plain 
opposition. Rather it focuses on highlighting alternatives to the 
restrictive conception of information society within the WSIS, and it 
seeks to interact with the WSIS and certain (civil society) actors 
involved on a variety of levels.

One of the possible ways to make connections would be to just propose 
a talk, a presentation, a workshop, etc. through the open publishing 
mechanism on the Polimedia Lab website www.hubproject.org. The 
"outside" events could be used not just to connect with activists but 
also with some of the wider public, as WSIS? We Seize! may be the 
only WSIS-related space with completely unrestricted access for the 
public. As for common strategies, yes, it would be great if 
activities "inside" and "outside" could complement each other and 
make each other more effective.

All best,
arne
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