[Olpc-za] culture sharing initiative - workshop in Johannesburg

[KARA SPRINGER]

thanks Donald,

you're absolutely right - i'll be in town from the end
of June to sometime in August is what it looks like. 
Unfortunately i will indeed be missing my summer for
your winter . . but still i'm very much looking
forward to it,

best,

kara.


--- Donald Klopper <donald.klopper at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Kara
> 
> You mentioned being in the Johannesburg area "this
> summer" ... hmmm maybe
> give the guys here a month to work on ... it's
> always confusing when
> northern hemisphere people talk about "summer" ...
> we're going into winter
> now, and July is mid-winter ... which is your mis
> summer...
> 
> Anyway I'm watching from the sidelines ...
> 
> Donald
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 5/16/07, KARA SPRINGER <karaspringer at rogers.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,  I posted a bit about this on the open forum. 
> I'm
> > a student working on my thesis in paris which is
> > turning into a culture sharing initiative i'd like
> to
> > be able to run alongside the implementation of the
> XO
> > laptops.  It's basically an open web-based
> platform
> > for artists/writers/academics/ and storytellers to
> > share their work and ideas, after which users can
> > engage with it (in video clip format) through
> > translation as well as organizing the clips into
> > whatever discussion threads they find interesting.
> > It's a program i'd like to connect to current open
> > courseware projects whereby students (or
> non-students)
> > who become interested in a topic through creative
> > explorations of it by members of local as well as
> > international communities - dance, folktales,
> > literature, etc, could then connect to more
> structured
> > content through MIT or UWC for example.
> >
> > In any case, it's a project in its preliminary
> stages
> > of development, but i'll be organizing a workshop
> of
> > artists and programmers in toronto next month, and
> > then i'd like to do the same in Johannesburg in
> > July/August as I'll be taking part in the Global
> > Studio (people building better cities
> > conference/studio) there this summer.   What I'm
> > looking to do is to hook up with local artists and
> > academics, writers,etc. as well as any video/media
> > groups who might be interested in getting
> involved,
> > and then just start collecting material - which
> would
> > mean digitalizing their work as well as doing some
> > interviews and that sort of thing, and then also
> > getting feedback from them.  There's also a group
> of
> > Nigerian artists who may continue working on the
> > project there later this summer.
> >
> > I figured I'd contact this mailing list to see if
> > anyone knows of people who might be interested in
> > getting involved, as well as on the organizational
> > side if anyone knows of any community centers or
> media
> > groups who might be able to help us out with
> access to
> > space and that sort of thing.
> >
> > I should probably have introduced myself.  I'm
> Kara, a
> > Barbadian born student who grew up in Canada and
> is
> > now studying in France.  I'm just learning about
> the
> > olpc initiative in South Africa, but it would be a
> > pleasure to connect with any of you who are in the
> > Johannesburg area this summer (also possibly
> Capetown
> > if i'm able to make it down there).
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > kara.
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