From douglas at publicsphereproject.org Tue Jan 3 09:26:59 2017 From: douglas at publicsphereproject.org (Doug Schuler) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 09:26:59 -0800 Subject: [Ci4cg-announce] Greetings!! Message-ID: I'm sorry to say that the CI4CG list has been out of commission for a couple of months. It may still be non-operational. Please let me know if you received this note.... HAPPY NEW YEAR!! (If I have anything to say about it) — Doug Douglas Schuler douglas at publicsphereproject.org Twitter: @doug_schuler Public Sphere Project Collective Intelligence for the Common Good Mailing list Creating the World Citizen Parliament Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (Project / Book ) Three patterns: Political Settings Social Responsibility Matrifocal Orientation -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Clearly the danger signs are clearly blinking for collective intelligence for the common good. And not just in the US. I'd like to think that we could work together across various borders to avert the slide into violence and oppression that some people seem to be promoting. I'll send out my ideas soon but we'd also like to hear yours!!! Naively, — Doug Douglas Schuler douglas at publicsphereproject.org Twitter: @doug_schuler Public Sphere Project Collective Intelligence for the Common Good Mailing list Creating the World Citizen Parliament Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (Project / Book ) Three patterns: Political Settings Social Responsibility Matrifocal Orientation -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The last 2 years I am working on the pattern "combine research and action" through a new non-profit organization based in Zurich: http://nethood.org and two EU projects on "DIY networking": http://netcommons.eu & http://mazizone.eu (in which we are proud to have Doug in our advisory board but have not asked for advice yet :-)) See also these recent articles: http://theconversation.com/diy-networking-the-path-to-a-more-democratic-internet-67216 http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/7123/5661 We have been successful in engaging both researchers and activists in this domain, but very bad at documenting. Is there a pattern for this? "Document before you advance" :-) Best, Panos. http://nethood.org/panayotis/ On 03.01.2017 23:08, Doug Schuler wrote: > > I'm happy to say that things seem to be back to normal on this list. > The software / hardware on our creaky (and old!) Seattle Community > Network hasn't necessarily kept up with the times (or the financial > investment). > > Thanks to the people that told me the message reached them. > > You don't have to send me any more notes that said my message arrived. > > You can write me for other reasons if you want! :-) > > If you have new year's wishes for this list you can also post them! > That's what I'm hoping to do soon. > > Clearly the danger signs are clearly blinking for collective > intelligence for the common good. And not just in the US. > > I'd like to think that we could work together across various borders > to avert the slide into violence and oppression that some people seem > to be promoting. > > I'll send out my ideas soon but we'd also like to hear yours!!! > > Naively, > > — Doug > > > > Douglas Schuler > douglas at publicsphereproject.org > Twitter: @doug_schuler > > > > > > > Public Sphere Project > Collective Intelligence for the Common Good Mailing list > > > Creating the World Citizen Parliament > > Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution > (Project / Book > ) > > Three patterns: > Political Settings > > Social Responsibility > > Matrifocal Orientation > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ci4cg-announce mailing list > Ci4cg-announce at scn9.scn.org > http://scn9.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci4cg-announce From douglas at publicsphereproject.org Tue Jan 3 19:15:21 2017 From: douglas at publicsphereproject.org (Doug Schuler) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 19:15:21 -0800 Subject: [Ci4cg-announce] Happy to say... In-Reply-To: <74bbac66-674d-55a3-248c-977e6a010287@nethood.org> References: <75CCE036-2C87-403C-9C9B-23A0885B43FB@publicsphereproject.org> <74bbac66-674d-55a3-248c-977e6a010287@nethood.org> Message-ID: <88F752E2-438A-4E38-AC51-6B147F98EC66@publicsphereproject.org> Note to all: I'm always ready to give advice. Just ask! — Doug > On Jan 3, 2017, at 3:52 PM, panayotis antoniadis wrote: > > > Dear all, > > Happy new year! > > The faces of many of you have started fading away since London in 2014 > (?) :-) > (but I plan to come to the next C&T conference) > > Perhaps it would make sense to have an update on what people are doing? > And also who is in this list? > > The last 2 years I am working on the pattern "combine research and action" > through a new non-profit organization based in Zurich: http://nethood.org > and two EU projects on "DIY networking": http://netcommons.eu & > http://mazizone.eu (in which we are proud to have Doug in our advisory > board but have not asked for advice yet :-)) > > See also these recent articles: > http://theconversation.com/diy-networking-the-path-to-a-more-democratic-internet-67216 > http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/7123/5661 > > We have been successful in engaging both researchers and activists > in this domain, but very bad at documenting. Is there a pattern for this? > "Document before you advance" :-) > > > Best, > > Panos. > > http://nethood.org/panayotis/ > > > > > On 03.01.2017 23:08, Doug Schuler wrote: >> >> I'm happy to say that things seem to be back to normal on this list. >> The software / hardware on our creaky (and old!) Seattle Community >> Network hasn't necessarily kept up with the times (or the financial >> investment). >> >> Thanks to the people that told me the message reached them. >> >> You don't have to send me any more notes that said my message arrived. >> >> You can write me for other reasons if you want! :-) >> >> If you have new year's wishes for this list you can also post them! >> That's what I'm hoping to do soon. >> >> Clearly