seminar programme for july 18th

location: building 3, HPlabs, Bristol

9.15 coffee available

10.00 Welcome
Constance Fleuriot, Mobile Bristol & Morris Williams, CISC

10.15 Geographies of Childhood and the Impacts of Technology
Owain Jones, University of Exeter

10.30 Presentations (20 minutes each)
A New Sense of Place – locating soundscapes in a school grounds: Constance Fleuriot
Self mapping – children authoring place: Lucy Wood (Ordnance Survey Research and Innovation)

11.10 Coffee

11.30 Mudlarking – an exploration of Deptford Creek: Juliet Sprake (Goldsmiths College)
Reactive/Active Playground Project at the MIT Media Lab: Susanne Seitinger (MIT)

12.10 Group Discussion on questions/issues raised by presentations (new themes may be added to the afternoon interest groups) chaired by Morris Williams

12.50 Lunch

13.20 Demo of how to build with Mobile Bristol software

14.00 Interest Groups – suggestions for smaller discussion groups

15.00 Coffee
15.30 Wrap up interest groups
16.00 Give feedback from groups
16.45 Closing Remarks

17.00 Depart

For further information please email: nsop@mobilebristol.com

monday evening meal

We are thinking of organising an evening get together after the seminar in a central Bristol restaurant. Please add your name here if you would like to come.

purpose of the day

Purpose of the day: To bring together those working or interested in projects working with children and locative media, to share experiences and discuss future directions & issues. This seminar will include presentations on existing projects (A New Sense of Place? & Mudlarking) as well as opportunities for discussion and networking

Organised by MobileBristol & Community Information Systems Centre UWE
on Monday 18th July 2005
at Hewlett Packard Research Labs,Bristol
Cost £20 includes lunch and refreshments. Places are limited to 40 people