| 1.About ETC/
| 2.INVITATION |
| | 1.About ETC/ | | WHAT
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| Eclectic Tech Carnival 2006, a carnival of exchanging | computer-related skills, ideas and art. By women and for women. | /etc2006, 4-8 September, Timisoara, Romania | | HISTORY
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| Since 2001, the network of women who help organize the | Eclectic Tech Carnival or /etc has grown both far and wide. | We are geographically some-what diverse and we have varied | experiences and expertise in computing, technology, art | and activism. We are an eclectic bunch. Since the northern | summer of 2002, we (or some subset there of) have successfully
organized | an annual Eclectic Tech Carnival. | | To connect, to network in real life. The global village | has come at the price of community. We are interested in | tech things and like to play with it. We know there are | other women who are also interested. There is little
| opportunity for us to get together. And there is even | less open space for women to learn new skills. It is
| especially hard for those with little resources to make | a start.
| We want to change that!
| We want to help women feel confident enough to 'hack' | their own way into northern and male domination of digital | technology.
| We can do it!
| We want to help women learn to use Free/Libre and
| Open Source Software. | | Why the name /etc?
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| Well, /etc is a directory of the linux file system. In | this directory called /etc (short for etcetera) are all | the important configuration files for your computer and | its networking (hostname, hosts, networks). We asked
| ourselves, "If we were part of the linux file system, | what would we be?" The /etc directory seemed the best | place for a carnival of ideas and then the name Eclectic | Tech Carnival or /etc for short was born. | | Organisation
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| All people involved work as volunteers. We rely on
| donations and accept them with glee ;-) In 2004, we
| received funding from HIVOS for the /etc in Belgrade. | In 2005 we received funds from Mamacash and HIVOS. This | year NCDO and hopefully also Global Fonds for Women will | help out too.
| The project is a collective action. We think computers and | technology are not only vital tools in today's world, but | also a lot of fun. We want it to be fun for those who come | to the carnival. If you would like to come to the carnival | or to facilitate a workshop, please contact us or fill out | our registration form. | | www.eclectictechcarnival.org (subscriptions till 20 August)
| | By using and teaching others to use Free/Libre and Open | Source Software we have more freedom and control over our | work and projects in whatever we do, be it activism, art | or technology or a combination thereof. "Free and Open | Source" basically means that the code that makes up
| software or applications is not kept secret. Users and | programmers have access to the "source code". This allows | the community of users to adapt, modify and improve the | software itself - sometimes at an astonishing rate.
| We believe that to be independent of the experts and so | called authority figures you need to be autodidactic and | DIY. Fixing your bicycle, car, computer. In fact women are | already very technical. They use sewing machines, weave, | spin and knit (it was weaving that lead to the first
| computer programs).
| There will be communication barriers, a good metaphor for | ICT. We will become Information and Communication Teachers | in order to break these barriers.
| By asking what women want and what they have to offer we | strive to be inclusive. Please contact us if you are
| interested in the carnival.
| It will be okay to break things.
| It will be exhausting.
| Come join us! | | /etc2006 Romania and Partners
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| The fifth Eclectic Tech Carnival will take place in
| Timisoara, Romania, in collaboration with h.arta
| (a group of three artists) and D Media (NGO for
| independent media www.dmedia.ro).
| Other participating organizations and individuals are | Feramenta (women's hackers collective in Italy),
| SysterServer (web hosting and learning server project | run by an international group of women), Gender Changer | Academy (locally based computer hardware training for | women by women), Creative Catalyst by Helen Varley
| Jamieson (NZ) (playwright, writer, web developer, cyber | former) and SisterO by Nancy Mauro-Flude (AT)
| (performing artist and associated researcher at
| Institute Network Cultures [INC])
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| | 2.INVITATION | | The Eclectic Tech Carnival 2006: "The Learning Bazaar" | http://eclectictechcarnival.org/ | Five days and nights of learning, sharing, creating and
experimenting with | computer technology - by women, for women.
| DATES: Monday 4th - Friday 8th September
| PLACE: Youth House, str.Aries nr. 19, Timisoara
| COST: sliding fee scale in ecorates - see the web site for
details | REGISTRATION: until 20 August
| THEME: The Learning Bazaar
| LANGUAGE: English, with Romanian translations
| CONTACT: tali@???
| The Eclectic Tech Carnival (/etc) is an annual nomadic event
organised by | an international collective of women into free technology and
free | culture. Workshops, seminars and cultural and social activities
and held | in a friendly women-only space.
| What's it about?
| - women learning with women
| - using and understanding FLOSS (Free/Libre Open Source
Software) | - DIY culture and knowledge sharing
| - gender and technology
| - creating and distributing our own content in our own cultural
space | What will be happening?
| The /etc features a programme of computer workshops during the
day and | cultural activities in the evening. The full programme will be
on the web | site closer to the time of the festival and will include the
following: | - computer hardware: take it apart and put it back together
again | - Linux: learn the basics or share and extend your skills | - FLOSS: what is it and how you can use it?
| - HTML: hand-coding web pages
| - other scripting languages: Perl, Python, Java, Ruby, etc | - computers as creative tools: UpStage, Keyworx, streaming
audio and video | - lecture on Creative Commons
| - hands-on woodwork workshop
| - "Creative Cocktail Bar"
| Public Presentations - everyone invited:
| Tuesday 5th, 18.00 - 20.00: 'Open Discussion'
| Friday 8th, from 18.00: 'Closing Carnival'
| More information and programme: http://eclectictechcarnival.org/ | Subscriptions at: tali@??? | Presented by the WAITS Foundation in collaboration with D Media
and H.Arta
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