Pixelache Coop Camp in Tampere, September 9-11, 2011

[Michel Bauwens]

Via Andrew Paterson (Helsinki): [phone], agryfp [-at-] pixelache.ac .

 

More info via http://www.pixelache.ac/helsinki/pixelversity/programme-2011/coop-c...

 

Coop Camp is a trans-disciplinary weekend of events that aims to connect the non-formal (and cultural) practices of cooperation in Pirkkanmaa and wider Finland, with the more formal organisational and academic cooperative research, including the network cultural scenes of Pispala Kulttuuriyhdistys and Pixelache Helsinki. For those who join this ‘tietotalkoot’, it will a co-operative camp that will gather not only Finnish perspectives, but those of a more international nature. The weekend consists of formal and informal presentations in Tampere centre on Friday evening, and Pispala neighbourhood on the Saturday-Sunday. The Saturday Coop Camp event will take an open organisational style: Instead of pre-selecting all presentations, we encourage certain people to come, as well as make open call for those to turn up on day to share their ideas, perspectives, processes of cooperation, according to the Unconference/BarCamp model. Not limited to just speaking presentations, participants can propose any type of activity that relates or suits cooperation or cooperative action, for example, cooking, construction, game-play, movement or physical actions, problem-solving, and so on. Tampere is the home of the first Finnish co-operative. Even today the city is home to successful ways of working collaboratively. Whether it is the use of cloud services in the high tech industry, or in the leisure sector such as with CouchSurfing, Tampere leads. Join in Facebook event/Liity Facebookissa tapahtumat!

 

NB: Upcoming International Cooperative Research Conference comes to Finland, 24-27.8.2011: http://www.helsinki.fi/ruralia/ica2011 .

 

Ohjelma/Schedule PerjantaiFriday 9.9. 12.00: Collective kitchen – lunch at Hirvitalo/Pispala library, film showing on Community Gardens and Presentation of local agricultural projects 19:00: Official Opening of Coop Camp at Hub Tampere * Special guest Franz Nahrada (Vienna) – keynote speech – “Global Villages – the extension of the cooperative village logic to a global energy in the age of communication” Lauantai/Saturday 10.9. Coop Camp (unconference/bar-camp style – who comes contributes somehow to the programme) at Pispalan kirjasto & Hirvitalo. 10:00-12:00: Set up presentation/activity spaces 12:00-13:00: Lunch at Kurpitsatalo & Harvest Festival 13:00-14:00: Design & Scheduling of contributions 14:00-19:00: Coop Camp afternoon programme 22:00-00:00: Coop Camp night programme Sunnuntai/Sunday 11.9. Easy-going day in Pispala/Tampere Tuki osallistujille/Support for Participants

 

If you are looking for accomodation support, we recommend using Couchsurfing network in Tampere, or Dream Hostel. There may be support for covering 1 way train/coach travel from nearby town/city in Finland (e.g. Helsinki, Pori, Turku, Jyväskylä) via Pixelversity (write to Andrew below stating your motivation). Yhteystiedot/Contacts Mikko Lipiäinen (Tampere): mikko.lipiainen [-at-] gmail.com Markus Petz (Tampere, who can help with couchsurfers): ravenwyn [-at-] gmail.com http://hirvikatu10.net/

 

 

 

Franz Nahrada’s travel to Tampere and accomodation is supported by the Austrian Embassy in Helsinki.