Below are topics for Affinity Sessions based on students’ interests. If you are interested in a topic please leave your name below the topic. If there’s a topic you would like to suggest, please list it below with your name. I am also going to list some topics that I suspect interest students but have not yet been mentioned.

 
book for community empowermentEducation for critical consciousness Paulo Freire brazilian read in google books for free

Update Economic sytems for development will be over lunch on Friday at 12:00 Can we meet in the conference hall and perhaps go to lunch nearby? julia

Digital Policy Literacy Tuesday Lunch
Leslie Shade
Sheila Moore
Andres Lombana

Locative Media & Mobile Technologies Tuesday 14:30 16:00 (new time!) @ Galeria de Paris Reitoria
Olaf
Alex
Vanda
Dana
Andres
Ed. Morais
Sheila

Community Informatics Tuesday Afternoon, TBD
Mike Gurstein
Marlon Parker
Julia Willis
Mónica Mendes
Tiago Rocha
Ming-Chun Lee

LCD Hackerspace Visit Tuesday after dinner
Mónica Mendes
Al
Eduardo Marques
Ricardo Cruz
Andres Lombana
António Maneira
Chris McConnell

Mapping Tools Wednesday. From lunch onwards
Andres Lombana
Alex Cho
Carina Sofia Lopes
Daniela da Silva
Pedro Markun
Mónica Mendes
Olaf Veerman
Eric Gunderson

Social Interactive Systems Wednesday 12:30
Mónica Mendes
Carina Sofia Lopes
Mihp
Fiorella De Cindio
Tiago Assis
Eduardo Marques
Antonio Maneira
Ademar Aguilar
Al
Vanda
Tiago Rocha
Ed. Morais

Mixed Methods research evaluation Thursday, 16.00
Julia Wills
Ricardo Cruz

QUEER Thursday, 3pm (Time changed) - downstairs meeting room
(begins with a 10-minute lowdown on the basics of queer theory and how it applies to the Internet)
Alex Cho
Al
Dana

 

Community-driven Innovation and Sustainable Models Thursday, 14.00 @hotel
Marlon
Gustavo
Afonso
Tiago

Economic Systems and Development Friday, 11:30
Sheila
Olaf
Gustavo
Al julia

Our Utopian Manifesto! Friday 1:30 pm
Alex Cho
Carina
Mike
Mónica Mendes
julia wills

Pre-conference organization…

Assesment of Campaigns and Projects (was measurement of community empowerment outcomes)
Julia Willis
Olaf Veerman
Sheila Moore
Ricardo Cruz
Summer Harlow
IS THERE A TIME ANYONE CAN SUGGEST FOR A BAR CHAT?

Campaigning and Creative Thinking
(suggested facilitation by Tanya Notley)
Afonso O’Neill
Tiago Videira
Luís Frias
Sheila Moore
Eduardo Marques
Vanda Correia
Carina Lopes
Ademar Aguiar
Eduardo Morais
[materials needed: flip-chart paper/cardboard, coloured markers, big black/silver tape, internet connectivity]

Creative Commons and Copyright
Tiago Videira
Luís Frias
Andres Lombana
Tiago Assis

Education
Ricardo Cruz
Ademar Aguiar
Tiago Assis
Eduardo Morais

Free Software for non-Geeks

Fun Theory
Tiago Videira

Mapping Tools : affinity session : wednesday 13:00 (tentative)
Andres Lombana
Leslie Shade
Luís Frias
Eduardo Marques
Tanya Notley
Pedro Markun
Alex Cho
Carina Lopes

Developing a media strategy for advocacy affinity session : thursday 11:30
(suggested facilitation by Tanya Notley)
Andres Lombana
Afonso O’Neill
Sheila Moore
Summer Harlow
Carina Lopes
[materials needed: flip-chart paper/cardboard, coloured markers, internet connectivity]

mobile technology for economic opportunity
Julia Willis
Olaf Veerman

Open Data
Julia Willis
Olaf Veerman
Sheila Moore
Pedro Markun
Eduardo Morais
Eduardo Marques

participatory design strategies
Luís Frias
Sheila Moore
ruth grossman
Tanya Notley
Vanda Correia
Carina Lopes
Ademar Aguiar
Tiago Assis
Eduardo Marques
Fiorella de Cindio

Collective Narrative tools :: affinity session : monday 12:30 @ reitoria
(suggested by Luís Frias)
ruth grossman (this is one way of thinking about shared curatorship)
Summer Harlow
Tanya Notley
Alex Cho
Andres Lombana
Carina Lopes
Ademar Aguiar
Eduardo Morais
Eduardo Marques
Fiorella de Cindio

The Repository (representation, authenticity, trust)
ruth grossman
Alex Cho

Utopia, democracy, digitality
Alex Cho
Tiago Assis
Fiorella de Cindio