the danger signs are clearly blinking for collective >> intelligence for the common good. And not just in the US. >> >> I'd like to think that we could work together across various borders >> to avert the slide into violence and oppression that some people seem >> to be promoting. >> >> I'll send out my ideas soon but we'd also like to hear yours!!! >> >> Naively, >> >> — Doug >> >> >> >> Douglas Schuler >> douglas at publicsphereproject.org >> Twitter: @doug_schuler >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Public Sphere Project >> Collective Intelligence for the Common Good Mailing list >> >> >> Creating the World Citizen Parliament >> >> Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution >> (Project / Book >> ) >> >> Three patterns: >> Political Settings >> >> Social Responsibility >> >> Matrifocal Orientation >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ci4cg-announce mailing list >> Ci4cg-announce at scn9.scn.org >> http://scn9.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci4cg-announce > > _______________________________________________ > Ci4cg-announce mailing list > Ci4cg-announce at scn9.scn.org > http://scn9.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci4cg-announce Douglas Schuler douglas at publicsphereproject.org Twitter: @doug_schuler Public Sphere Project Collective Intelligence for the Common Good Mailing list Creating the World Citizen Parliament Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (Project / Book ) Three patterns: Political Settings Social Responsibility Matrifocal Orientation -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Cheers, Dmitry R&D Manager *Fifth Season Design* *Dmitry Sokolov* *PhD Phys, MEng, MPA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Mob: +64 27 44 809 41** On 04/01/17 16:15, Doug Schuler wrote: > Note to all: I'm always ready to give advice. Just ask! > > — Doug > > >> On Jan 3, 2017, at 3:52 PM, panayotis antoniadis >> > wrote: >> >> >> Dear all, >> >> Happy new year! >> >> The faces of many of you have started fading away since London in 2014 >> (?) :-) >> (but I plan to come to the next C&T conference) >> >> Perhaps it would make sense to have an update on what people are doing? >> And also who is in this list? >> >> The last 2 years I am working on the pattern "combine research and >> action" >> through a new non-profit organization based in Zurich: http://nethood.org >> and two EU projects on "DIY networking": http://netcommons.eu & >> http://mazizone.eu (in which we are proud to have Doug in our advisory >> board but have not asked for advice yet :-)) >> >> See also these recent articles: >> http://theconversation.com/diy-networking-the-path-to-a-more-democratic-internet-67216 >> http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/7123/5661 >> >> We have been successful in engaging both researchers and activists >> in this domain, but very bad at documenting. Is there a pattern for this? >> "Document before you advance" :-) >> >> >> Best, >> >> Panos. >> >> http://nethood.org/panayotis/ >> >> >> >> >> On 03.01.2017 23:08, Doug Schuler wrote: >>> >>> I'm happy to say that things seem to be back to normal on this list. >>> The software / hardware on our creaky (and old!) Seattle Community >>> Network hasn't necessarily kept up with the times (or the financial >>> investment). >>> >>> Thanks to the people that told me the message reached them. >>> >>> You don't have to send me any more notes that said my message arrived. >>> >>> You can write me for other reasons if you want! :-) >>> >>> If you have new year's wishes for this list you can also post them! >>> That's what I'm hoping to do soon. >>> >>> Clearly the danger signs are clearly blinking for collective >>> intelligence for the common good. And not just in the US. >>> >>> I'd like to think that we could work together across various borders >>> to avert the slide into violence and oppression that some people seem >>> to be promoting. >>> >>> I'll send out my ideas soon but we'd also like to hear yours!!! >>> >>> Naively, >>> >>> — Doug >>> >>> >>> >>> Douglas Schuler >>> douglas at publicsphereproject.org >>> Twitter: @doug_schuler >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Public Sphere Project >>> Collective Intelligence for the Common Good Mailing list >>> >>> >>> Creating the World Citizen Parliament >>> >>> Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution >>> (Project / Book >>> ) >>> >>> Three patterns: >>> Political Settings >>> >>> Social Responsibility >>> >>> Matrifocal Orientation >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ci4cg-announce mailing list >>> Ci4cg-announce at scn9.scn.org >>> http://scn9.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci4cg-announce >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ci4cg-announce mailing list >> Ci4cg-announce at scn9.scn.org >> http://scn9.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci4cg-announce > > Douglas Schuler > douglas at publicsphereproject.org > Twitter: @doug_schuler > > > > > > > Public Sphere Project > Collective Intelligence for the Common Good Mailing list > > > Creating the World Citizen Parliament > > Liberating Voices! 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In-Reply-To: <322ac522-300b-b94e-3e15-b3bfcb98f7b5@gmail.com> References: <75CCE036-2C87-403C-9C9B-23A0885B43FB@publicsphereproject.org> <74bbac66-674d-55a3-248c-977e6a010287@nethood.org> <88F752E2-438A-4E38-AC51-6B147F98EC66@publicsphereproject.org> <322ac522-300b-b94e-3e15-b3bfcb98f7b5@gmail.com> Message-ID: <0E23183F-9C62-41E1-8692-ED442C01CE79@publicsphereproject.org> Hi Dmitry, It looks interesting! I'm not quite sure however what I'm looking at. The main thing I'd want to see is how, for examples, our Liberating Voices patterns could be hosted there and help it might be able to facilitate conversation and use. One of the ideas that is floating around is a pattern language to help with the development of a new platform / media / network / what-have-you that (to my mind at least) would support civic intelligence. Here are the Pattern Categories I had jotted down... Purpose Principles Community