Drumbeat and P2PU at the 2010 Allied Media Conference
I am in Detroit today, getting ready for the 12th Annual Allied Media Conference.
I’m here for my third year in a row, and it’s been a blast watching good friends and old (and new) colleagues come in. This year, I’m also very proud that the Mozilla Foundation and Drumbeat are sponsoring the conference.
Drumbeat is sponsoring AMC because it is a major gathering place for people who are working at the intersection of community engagement and communications technology.
It is especially aligned with Drumbeat, because AMC has always been about people building, making, and learning to take control of the means of communication. Through its history, that has meant that people learn and apply skills in audio and video production, “low” tech solutions like printing, and building computers loaded with open source software. In recent years, there has been a new emphasis in the web as tool and public resource that people “at the edges” should be empowered to shape and mould. In other words, Drumbeat is going to be right at home.
AMC is also one of the most vibrant conferences I have ever attended, and I go to lots of conferences. The attendees are young, innovative, and inspired. The presentations are always participatory, and the main stage literally sings with multi-media presentations delivering music, dance, video, and amazing talks.
I will be presenting Drumbeat and Drumbeat-supported Peer2Peer University’s School of Webcraft with two Mozilla volunteers at Allied Media Conference. We hope to walk away with ideas for course, new teacher/facilitators, and potential student/participants.
If you are interested in open source, Mozilla Drumbeat’s brand new Open Web Fund and open philanthropy, and/or open education, please follow us and help spread the word.
To stay informed as the conference proceeds, follow me on Twitter @james_nathaniel and the conference at #AMC2010. Check back here, as I will plan to update my blog frequently with pictures and updates.
If you are in Detroit, come find us at the Mozilla Drumbeat table near the main stage and check out our sessions, listed below.
Saturday 6/19 9am Open Source for Open Communities: How Participatory Technology can Empower Everyone
Presenters: Anne Jonas, the Participatory Culture Foundation; Nathaniel James, The Mozilla Foundation – Drumbeat; Kirk Kimmel; Pixelpowrrr
Moderator: Geoff Hing
TRACK: Do-It-Yourself Technology
Do you have a desire to use free, open source software but don’t know where to start? Are you an open source expert looking to build community with other people working on awesome open source projects? Are you a media-maker wondering how open technology relates to open licensing systems, such as Creative Commons? This session is for everyone who loves openness – on the Internet and in our daily lives. We will hear brief presentations from technologists and organizers working on open source projects. They will break-down how their projects advance a vision for a more open world. Then we will solicit anonymous questions from the audience on slips of paper – from “how are racial and gender assumptions built into technology?” to “can we collaborate on an open source artificial intelligence robot?” No questions will go unanswered! Then our highly-skilled moderator will sort the questions into over-arching categories. In small groups around the room, we will model the kind of open source communities of learning we want to see – answering our collective questions about different aspects of open technology. Participants will walk away ready to apply what they’ve learned in the open source collaboration station in the AMC Media Lab throughout the weekend.
Sunday 6/20 10am Open Internet Meet-Up
TRACK: Do-It-Yourself Technology
Join Mozilla in a media lab meet-up to put the walk in the talk. Help build classes for the Peer 2 Peer University, a Mozilla Drumbeat project. In this meet-up participants will design an open technology class together for the community of AMC participants.
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