Discussion points:
Assumption
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New media are working in different way (both production and
distribution) and these acquire new ways of thinking
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The next phase of the Internet will be driven by new demand. Content
delivery is one area where the Internet of today has proven its
transport capability but it can't deal with content in any sensible
way (mounting problems like SPAM, inefficient overlays, unauthorized
usage, etc).
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The internet will be more interwoven with physical space through
other wireless and mobile technologies. This real world internet will
cause an even larger amount of content that will be available in
different forms.
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Other domains and disciplines are needed in order to come to grasps
with the new issues of information and knowledge building and
exchange. (fe. from sociology, economics and law).
- The web2.0 isn't delivering its potential for art and artists, its basic function has come down to chatting, marketing and exposing oneself.
Questions
What
does the internet mean?
What
is happening to the internet, is the development on-hold?
What
happens after the web2.0?
The
question of who pays, consideration
for costs, pricing, benefits, etc, for content production and
distribution?
What
are the impacts of the internet on information with regard to user
agreements, public-private sphere, authorship?
Is
a flexible usage of heterogeneous and (virtual) resources for energy
and storage possible? - minimising costs and energy footprint /
sustainability
What
happens to the retrieval of content when the channels and devices
(both to produce and distribute) are transient?
How
can interoperability
(exchange of information/content) be ensured?
How
can the network and the content be modified so as to allow smooth
navigation with physical
and emotional involvement of the user?
What
are the social processes underlying these systems and how does the
interplay between new technologies and people’s lives vary according to
cultures and institutions in different parts of the world and among
different social groups?
What are the new (in)equalities introduced by
differential access to an infrastructure of wireless communication in a
world based on connectivity?
- What is the future of identity (personal, private or group) in these online communities?
- What tools and methodologies do and can we use as observers as well as participants in networked research communities - to visualise, to collect data, to map, to discuss, represent and to demonstrate and disseminate?
Desirable Outcomes
Format
theoretical discussion guided by hands-on experience
Keywords:
trust, transparency, accountability, enforcement, privacy,
personalisation, context-awareness
Output
what do we want to achieve?
- work towards a future Web – a blueprint that reflects the changing structures of our
digital world and the processes at work
- working out topics for e-culture in the coming 4 years
- (inter)national policy recommendations
- a change in thinking and talking about 'network culture' that references pluralityand doesn't seek homogeneity
- a shift in perception of the role of networked environments as a plane of research
Sustainability
how to continue the dialogue outside the Walled Garden conference?
- list (sure... yet another one, but why not?)
- micro panels hosted by various organisations linked to the event (or not) to be produced after the conference
- website with articles, papers, interviews related to the topics above
- collect questions and unresolved issues from the conf to form new material to reflect upon
- quick CFP > editorial work > POD
- build a survey based on some questions/topics from the conference and send it to a group of cultural institutions/organisations
- follow a few organisations for 10 years and document their evolution (yes sounds crazy, but I think this could be very helpful to see how fast certain things/trends are moving and why some others are not).
(I'm transferring the footnotes as comments)
Do we really want to use the term Web 3.0 that easily? Web2.0 was already a piece of jargon that was not only vague and pushed as an attempt to resurrect the dotcom boom, but it was also nothing new in terms of network infrastructure and nothing new in terms of how people used the network already. I think we should be a bit more careful and critical before jumping in this so quickly. The network still hasn't changed even though high-level layers of software have improved a lot with a strong tendency to bring the browser as a new operating system, but most importantly we are shifting from a 100% offline society to a 100% online society and I think this is the real issue here. I believe the rest is just side-effects. (aymeric)
hi aymeric, i agree with you that the term web3.0 is an overly commercial and marketing term, and should indeed be used cautiously. and i also believe the shift from offline to online is something that is at issue here - would it be possible to think of something to describe that process though - in a (few) word(s)? or am i being too much of a marketeer right now? nevertheless i do feel that sometimes short words or phrases help people to realize what happens and helps them quicker to understand what is at issue.. any suggestions? -- best annet
Some notes on Discussion Points:
Assumptions:
"acquire new ways of thinking" - this strikes me as fundamentally a question of epistemology. While this may be acquired, it is also a process that we are all inevitably engaged in; it is insidious and taking place in ways we are likely not completely aware of... How can we become more aware of these changes? How can we gain a better understanding of their ramifications? To what extent might we play a constructive role in shaping them?
Questions:
"the Internet ... can't deal with content in any sensible way..." - this strikes me as fundamentally a question of ontology and semantics. What is the potential for the so-called "semantic web" to generate "smart" information, i.e. information that "knows" its own content and its relationship to other content? How can we harness that power?
"web2.0 ... has come down to chatting, marketing and exposing oneself" - While that's true in some ways, that critique is too sweeping. What forms of sociability, intimacy, knowledge sharing, consciousness, community formation, etc. are emerging through SNS (social network services)? See, for example,Clive Thompson's 7 Sep 08 article on SNS in the NYTimes <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/magazine/07awareness-t.html?_r=1&sq=twitter&st=cse&oref=slogin&scp=8&pagewanted=print">
Keywords: I'd like to add: "ethics," "aesthetics," "activism"