Architecture Governance Development Functionality Look and Feel Policy Outreach / Communication What else is there? The question would first be how would go about developing the patterns?!? I was vaguely thinking about the original Internet RFC approach..... thanks! — Doug PS. I assume that I've shared these already but... http://publicsphereproject.org/sites/default/files/public-infrastructure.preprint.pdf http://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/may-june-2013/creating-the-world-citizen-parliament > On Jan 5, 2017, at 3:25 PM, Dmitry Sokolov wrote: > > Doug, Dear All, > > TiddlyWiki community is interested in developing a P2P Web platform: http://confocal-manawatu.pbworks.com/w/page/114069763/TiddlyWiki%20Intents%20Map > > Is it something you would be interested in participating? > > Cheers, > Dmitry > R&D Manager > Fifth Season Design > Dmitry Sokolov > PhD Phys, MEng, MPA > Mob: +64 27 44 809 41 > > > On 04/01/17 16:15, Doug Schuler wrote: >> Note to all: I'm always ready to give advice. Just ask! >> >> — Doug >> >> >>> On Jan 3, 2017, at 3:52 PM, panayotis antoniadis > wrote: >>> >>> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> Happy new year! >>> >>> The faces of many of you have started fading away since London in 2014 >>> (?) :-) >>> (but I plan to come to the next C&T conference) >>> >>> Perhaps it would make sense to have an update on what people are doing? >>> And also who is in this list? >>> >>> The last 2 years I am working on the pattern "combine research and action" >>> through a new non-profit organization based in Zurich: http://nethood.org >>> and two EU projects on "DIY networking": http://netcommons.eu & >>> http://mazizone.eu (in which we are proud to have Doug in our advisory >>> board but have not asked for advice yet :-)) >>> >>> See also these recent articles: >>> http://theconversation.com/diy-networking-the-path-to-a-more-democratic-internet-67216 >>> http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/7123/5661 >>> >>> We have been successful in engaging both researchers and activists >>> in this domain, but very bad at documenting. Is there a pattern for this? >>> "Document before you advance" :-) >>> >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Panos. >>> >>> http://nethood.org/panayotis/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 03.01.2017 23:08, Doug Schuler wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm happy to say that things seem to be back to normal on this list. >>>> The software / hardware on our creaky (and old!) Seattle Community >>>> Network hasn't necessarily kept up with the times (or the financial >>>> investment). >>>> >>>> Thanks to the people that told me the message reached them. >>>> >>>> You don't have to send me any more notes that said my message arrived. >>>> >>>> You can write me for other reasons if you want! :-) >>>> >>>> If you have new year's wishes for this list you can also post them! >>>> That's what I'm hoping to do soon. >>>> >>>> Clearly the danger signs are clearly blinking for collective >>>> intelligence for the common good. And not just in the US. >>>> >>>> I'd like to think that we could work together across various borders >>>> to avert the slide into violence and oppression that some people seem >>>> to be promoting. >>>> >>>> I'll send out my ideas soon but we'd also like to hear yours!!! >>>> >>>> Naively, >>>> >>>> — Doug >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Douglas Schuler >>>> douglas at publicsphereproject.org >>>> Twitter: @doug_schuler >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Public Sphere Project >>>> Collective Intelligence for the Common Good Mailing list >>>> >>>> >>>> Creating the World Citizen Parliament >>>> >>>> Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution >>>> (Project / Book >>>> ) >>>> >>>> Three patterns: >>>> Political Settings >>>> >>>> Social Responsibility >>>> >>>> Matrifocal Orientation >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ci4cg-announce mailing list >>>> Ci4cg-announce at scn9.scn.org >>>> http://scn9.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci4cg-announce >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ci4cg-announce mailing list >>> Ci4cg-announce at scn9.scn.org >>> http://scn9.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci4cg-announce >> >> Douglas Schuler >> douglas at publicsphereproject.org >> Twitter: @doug_schuler >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Public Sphere Project >> >> Collective Intelligence for the Common Good Mailing list >> >> Creating the World Citizen Parliament >> >> Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (Project / Book ) >> >> Three patterns: >> Political Settings >> Social Responsibility >> Matrifocal Orientation >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ci4cg-announce mailing list >> Ci4cg-announce at scn9.scn.org >> http://scn9.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci4cg-announce > Douglas Schuler douglas at publicsphereproject.org Twitter: @doug_schuler Public Sphere Project Collective Intelligence for the Common Good Mailing list Creating the World Citizen Parliament Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (Project / Book ) Three patterns: Political Settings Social Responsibility Matrifocal Orientation -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From douglas at publicsphereproject.org Fri Jan 13 09:14:29 2017 From: douglas at publicsphereproject.org (Doug Schuler) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 09:14:29 -0800 Subject: [Ci4cg-announce] Fwd: staff programmer and postdoc opportunities in culturally situated design tools References: <6BDEF8EE6F8CBE43BA7565CFE4E76771899008A3@EX14MB6.win.rpi.edu> Message-ID: <9EB254EA-0DD3-458A-8D82-F88450F620A6@publicsphereproject.org> opportunities! > Begin forwarded message: > > From: "Eglash, Ron" > Subject: staff programmer and postdoc opportunities in culturally situated design tools > Date: January 12, 2017 at 7:21:10 PM PST > > Dear colleagues > > Below are links to our programmer and postdoc opportunities; we are especially interested in applicants who