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Hi all,<br>
<br>
I'm new on this list, and I thought this information could be
interesting for this group as it is a call for projects and paper on
public data visualization using (preferably) open code and free
software and hardware. <br>
<br>
The cool thing about it is that the Medialab offers accommodation,
travel expenses and a call for collaborators so projects can be
developed in multidisciplinary work teams during the 2-week workshop,
and exhibit the results afterwards.<br>
<br>
Feel free to pass the word.<br>
<br>
all the best,<br>
nerea<br>
<br>
<br>
<h2><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Visualizar'09:
Public Data, Data in Public<br>
Call for projects and papers</font></h2>
<font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br>
</font><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>International
Workshop-Seminar on Public Data Visualization<br>
November 12 - 27, 2009
in Medialab-Prado (Madrid, Spain)<br>
<br>
Deadline for
projects and papers: October 5, 2009</b><br>
</font><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>Call
for
collaborators: October 16 - November 11, 2009</b><br>
<br>
</font><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://medialab-prado.es/visualizar">http://medialab-prado.es/visualizar</a><br>
<br>
</font><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Directed
by José Luis de Vicente. </font><font color="#000000"
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">
Teachers: Ben Cerveny (Stamen) and Aaron Koblin.
With the support of Bestiario.<br>
</font>
<p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">This new
edition will focus on the implications of using data structure
visualization to aid in public processes of decision-making. Selected
projects and papers will tackle the topic of Open Data and
Visualization for Government Transparency and Civic Engagement.<br>
</font></p>
<p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Visualizar'09
includes an<b> international seminar </b>and an <b>advanced project
development workshop</b>. Both activities will tackle the topic of
transparency of data to make public discussion and debate possible,
regarding the political, social, and scientific processes.
Consequently, one of the objectives of Visualizar'09 will be the
development of new strategies for communicating these data and
returning them to the public domain.<br>
</font></p>
<p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">All those
interested in collaborating in one of the selected projects can sign in
from<b> October 16 to November 11</b>. <br>
</font></p>
<p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br>
<b>Submission of databases:</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Public databases of
institutions or research groups interested in
sharing them and making them more available to citizens can be sent to
visualizar[arroba]medialab-prado.es or through
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://medialab-prado.es/visualizar">http://medialab-prado.es/visualizar</a><br>
</font></p>
<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Submitted databases could
serve as work material for data visualization projects selected for
this workshop.<br>
<br>
</font>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>More information:</b><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://medialab-prado.es/article/convocatoria_de_proyectos__visualizar_09_datos_publicos_datos_en_publico"><font
color="#000000">http://medialab-prado.es/article/convocatoria_de_proyectos__visualizar_09_datos_publicos_datos_en_publico</font></a><br>
</font><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> <br>
visualizar(arroba)medialab-prado.es</font><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br>
</font></p>
<font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><small><br>
With the support of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology -
Ministry of Science and Innovation (FECYT - Ministerio de Ciencia e
Innovación)</small></font><br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Nerea García Garmendia
Medialab-Prado
Área de Las Artes, Ayuntamiento de Madrid
Plaza de las Letras
Alameda, 15 28014 Madrid
Tfno. +34 914 202 754
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:difusion@medialab-prado.es">difusion@medialab-prado.es</a>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.medialab-prado.es">www.medialab-prado.es</a></pre>
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