More on the Hors-Pistes 2010 website.

Conversation autour du food design d’Alok Nandi




Si le « design » permet la « transformation des conditions existantes en de meilleures » (Herbert Simon), la « cuisine » est un terrain approprié, et le « food design » un domaine fascinant d’exploration des goûts. 

Cuisiner et consommer sont des actes conceptuels, physiques, « expérientiels », qui demandent réflexion, qui souhaitent digestion. Cette intervention permet de voyager dans des « foodscapes », afin de révéler des attitudes design, en travaillant les « sept » goûts capitaux, dans un monde en globalisation, nous dit-on. 

Ces conversations, autour du « food design » au sens large, offrent au public l’occasion de découvrir le mystère des goûts, le travail des chefs, les mécaniques de la fabrique culinaire, l’exploration des saveurs, le voyage des épices…

More on the event is on the The Flemish Primitives -

The list of speakers for this first Volume is on the Ignite Brussels page - Please note that it takes place in French and registration in managed by the Festival.

About the young creation in Brussels : Vrak Festival Brussels

Go here to register for the Pecha Kucha Night Brussels Vol. 11 - Please note that this PK will essentially take place in English.

Pecha Kucha was conceived in 2003 by architects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham for their nightclub Superdeluxe in Tokyo as a platform for young designers.
Each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds, giving 6 minutes 40 seconds of fame before the next presenter is up. This keeps presentations concise, the interest level up, and gives more people the opportunity to present their work or project. The Brussels format was launched by Alok Nandi (Archtempo) and is extended to scientific researchers, fashion designers, photographers, musicians and creative entrepreneurs. Speakers on January 28th will range from graphic design and photography to biotech, music, robots, coding and philosophy.

In partnership with ecocode, Vrije Universiteit Brussel LSTS & Crosstalks - with the support of Microsoft and Google

AWARD CEREMONY • EUROPEAN CIVIL SOCIETY DATA PROTECTION PRIZE (Kaaitheater)

During the break of the Pecha Kucha event a prize will be awarded to a European NGO having contributed in an original way to European civil society resistance to wrong data protection policies or to strengthening the European climate of respect for privacy values. From January 15th on the selected NGOs will be presented at http://deburen.eu/nl/thinking-europe

In partnership with Association Européenne pour la défense des Droits de l’Homme (AEDH), European Digital Rights (EDRI) - with the support of Vrije Universiteit Brussel LSTS & de Buren

See you on January 25th and 26th - More about Tipping Point

Go here to register for the Pecha Kucha Brunch - Please note that this PK will essentially take place in French. For the next Pecha Kucha Night - in English, see you on January 28th and you can register on Pecha Kucha Night

Wikipedia has emerged as the de facto global reference of dynamic knowledge. Different stakeholders – Wikipedians, users, academics, researchers, Web 2.0 gurus, publishing houses and governments have entered fierce debates and discussions about what the rise of Wikipedia and Wiki cultures means and how they influence the information societies we live in. The Wikipedia project itself has been at the centre of much controversy, pivoted around questions of accuracy, anonymity, vandalism, expertise and authority.

The Centre for Internet and Society (Bangalore, India) and the Institute of Network Cultures (Amsterdam, Netherlands) are working together to produce a critical reader on Wikipedia and to build a Wikipedia Knowledge Network. Under the title CPOV (Critical Point of View), we propose two events that bring together different perspectives, approaches, experiences and stories that critically explore different questions and concerns around Wikipedia. The proceedings from these two events will result in a reader that consolidates critical points of view about Wikipedia.

Themes: Wiki Theory, Wikipedia and Critique of Western Knowledge Production, Wiki Art, Designing Debate, Critique of Free and Open, Global Politics of Exclusion, The Place of Resistance, Wikipedia and Education.

Critical Point of View: WikiWars | 12 - 13 January 2010 | Bangalore, India
Location: The Bangalore International Centre, The Energy and Resources Institute, 4th Main, Domlur II Stage, Bangalore - 560 071 Karnataka.

Speakers: Geert Lovink, Rut Jesus, Anne Goldenberg, Shunling Chen, Stuart Geiger, Beatriz Martins, Dipti Kulkarni, Mark Graham, Phillip Schmidt, Alok Nandi, Dror Kamir, Asha Achuthan, Linda Gross, Heather Ford, Elad Wieder, Nathaniel Tkacz, Sunil Abraham, Usha Raman, Roy Krovel, Ivan Martinez, Nupoor Rawal, Srikiet Tadepalli, Tejaswini Niranjana, Nishant Shah, William Buetler, Eric Ilya Lee, Anas Tawileh, Yi-Ping Tsou, Amie Parry, Johanna Niesyto, Eric Zimmerman, Stian Haklev, Anja Kovacs, Isaac Mao, Scott Kildall, Nathaniel Stern, Rut Jesus, Anne Goldenberg, Shai Herdia.

Registration is now open at: http://www.cis-india.org/research/conferences/conference-blogs/wikwarsreg
WikiWars is going to be documented on video. Videos will be available on the CPOV weblog by the beginning of February. http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/cpov/
More information:
http://www.cis-india.org/events/wikiwars
http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/cpov/program/bangalore/time-table/

Critical Point of View Conference | 26 - 27 March 2010 | Amsterdam
Location: Public Library Amsterdam, Oosterdokskade 143, Amsterdam

Speakers: Ramon Reichert, Jeanette Hofman, Mathieu O’Neil, Joseph Reagle, Charles van den Heuvel, Dan O’Sullivan, Alan Shaprio, Scott Kildall, Patrick Lichty, Richard Rogers, Andrew Famigletti, Teemu Mikkonen, Mayo Fuster, Athina Karatzogianni, and more.

More information and CPOV news: http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/cpov/

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