still/open

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Australian Copyright Council 2007 Training Program
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The Australian Copyright Council is an independent non-profit organisation widely respected for its copyright expertise.

In 2007, we are running sessions on:

* Copyright essentials
* Moral rights
* Recent developments in copyright
* Websites
* Managing digital licences.

We are also running copyright training for people working in:

* Museums, galleries & archives
* Governments (State/Commonwealth/Territory)
* Libraries
* Educational institutions

Where & when
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Adelaide Mon 26 to Fri 30 Nov 2007

Art Gallery of South Australia, North Terrace

See http://www.copyright.org.au/training2007.htm for more information.

My¬†interest in open source is in its ethos and how that can¬†be applied to¬†or alter the fabric or practices of cities and urban spaces. Whether that’s literally through the use of open source technologies in urban spaces or through¬†practices such as open source design and architecture. Another question that interests me is how open source communities might inflect in the current thinking on ‘creative capital’ and urban revitalisation. My current studies and work in urban planning and design encourages me to look at as many layers and webs of urbanism as I can. I am not particularly computer literate and really do appreciate reading the reassuring comments from the tutors that the workshops will cater to less experienced people.

I’ve just been reading an essay about the Digital Mile Project in Zaragoza, Spain,¬†which is described as an ‘open source city’ experiment. The project was undertaken in conjunction with MIT’s Smart Cities project. The authors Dennis Frenchman and Francisca Rojas in discussing the idea of the open source city¬†write:

It was imagined that an open source approach to the development of content and use of digital media along the Mile would serve serveral purposes. It might help break down people’s fears of technology by being a means of technological capacity building. it might create a sense of ownership of the Mile for Zaragoza’s residents. Moreover, it might provide a means through which people could construct and reveal narratives about the city’s culture, functions and history. Of course, since the Mile will be a networked environment, remote development of content is also possible. That is to say, people could conceivably access, experience and contribute to the development of Zaragoza’s Digital Mile from anywhere in the world …

Once articulated, such an open source concept seemed readily applicable to the design of urban places.

It’s a way of thinking that really needs to filter into the bureaucratic environment and resound through policy making and strategy development for urban design.