PreliminaryTimetable
Here is a Preliminary timetable of events for Knowledgelab 4 - 'How do we know?'. It's pretty action packed!!
We have five main 'streams':
What do we know? - Philosophical, epistemological and methodological reflections
The Worldwide Brain - Technology and internet stream
Think Again - Alternative culture, media and the arts
Global Action - What is being/can be done?
More Stuff - Yeah, there's more...
Friday February 16th
People arriving in the afternoon will be able to meet up at the Sumac Centre
7pm - Those who have arrived by this time can eat at the Sumac. Others arriving later can contact us and we'll arrange for food to be available for you.
8pm - A local folk band 'Acushla' are playing at the Sumac Centre. Magic hat donations. [Gig]
Accomodation - You can bed down any time from 9pm at Ned's, a local housing coop, round the corner from the Sumac centre.
Saturday 17th
Click on bits highlighted blue to read more about the workshops
8 - 9 Breakfast available at the Sumac before leaving for the Portland Building
ARRIVE AT 9am - Registration at the Portland Building. Receive Programme, meet people, drink tea and coffee and eat buscuits! 9.30 am - General Welcome and Introduction
10 am - 1pm MORNING WORKSHOPS
Think Again
- Open Spaces for Dialogue and Enquiry - A fresh learning system
What do we know?
- Knowledge through Stillness - Quiet reflection on inner knowledge.
The Worldwide Brain
- Introduction to Internet Activism
Global Know-how & Action
- SOMA - Consensus decision making without the mind/body split.
1pm - 2pm LUNCH - really delicious vegan food provided by Veggies
2pm - 7pm AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
These will be run back to back throughout the afternoon. More precise times will be available
Think Again
- Feeling Media - How are our senses affected by the media?
- Gatekeeping - Exposing/investigating a hidden world of censorship
- Invisible Aesthetics - A talk about the meaning(s) of 'co-artists' (rather than artists/audience) and a look at the reasons why some artists lie about not being artists.
What do we know?
- Knowledge Part 1: For what? Who for? How shall we know? - Can academia produce anti-hierarchical Knowledges?
- Deschooling Society - Based on Ivan Illich's seminal book - A challenge of established educational systems
- Patterns - Can a language of complexity give us insights? - Presentation followed by investigation
The Worldwide Brain
Global Know-how & Action
- Climate camp debrief - What were its successes and failures? Where to go from here?
- Travelling School of Life - An introduction to an alternative educational structure.
More Stuff
- Critical Literacy - An open discussion session using something similar to the OSDE format, looking at whether activists have attained "critical literacy" - Mainly aimed at activists
- Gender and suppressed Knowledge - How can suppressed knowledge be released into the mainstream?
- Theory and Practice in the Social Sciences - Summarising critiques of positivist approaches and exploring perspectives on activist and critical research. - Specifically aimed at those involved in research.
- Role-play exercise based on a university classroom- A practical exercise investigating current teaching/learning methods.
Sunday February 18th
We will be joined by the Nottingham Student Peace Movement (NSPM) who are holding their annual Peace Conference from 11 - 6
For those who are interested there will also be off-site activities starting from about 11am:
- Learn how to build a wind turbine (limited places available)
- Visit ecoworks, a local allotment and eco-building project (limited places available)
- Ecstatic Mourning - Write an angry, joyous, soulful song just like that...
Portland Building programme:
10 - 10.30 Coffee, tea and morning chats...
10.30 - 1.30 MORNING WORKSHOPS
Think Again
- Affective Knowledge and Alternative Media - The ins and outs of alternative media
- Radical Music - Take along some music which moved you to think a different way. We'll play some tunes and talk
What do we know?
NSPM Peace Conference
- War and Oil - Exploring the links
1pm - 2pm LUNCH - yet more delicious vegan food provided by Veggies
2pm - 5pm AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
What do we know?
Think again
- Psychology of Memory and Perception
NSPM Peace Conference
WORKSHOPS 2-4
- Faslane 365 mobilisation - Defy ID