[Reader-list] [Announcements] Call for Applications: Locative Media Workshop

[Aarti Sethi]

Call for Applications: Locative Media Workshop
4 and 5 December 2006
Facilitated by Ronald Lenz
Sarai-CSDS

Introduction
Locative Media are digital media of communication bound to real  
physical locations, triggering real social interactions. Locative  
Media let's us interact differently with our surroundings. Overlaying  
everything is a whole new invisible layer of annotation. Textual,  
visual and audible information is available as you get close, as  
context dictates, or when you ask. Although Locative Media projects  
range over a broad spectrum many have a focus on social, critical,  
historical or personal aspects in common.

Waag Society
Waag Society started in the field of Locative Media in 2002 with the  
mapping project Amsterdam Realtime (www.waag.org/amsterdamrealtime)  
and followed up with the educational mobile game Frequentie1550  
(www.waag.org/frequentie) and N8Spel (www.n8spel.nl). Currently we  
are working on different Locative Media projects within education  
(Mobile Learning Game Kit), tourism (Digital Dowsing Rod) and the  
public domain (ParQ).

Focus
Locative Media is applied in many different fields such as art,  
storytelling, gaming, mososo's, spatial annotion and geodrawing.  
Within the workshop we will discuss projects within these fields  
focussing on the use of psychogeography, social structures, gameplay  
and technology. The goal of the workshop is not only to discuss  
projects but also to brainstorm on new Locative Media concepts which  
have a good chance of being realised in Delhi. All participants will  
also use GPS devices to create media traces in the city, and gain a  
practical hands-on experience in the use and deployment of locative  
technologies.

TimeLine
The workshop will be held on december 4th and 5th:
Day 1
* presentation of and discussion about locative media projects  
worldwide and at Waag Society
* hands-on part where all go out and create media traces in the city
Day 2
* discuss the hands-on part and brainstorm on Locative Media concepts  
for Delhi.

Preparation
All participants are asked to think about locations in Delhi, that  
are linked to personal or urban stories and/or have special social,  
historical, political or public value.

To register, please write to dak at sarai.net
Do note that registration is one a first cum first serve basis and  
there are extremely limited seats :)
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