Notes

Program of the RE:activism conference
Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
October 14-15, 2005
Important


This is a preliminary program, thus it is only 99% accurate. Some minor changes might
happen in the next few days. We will distribute an updated version of this program upon
registration. On the www.re-activism.net website You will always find the most up-to-date
program.

The conference takes place at the central building of the Central European University. The
exact address is: Budapest, Naìdor utca 9. This location is in walking distance (15 minutes)
from most of the hotels and the places where the evening programs take place.

For those who stay in the CEU Residence Center we provide night shuttles from the CEU to
the Residence Center. The schedule of the shuttles will be available at the registration desk.

The registration desk is open from Thursday 13.00, at the Central European University Naìdor
street building.


Thursday, 13th of October
Welcome


13.00- Reception and registration desk is open from 13.00 at the Central European
University,
Naìdor u. 9.

19.00 Screening of the movie ÃÂThe Yes MenÃÂ with one of the Yes men
A comedic documentary which follows The Yes Men, a small group of prankster
activists, as they gain world-wide notoriety for impersonating the World Trade
Organization on television and at business conferences around the world. The film
begins when two members of The Yes Men, Andy and Mike, set up a website that
mimics the World Trade Organization's--and it's mistaken for the real thing. They play
along with the ruse and soon find themselves invited to important functions as WTO
representatives. Delighted to represent the organization they politically oppose, Andy
and Mike don thrift-store suits and set out to shock unwitting audiences with darkly
comic satire that highlights the worst aspects of global free trade. (Source:IMDB)

Location: CEU Auditorium


Sonic Tags Workshop city tour
Tiny radio transmitters broadcast the sonic messages of an international mix of artists
around the 100 MHz FM frequency in Budapest on the 13th of October from the
afternoon. The leaders and participants of the workshop lead tours in the city, so You
have the chance to explore Budapest by looking for these radio messages.

More on the workshop at: http://mokk.bme.hu/sonictags/

Location: the walks start from Akku, at the Hungarian Museum of Electrotechnics,
Kazinczy u. 21. There You can pick up the necessary FM receivers and a
map to walk alone, or You can join a group.



Friday, 14th of October
Local and global activism in the context of new media


Time Program Location
09.00 ÃÂ 10.00 Conference opening and keynotes
Opening remarks by
Yehuda Elkana, President, Rector
Central European University

Kaìlmaìn Kovaìcs, Minister
Ministry of Informatics and Communications

Keynotes delivered by
Michael X. Delli Carpini, Dean
Annenberg School for Communication

Saskia Sassen, Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology
University of Chicago
Auditorium
10.00 ÃÂ 10.30 Coffee break
10.30 ÃÂ 13.00 Morning sessions ÃÂ paper presenters
Civic uses of new media
(Panel leaders: Joanne Richardson and Nick Jankowski) Popper Room
Activism and the urban fabric
(Panel leader: Laura Forlano) Gellner Room
New media and democratic elections
(Panel leader: Michael X Delli Carpini) Room #004

New media and global civil society
(Panel leader: Saskia Sassen) Auditorium
13.00 ÃÂ 14.00 Lunch
14.00 ÃÂ 16.00 Afternoon sessions part I ÃÂ panel discussions
Civic uses of new media Popper Room
Activism and the urban fabric Auditorium

Exhibition of activist projects Room #004
16.00 ÃÂ 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 ÃÂ 18.30 Afternoon sessions part II ÃÂ panel discussions
New media and global civil society Auditorium
New media and democratic elections Popper Room

Exhibition of activist projects Room #004











Schedule of the New media and democratic elections panel (Room #004)

10.30 - 10.55 Giovanni Navarria: The Three Faces of Government in the Age of the Internet and the future of
Activism within a condition of shared weakness
10.55 ÃÂ 11.20 Paul Falzone: Truth and Reconciliation Meets Activism and Celebrity - A Case Study of Media and
Stakeholder Dynamics in the Sierra Leone Peace Process
11.20 ÃÂ 11.45 Raul Pertierra: The role of mobile phones and the Internet in the political culture of the Philippines
11.45 ÃÂ 12.10 Isaack Otieno: Mobile telephony and transition politics: a case 2002 elections in Kenya
12.10 ÃÂ 12.35 Kiril Avramov: Spray Can Politics: Strengthening Party Identity in Post-Socialist Sofia
12.35 à13.00 Kaposi Ildikoì: Efficacy v Liberty: Cyberactivist Dilemmas and Democracy on peticio.hu

Schedule of the New media and global civil society (Auditorium)

10.30 ÃÂ 11.00 Daniel Drache: New Geographies of Power and Counter-publics: The Political Economy of Dissent and
Battle for Public Space
11.00 ÃÂ 11.30 Chris Bailey: The Liverpool dockworkers' strike 1995-98 and the Internet
11.30 ÃÂ 12.00 Natalie Fenton: Contesting global capital, new media and the role of a social imaginary
12.00 ÃÂ 12.30 Huub van Baar: Scaling the Romany Grassroots: Europeanization and Transnational Networking
12.30 ÃÂ 13.00 Hammer Ferenc: Strange but responsive bedfellows: Single-issue activism and the commercial media

Schedule of the Civic uses of new media (Popper Room)

10.30 ÃÂ 10.55 Sola Olorunyomi: Prelimenary Remarks on a Model Farmers' ICT Center
10.55 à11.20 Sükösd Mikloìs: New Media and Transactional Activism in the Zeng