want to connect their computing work with educational outreach for underrepresented students. Please pass along to anyone who might be interested. > > Postdoc positions in CS: > https://rpijobs.rpi.edu/postings/4553 > > Staff programmer positions in CS: > https://rpijobs.rpi.edu/postings/4600 > > best regards > > Ron > > Dr. Ron Eglash, Professor > Departments of Science and Technology Studies > and Computer Science email: eglash at rpi.edu > Sage Labs 5502 cell: 518-421-9841 > Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, fax#: 518-276-2659 > 110 8th St work#: 518-276-2048 > Troy, NY 12180-3590 www.rpi.edu/~eglash/eglash.htm > > Douglas Schuler douglas at publicsphereproject.org Twitter: @doug_schuler Public Sphere Project Collective Intelligence for the Common Good Mailing list Creating the World Citizen Parliament Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (Project / Book ) Three patterns: Collective Decision-Making Memory and Responsibility Working Class Consciousness -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: <0E23183F-9C62-41E1-8692-ED442C01CE79@publicsphereproject.org> References: <75CCE036-2C87-403C-9C9B-23A0885B43FB@publicsphereproject.org> <74bbac66-674d-55a3-248c-977e6a010287@nethood.org> <88F752E2-438A-4E38-AC51-6B147F98EC66@publicsphereproject.org> <322ac522-300b-b94e-3e15-b3bfcb98f7b5@gmail.com> <0E23183F-9C62-41E1-8692-ED442C01CE79@publicsphereproject.org> Message-ID: Looks good - and oddly the highlighted patterns (purpose, principle and community) are often those that get leapfrogged, to the detriment of the ultimate platform. Keep going... Mary From: ci4cg-announce-bounces at scn9.scn.org [mailto:ci4cg-announce-bounces at scn9.scn.org] On Behalf Of Doug Schuler Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 7:28 PM To: Dmitry Sokolov Cc: ci4cg-announce at scn9.scn.org Subject: Re: [Ci4cg-announce] Happy to say... Hi Dmitry, It looks interesting! I'm not quite sure however what I'm looking at. The main thing I'd want to see is how, for examples, our Liberating Voices patterns could be hosted there and help it might be able to facilitate conversation and use. One of the ideas that is floating around is a pattern language to help with the development of a new platform / media / network / what-have-you that (to my mind at least) would support civic intelligence. Here are the Pattern Categories I had jotted down... Purpose Principles Community Architecture Governance Development Functionality Look and Feel Policy Outreach / Communication What else is there? The question would first be how would go about developing the patterns?!? I was vaguely thinking about the original Internet RFC approach..... thanks! - Doug PS. I assume that I've shared these already but... http://publicsphereproject.org/sites/default/files/public-infrastructure.preprint.pdf http://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/may-june-2013/creating-the-world-citizen-parliament On Jan 5, 2017, at 3:25 PM, Dmitry Sokolov > wrote: Doug, Dear All, TiddlyWiki community is interested in developing a P2P Web platform: http://confocal-manawatu.pbworks.com/w/page/114069763/TiddlyWiki%20Intents%20Map Is it something you would be interested in participating? Cheers, Dmitry R&D Manager Fifth Season Design Dmitry Sokolov PhD Phys, MEng, MPA ________________________________ Mob: +64 27 44 809 41 On 04/01/17 16:15, Doug Schuler wrote: Note to all: I'm always ready to give advice. Just ask! - Doug On Jan 3, 2017, at 3:52 PM, panayotis antoniadis > wrote: Dear all, Happy new year! The faces of many of you have started fading away since London in 2014 (?) :-) (but I plan to come to the next C&T conference) Perhaps it would make sense to have an update on what people are doing? And also who is in this list? The last 2 years I am working on the pattern "combine research and action" through a new non-profit organization based in Zurich: http://nethood.org and two EU projects on "DIY networking": http://netcommons.eu & http://mazizone.eu (in which we are proud to have Doug in our advisory board but have not asked for advice yet :-)) See also these recent articles: http://theconversation.com/diy-networking-the-path-to-a-more-democratic-internet-67216 http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/7123/5661 We have been successful in engaging both researchers and activists in this domain, but very bad at documenting. Is there a pattern for this? "Document before you advance" :-) Best, Panos. http://nethood.org/panayotis/ On 03.01.2017 23:08, Doug Schuler wrote: I'm happy to say that things seem to be back to normal on this list. The software / hardware on our creaky (and old!) Seattle Community Network hasn't necessarily kept up with the times (or the financial investment). Thanks to the people that told me the message reached them. You don't have to send me any more notes that said my message arrived. You can write me for other reasons if you want! :-) If you have new year's wishes for this list you can also post them! That's what I'm hoping to do soon. Clearly the danger signs are clearly blinking for collective intelligence for the common good. And not just in the US. I'd like to think that we could work together across various borders to avert the slide into violence and oppression that some people seem to be promoting. I'll send out my ideas soon but we'd also like to hear yours!!! Naively, - Doug Douglas Schuler douglas at publicsphereproject.org Twitter: @doug_schuler Public Sphere Project Collective Intelligence for the Common Good Mailing list Creating the World Citizen Parliament Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (Project / Book ) Three patterns: Political Settings Social Responsibility Matrifocal Orientation _______________________________________________ Ci4cg-announce mailing list Ci4cg-announce at scn9.scn.org http://scn9.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci4cg-announce _______________________________________________ Ci4cg-announce mailing list Ci4cg-announce at scn9.scn.org http://scn9.