[Badgirlz-list] The Eclectic Tech Carnival 2006

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The Eclectic Tech Carnival 2006: "The Learning Bazaar"
http://eclectictechcarnival.org/

Five days and nights of collaborative learning,
sharing, installing and
experimenting with computer technology - by women, for
women.

DATES: Monday 4th - Friday 8th September
MAIN PLACE: Galeria H.Arta, Strada Iuliu Maniu nr.3,
et.2, Timisoara,
Romania
COST: sliding fee scale in ecorates - see the web site
for details
REGISTRATION:
http://eclectictechcarnival.org/2006/regform.html

LANGUAGE: English, with Romanian translations
CONTACT: info@???

The Eclectic Tech Carnival (/etc) is an annual nomadic
event organised
by an international collective of women into free
technology and free
culture.

What's it about?
- women learning with women
- using and understanding FLOSS (Free/Libre Open
Source Software)
- DIY culture and collaborative information sharing
- gender and technology
- creating and distributing our own content

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 course: take it apart, name it,
and put it back
together again
- Linux: learn the basics, install 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, CSS etc
- computers as creative tools for communication:
UpStage, audio and
video streaming
- lecture on Creative Commons
& other random analogue elements of creativity that
sizzle during the
event

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/
Contact: info@???

Presented by the WAITS Foundation in collaboration
with D Media and
H.Arta

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