[Imc-africa] widening the discussion - global listening nodes to support the WSF, jan 20 - 25 2007

Sat Jan 6 16:46:54 PST 2007

hi all!!

isnt it better to put only docs.indymedia wiki links for divulgation?
because it has newest informations.

hugs

ange

>    kenya indymedia
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>     The 7th edition of the World Social Forum - WSF Nairobi 2007
>
>   20th of January and wrapping up on the 25th of January 2007.
>
>   greetings all and a happy new year from barcelona
>
>   The world social forum starts in 2 weeks , thats 14 days, i had hoped
> that things would be a lot more organised by now, but they are not, this
> is partly my fault as things have been a lot more difficult than
> expacted here in barcelona, 3 evictions in a month and difficulties in a
> work space.
>
> anyway, we battle on.
>
> Indymedia kenya has just been set up and hopefully it will turn into a
> thriving active node that will help in bringing a truer state of justice
> and democracy to kenya. I just added a brief intro to the WSF project and
> indymedias role in it
>
> WSF, attempts to widen the discussion
> http://216.17.145.92/news/2007/01/435.php
>
> Ive been involved with the project in a support role with trying to set up
> local listening nodes, so far there has been some interest expressed in
> working with the project from physical spaces, radio stations, imc
> events.... in Nairobi/Kenya, Dublin/Ireland, Barcelona/Catalyuna/Spain,
> marseilles/France, Philadelphia/US.... these are the ones i am aware of,
> perhaps there is more...
>
>   what can be done by groups working outside Nairobi for duration of the
> WSF
>
>   1 - terrestrial and web radio stations can tune their stations into the
> radio streams from Nairobi. hopefully there will be many streams coming
> out of Nairobi during the WSF.
>
>   2 - physical spaces outside Nairobi can open for duration of WSF, or
> part of, with radio speakers playing the audio live from Nairobi, and
> video stream if it happens.
>   these physical spaces can have information, exhibition, films etc about
> the social forum project... possibly also computers tuned into imc-kenya
> for the duration of the forum, in the hope that the imc-kenya site
> becomes an active resourse during the wsf and beyond...
>   local forums or discussions can happen in these spaces about some of the
> issues raised within the WSF or about the nature of the WSF itself,
> where it is now, where its going etc......
>
>   it is hoped that social centres with computers connected to the net will
> open for the above...
>
>   3 - while the WSF is on, perhaps there is possibility of those outside
> Nairobi at home in their own spaces trying to experiment with the limits
> of how we can communicate as a global network while wsf is on. this
> might happen, who knows....
>
> regards to all
>
> dunk
>   Independent Media Centre - World Social Forum, Nairobi 2007 info:
> https://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/WorldSocialForum2007
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>
>
>   below is the post to indymedia kenya:
>
> :: WSF introduction, the Indymedia Africa working teams introduction,
> Radio nodes update, links
> :: WSF Introduction:
>
> Karibu to WSF Nairobi 2007!
>
> The 7th edition of the World Social Forum brings the world to Africa as
> activists, social movements, networks, coalitions and other progressive
> forces from Asia-Pacific, Latin America, the Caribbean, North America,
> Europe and all corners of the African continent converge in Nairobi, Kenya
> for five days of cultural resistance and celebration; panels, workshops,
> symposia, processions, film nights and much much more; beginning on the
> 20th of January and wrapping up on the 25th of January 2007.
>
> from
> Karibu to WSF Nairobi 2007!
> http://wsf2007.org/frontpage/info/about
>
> :: Indymedia Africa working team introduction, from radio livre:
>
> Organizers in Kenya, throughout Africa and around the world will work
> together, both on-line and in face-to-face meetings, to build a temporary
> independent media center in Nairobi, Kenya, to provide communication
> during the January '07 World Social Forum. This "convergence-based" IMC
> will provide text-based, audio, and (potentially) video coverage of the
> World Social Forum, both on-line and through a local low-power radio
> station, enabling independent media coverage of the WSF during the forum
> itself as well as access through the world wide web to the WSF by an
> international audience.
>
> The IMC will also be a hub for trainings and hands-on media-making
> workshops throughout the World Social Forum. Thousands of organizers will
> be coming to the World Social Forum from around the globe, especially from
> Africa; this IMC will empower activists (especially those in Africa) to
> create effective independent media institutions in their countries. Also,
> all the equipment purchased for this IMC will remain in Kenya for use by
> the Kenya IMC and other Kenyan independent media projects. The IMC plans
> to be open from January 13 to January 25. The WSF itself takes place from
> January 20-25.
>
> from
> World Social Forum 2007
> Convergence Independent Media Center and radio project
> http://wiki.radiolivre.org/Main/WorldSocialForum2007
>
> :: Radio nodes update
>
> This is a proposal to Syndicate content from different nodes in social
> centers and other alternative media outlets during the WSF and combine it
> with content from Nairobi also. A kind of global collaboration on both
> virtual and physical.
>
> basically getting more social centres and other spaces to open up during
> WSF as local nodes around planet to go to to firstly listen to stuff live
> from kenya, but also maybe where they could have 2 way systems: being able
> to participate in forum without physically being there.
>
> from
> plans for global radio nodes for duration of WSF
> http://wiki.radiolivre.org/Main/GLOBALRADIONODESONWSF
>
> gathering a little momentum...
>
> Marseille/Nairobi: Local and Global Project
> http://216.17.145.92/news/2006/12/428.php
> Marseille, France
>
> World Social Forum 2007, Nairobi-Kenya. Indymedia and social centres -
> widening the discussion
> http://indymedia.ie/article/78360
> Barcelona, Catalyunia / Spain + Dublin, Ireland
>
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