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci4cg-announce Douglas Schuler douglas at publicsphereproject.org Twitter: @doug_schuler Public Sphere Project Collective Intelligence for the Common Good Mailing list Creating the World Citizen Parliament Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (Project / Book) Three patterns: Political Settings Social Responsibility Matrifocal Orientation _______________________________________________ Ci4cg-announce mailing list Ci4cg-announce at scn9.scn.org http://scn9.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci4cg-announce Douglas Schuler douglas at publicsphereproject.org Twitter: @doug_schuler Public Sphere Project Collective Intelligence for the Common Good Mailing list Creating the World Citizen Parliament Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (Project / Book) Three patterns: Political Settings Social Responsibility Matrifocal Orientation -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From P.Day at brighton.ac.uk Sat Jan 14 00:18:46 2017 From: P.Day at brighton.ac.uk (Peter Day) Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 08:18:46 +0000 Subject: [Ci4cg-announce] Happy to say... In-Reply-To: References: <75CCE036-2C87-403C-9C9B-23A0885B43FB@publicsphereproject.org> <74bbac66-674d-55a3-248c-977e6a010287@nethood.org> <88F752E2-438A-4E38-AC51-6B147F98EC66@publicsphereproject.org> <322ac522-300b-b94e-3e15-b3bfcb98f7b5@gmail.com> <0E23183F-9C62-41E1-8692-ED442C01CE79@publicsphereproject.org>, Message-ID: <84E2DDCA9BDB46459FDC95DA348488D5011EB291C0@BELLATRIX.university.brighton.ac.uk> Agreed Mary ________________________________ From: ci4cg-announce-bounces at scn9.scn.org [ci4cg-announce-bounces at scn9.scn.org] on behalf of Lang_Mary [Lang_Mary at lacoe.edu] Sent: 13 January 2017 19:32 To: Doug Schuler; Dmitry Sokolov Cc: ci4cg-announce at scn9.scn.org Subject: Re: [Ci4cg-announce] Happy to say... Looks good – and oddly the highlighted patterns (purpose, principle and community) are often those that get leapfrogged, to the detriment of the ultimate platform. Keep going… Mary From: ci4cg-announce-bounces at scn9.scn.org [mailto:ci4cg-announce-bounces at scn9.scn.org] On Behalf Of Doug Schuler Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 7:28 PM To: Dmitry Sokolov Cc: ci4cg-announce at scn9.scn.org Subject: Re: [Ci4cg-announce] Happy to say... Hi Dmitry, It looks interesting! I'm not quite sure however what I'm looking at. The main thing I'd want to see is how, for examples, our Liberating Voices patterns could be hosted there and help it might be able to facilitate conversation and use. One of the ideas that is floating around is a pattern language to help with the development of a new platform / media / network / what-have-you that (to my mind at least) would support civic intelligence. Here are the Pattern Categories I had jotted down... Purpose Principles Community Architecture Governance Development Functionality Look and Feel Policy Outreach / Communication What else is there? The question would first be how would go about developing the patterns?!? I was vaguely thinking about the original Internet RFC approach..... thanks! — Doug PS. I assume that I've shared these already but... http://publicsphereproject.org/sites/default/files/public-infrastructure.preprint.pdf http://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/may-june-2013/creating-the-world-citizen-parliament On Jan 5, 2017, at 3:25 PM, Dmitry Sokolov > wrote: Doug, Dear All, TiddlyWiki community is interested in developing a P2P Web platform: http://confocal-manawatu.pbworks.com/w/page/114069763/TiddlyWiki%20Intents%20Map Is it something you would be interested in participating? Cheers, Dmitry R&D Manager Fifth Season Design Dmitry Sokolov PhD Phys, MEng, MPA ________________________________ Mob: +64 27 44 809 41 On 04/01/17 16:15, Doug Schuler wrote: Note to all: I'm always ready to give advice. Just ask! — Doug On Jan 3, 2017, at 3:52 PM, panayotis antoniadis > wrote: Dear all, Happy new year! The faces of many of you have started fading away since London in 2014 (?) :-) (but I plan to come to the next C&T conference) Perhaps it would make sense to have an update on what people are doing? And also who is in this list? The last 2 years I am working on the pattern "combine research and action" through a new non-profit organization based in Zurich: http://nethood.org and two EU projects on "DIY networking": http://netcommons.eu & http://mazizone.eu (in which we are proud to have Doug in our advisory board but have not asked for advice yet :-)) See also these recent articles: http://theconversation.com/diy-networking-the-path-to-a-more-democratic-internet-67216 http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/7123/5661 We have been successful in engaging both researchers and activists in this domain, but very bad at documenting. Is there a pattern for this? "Document before you advance" :-) Best, Panos. http://nethood.org/panayotis/ On 03.01.2017 23:08, Doug Schuler wrote: I'm happy to say that things seem to be back to normal on this list. The software / hardware on our creaky (and old!) Seattle Community Network hasn't necessarily kept up with the times (or the financial investment). Thanks to the people that told me the message reached them. You don't have to send me any more notes that said my message arrived. You can write me for other reasons if you want! :-) If you have new year's wishes for this list you can also post them! That's what I'm hoping to do soon. Clearly the danger signs are clearly blinking for collective intelligence for the common good. And not just in the US. I'd like to think that we could work together across various borders to avert the slide into violence and oppression that some people seem to be promoting. I'll send out my ideas soon but we'd also like to hear yours!!! Naively, — Doug Douglas Schuler douglas at publicsphereproject.org Twitter: @doug_schuler Public Sphere Project Collective Intelligence for the Common Good Mailing list Creating the World Citizen Parliament Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (Project / Book ) Three patterns: Political Settings Social Responsibility Matrifocal Orientation _______________________________________________ Ci4cg-announce mailing list Ci4cg-announce at scn9.scn.org http://scn9.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci4cg-announce _______________________________________________ Ci4cg-announce mailing list Ci4cg-announce at scn9.scn.org http://scn9.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci4cg-announce Douglas Schuler douglas at publicsphereproject.org Twitter: @doug_schuler Public Sphere Project Collective Intelligence for the Common Good Mailing list Creating the World Citizen Parliament Liberating Voices! 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Also, as many of you know, that is where our project to develop a special issue of AI & Society came from. (This is still in work — but almost ready!) At any rate, it may also be possible to get a publishing opportunity based on the workshop. If you'd like to help out or if you have ideas please let us know! I've attached the proposal from the previous workshop. Thanks! Douglas Schuler douglas at publicsphereproject.org Twitter: @doug_schuler Public Sphere Project Collective Intelligence for the Common Good Mailing list Creating the World Citizen Parliament Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (Project / Book ) Three patterns: Collective Decision-Making Memory and Responsibility Working Class Consciousness -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Encouraging Collective Intelligence for the Common Good In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <84E2DDCA9BDB46459FDC95DA348488D5011EB2D1BF@BELLATRIX.university.brighton.ac.uk> Thanks Doug Am currently in Kenya.....and was hoping to submit both paper and video documentary of the CM4K participatory community-based learning/research approach) to the conference but we are experiencing industrial action at the Rongo Uni (but is Kenya wide) and electricity rationing (also Kenya wide). Am hoping there will be an extension or I am likely now to miss this deadline :-( Internet access is severely limited due to above. Best peter ________________________________ From: ci4cg-announce-bounces at scn9.scn.org [ci4cg-announce-bounces at scn9.scn.org] on behalf of Doug Schuler [douglas at publicsphereproject.org] Sent: 22 January 2017 21:41 To: ci4cg-announce at scn9.scn.org Subject: [Ci4cg-announce] Workshop at C&T 2017?! Encouraging Collective Intelligence for the Common Good This is getting pretty close to the due date for proposals but we are very interested in convening a workshop at the Communities and Technologies Conference this summer in Troyes, France. It would be a follow-up to our successful workshop in the 2015 workshop at C&T in Limerick, Ireland. Also, as many of you know, that is where our project to develop a special issue of AI & Society came from. (This is still in work — but almost ready!) At any rate, it may also be possible to get a publishing opportunity based on the workshop. If you'd like to help out or if you have ideas please let us know! I've attached the proposal from the previous workshop. Thanks! Douglas Schuler douglas at publicsphereproject.org Twitter: @doug_schuler Public Sphere Project Collective Intelligence for the Common Good Mailing list Creating the World Citizen Parliament Liberating Voices! 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See full details below. C&T 2017 – Technology for the Common Good 26-30 June 2017, Université de Technologie de Troyes, France http://comtech.community/ == ABOUT C&T The biennial Communities and Technologies (C&T) conference is the premier international forum for stimulating scholarly debate and disseminating research on the complex connections between communities – both physical and virtual – and information and communication technologies. C&T 2017 welcomes participation from researchers, designers, educators, industry, and students from the many disciplines and perspectives bearing on the interaction between community and technology, including architecture, arts, business, design, economics, education, engineering, ergonomics, informatics, information technology, geography, health, humanities, law, media and communication studies, and social sciences. For the 2017 round of C&T, we welcome contributions that particularly pay attention on technology that can be deployed for the common good. The conference program will include competitively selected, peer-reviewed papers and case studies, as well as pre-conference workshops, a doctoral consortium, and invited keynotes. We look forward to welcoming you to an exciting conference in Troyes! Myriam Lewkowicz, Markus Rohde Conference Chairs chairs at comtech.community == IMPORTANT DATES * February 15 *extended*: Papers (full and short), workshop proposals and case studies due * March 15: Notification of acceptance for workshops proposals * April 15: Notification of acceptance for papers (full and short) and case studies * May 2: Camera-ready for papers (full and short), workshop descriptions and case studies due * May 2: Doctoral Consortium applications due * May 30: Workshop papers due * June 26-30: Workshops and conference in Troyes, France == CALL FOR PAPERS (FULL AND SHORT) C&T focuses on the notion of communities as social entities comprised of people who share something in common; this common element may be geography, needs, goals, interests, practices, organizations, enemies, or other bases for social connection. Communities are considered to be a basic unit of social experience. For the 2017 round of C&T, we welcome contributions that particularly pay attention on technology that can be deployed for the common good. This raises a number of questions, issues, and implications that might not be relevant in other computing related conferences. The common good generally means finding peaceful ways to resolve conflict, securing a more equitable society, a healthy and diverse environment for ourselves and future generations, and cultural diversity. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can support community formation and development by facilitating communication and coordination among members, as well as enable and empower communities to deal with challenges and threats. We must also acknowledge the possibility that ICTs could be used in processes that degrade communities or community life; some ICTs could actually be antithetical to healthy communities. In this case certain developments should at the very least be questioned, if not actively discouraged. For this reason we also encourage critiques of existing systems, approaches, policies, and trajectories— any of the factors that encourage private gain at the expense of the common good. It’s not enough to assert that some particular technology will support the common good. Too often, in fact, the assumption is that a particular technological approach — if not the whole of ICT development — is steadfastly advancing towards a state of maximal support for the common good. What lines of argument can we develop that help support a case that a technological approach will support the common good — or wouldn’t? As researchers and academics we must entertain the possibility that our investigations may force us to revise some of our own approaches and assumptions, including rethinking who are the stakeholders of our work, and how our work should be evaluated. Modeling and designing the world we’d like to see can provide invaluable insights. Beyond conducting research and developing tools, services, policy, and the like, we aim to build the circumstances that help promote this work and the orientation in the world. What systems can help encourage civic intelligence and public problem solving? How do we recognize systems that discourage them? Are certain approaches to design, deployment, etc. more likely to result in systems that support the common good? And, if so, where have these been used—and with what degree of success. This focus acknowledges the reality that technological systems exist within social environments and frameworks, policy proposals, and educational approaches may be extremely relevant. Finally, how do we as a community identify our goals, gather our information, and report our findings as to help the communities upon whom we rely to use the information most effectively? Topics appropriate for submission to this conference are manifold. And they may emerge from a variety of relevant perspectives including philosophy, social sciences, design, art, the humanities, etc. Examples of some of the vibrant areas of communities and technology research include, but are not limited to: * Domains such as learning/education, health, cultural heritage; crises and natural disasters; environmental degradation and climate change; * Variety of communities and their relationships to technology; urban and rural, migrants, refugees, indigenous and first peoples, LGBTQ, low-income communities, measuring impacts on communities —positive, negative, and mixed * Bottom-up movements, grassroots developments, civic activism, community engagement, participatory publics, communities and innovation; * Crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, collective and civic intelligence, community learning, early warning systems, collective awareness, collaborative awareness platforms; social cognition; community emotion; happiness; historical memory; * Community owned and operated technology, DIY and maker communities (makerspaces, fablabs, crafters); community agriculture; * Online and offline communities, urban and rural communities; urban technologies; urban informatics; urban interaction design; cross-community work; new forms of communities; * Community memory, archives, and knowledge; resilience; smart communities in the context of smart cities; sustainable communities; economic and social development; * Civic problem-solving, communities in relation to urgent and complex challenges to the health of the planet and the people that inhabit it; collaborative systems; partnering with education; government, civil society, and movements; * Sharing economies; social media and social capital; associations, strong and weak ties, stakeholders; * Methodological issues including research, action, participatory approaches, community-centred design, infrastructuring and evaluation methodologies; ethnographic and case studies of communities; * Supporting community processes: sensemaking, online deliberation; argumentation and discussion-mapping; community ideation and idea management systems; collective decision-making; group memory; participatory sensory networks; * Technological issues: community toolkits; federated systems; integration with other systems, integration with face-to-face systems; * The future of communities and technology; simulations and utopian design; durable relationships and long-range goals; and * Developing and supporting the Communities & Technologies community; social and technological critique; effectiveness and other measures == Submitting a Paper Please submit all papers and abstracts using the ACM recommended templates. Papers will be submitted via EasyChair. In order to allow for a diversity of contributions, the conference will accept full and short research papers. * Full papers must be no longer than ten pages, including all additional material such as references, appendices, and figures. * Short (or Work-in-progress) papers must be no longer than four pages. The papers must include a title, sufficient space for the author name(s) to appear on the paper, abstract, keywords, body, and references. Papers submitted by the due date will undergo a double blind peer review process by the Program Committee and will be evaluated on the basis of their significance, innovation, academic rigour, and clarity of writing. The C&T proceedings are part of the International Conference Proceedings Series published by ACM. Please send any questions to the Program Chairs: papers at comtech.community Ingrid Mulder, Douglas Schuler Program Chairs == CASE STUDIES This year, C&T introduces a new category of submissions: Case Studies. With this category, we encourage C&T researchers or practitioners to present a case study or an experience report of real-world cases projects that provide new insights and learnings to other C&T researchers and practitioners. In general, both kinds of research are welcome – more analytical (such as ethnographical case studies and historical analysis of case) as well as more action-oriented (such as design case studies, action research reports). In addition, methodological reflections about case study research are appreciated. == What counts as a good case study research Case studies should be inspiring, but should not be constrained by traditional academic expectations. The primary criteria is relevance in making a significant contribution to the community. Successful case studies will meet the following criteria: they report on new work that derives in original insights, they have the potential for real impact on the C&T body of knowledge and practice, they report on very specific or singular communities or experiences. They shed light into emerging and/or marginalized topics and address existing gaps in the broader C&T methods and understanding. Suggested topics of interest include, but are not restricted to: * Technology design and use in the developing world and non-Western societies * Research of a specific domain, user group, organisation or experience, discussing its rationale, any issues, and lessons learned * Pilot studies preceding and informing larger-scale investigations * Application, critique, or evolution of a method, process, theory, or tool * Challenges to existing notions of Research, Design, Theory, and Practice * Revisiting definitions of C&T practice * The role of technology in civic activism, community engagement, participatory publics * The role of technology in the context of the refugee and migrant crisis * The role of technology in consumer empowerment (supply chain transparency, open data, etc.) * Sharing and commoning practices (communities and the sharing economy and/or commons-based production) Other more specific areas of interest: * Uses and misuses of technology by communities * New maker practices * Technology in humanitarian crisis contexts * Decentralisation and blockchain * Gender and technology * HCI teaching and learning in education, training, or knowledge sharing. * ‘Big Ideas’ and how to make them happen == Preparing and submitting your case study Case studies will be submitted via EasyChair. The Case Study submissions must be reported using the ACM recommended templates, should not exceed 5 pages, and can include supplementary material in the form of pictures, videos, documents, websites, etc. If supplementary materials are submitted, we request authors to include a list of the supplementary documents in their submission and a description of the nature and purpose of each item. Submissions will undergo a peer review process by the Program Committee members. Accepted case study reports will be published in the Proceedings, together with long and short papers. The C&T proceedings are part of the International Conference Proceedings Series published by ACM. Please send any questions to the Case Studies Chairs: casestudies at comtech.community Mara Balestrini, Gunnar Stevens Case Studies Chairs == WORKSHOPS C&T Workshops will run for a half or one full day and will take place on June 26th or June 27th. Workshops provide a platform to discuss, explore and advance specific research areas of Communities & Technologies with a group of like-minded researchers and practitioners. Each workshop should generate ideas that give the C&T community a new, innovative way of thinking about the topic, or ideas that suggest promising directions for future research. Topics addressed may include (but are not limited to) theories, methodologies, artifacts in practices, emerging application areas, design innovations, strategy and organizational issues pertaining to communities and technology. While workshop summaries will be integrated into the conference proceedings published by ACM (pending), organizers can consider converting individual workshop papers into edited books or special issues of journals. Furthermore, there is the option of publishing the workshop submissions (all contributions) as an International Report on Socio-Informatics (IRSI): http://www.iisi.de/en/international-reports-on-socio-informatics-irsi/. You may consider including such publication goals in your workshop proposal. A workshop proposal must be prepared according to ACM recommended templates and should be no more than 4 pages including references. Furthermore each proposal should: * include the title of the workshop, * list organizers and their backgrounds, * provide workshop’s theme, goals and activities, * indicate maximum number of participants, * provide means of soliciting and selecting participants. Please send proposals directly to the Workshop Chairs: workshops at comtech.community Sukeshini A. Grandhi, Lars Rune Christensen Workshop Chairs == DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM The Doctoral Consortium is scheduled prior to the main conference programme, on Sunday 25 June 2017. The Doctoral Consortium (DC) offers research students a special forum where they can present, discuss and progress their research plans with peers and established senior researchers. We especially welcome contributions which are related to the overall C&T conference theme, which is devoted to technology that can be deployed for the common good. This encompasses questions and approaches which are concerned with securing healthy and diverse ways of societal development. However, all contributions falling in the scope of the C&T conference are welcome. Research students wishing to attend the doctoral consortium should submit up to 4 pages, using the ACM templates, addressing the following: * Introduction setting up your research area and specific research question(s)/goals(s) (including key related work); * Overall research approach, methodology, and expected contributions; * Work in progress (including findings to date and next steps); * Questions and issues for discussion, and what you hope to gain from attending the DC; * Short bio. Please send proposals directly to the Doctoral Consortium Chairs: dc at comtech.community Yvonne Dittrich, Claudia Müller Doctoral Consortium Chairs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: