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Re: ourproject.org
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15 Nov '03

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04 Nov '03

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01 Nov '03

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25 Oct '03

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by Holiday Giveaways 25 Oct '03

25 Oct '03

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Re: [ourproject-public] Prepáratepara la era en la que la colaboraciónreemplaza a la corporación
by alfredo prieto 23 Oct '03

23 Oct '03

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question....
by Keith Hagen 22 Oct '03

22 Oct '03

Could you steer me to a source of public domain famous and non famous quotes that I can put on a product and sell? I sure would appreciate it. Thank you very much in advance. Keith Hagen

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Against e-valencia.org closing
by Technologies To The People 19 Oct '03

19 Oct '03

Against e-valencia.org closing (adhesions: http://www.e-valencia.org/) The e-valencia.org website is an artistic project that Daniel G. Andújar presented on 30th November as part of his one-man show, The Power of Security. It was conceived as a cultural news magazine and file for the Valencia area, hosted by the Universidad de Alicante-MUA Museum server. Easy access was its key characteristic, meaning that anyone should be able to communicate their opinions in public, without intermediaries, creating a space for reason and critique where ordinary people have a chance to make their voice heard. As a proposal of freedom, it was set up progressively, in response to the actions of certain public institutions. It was diametrically opposed to the increasing politicisation of how culture is used. It hosted heated debates over the arbitrary nature of certain interventions in the national heritage and shortcomings in public education. It denounced town-planning disputes and an incoherent cultural policy focussed on creating infrastructures without any content. It was where the paradoxes of the Encuentro Mundial de las Artes (World Art Encounter) and the Valencia Biennial were disclosed; where the opposition was organised against closing the Centre del Carme, denouncing the deterioration in the IVAM programming. After the debates in the meeting, Realitats de la ciutat, organised by CIUTADANS PER UNA CULTURA DEMOCRÀTICA I PARTICIPATIVA, whose goal was to provide a reasoned critique of the cultural policies of our Region, a campaign was begun to pressure and undermine supporters of the initiative. Attempts at coercion targeted different artistic and educational institutions in Valencia, Barcelona and Alicante, which were directly contested by the authorities, including the IVAM management. Some months later, as the 2nd Valencia Biennial was ending, the pressure was stepped up on the e-valencia.org project, until the Universidad de Alicante was persuaded to stop the service. This decision cast doubt on the independence of universities and established a serious precedent. The closure of e-valencia is the outcome of imperialistic action stemming from the most absolute institutionalised obscurantism. It forms part of the political opacity that has become the guiding principle behind Valencian cultural institution's behaviour. This form of action displays a two-sided discourse of power. Firstly, we hear the public voice referring to tolerance, democracy and dialogue. Then we perceive the hidden voice of coercion, which silences any discrepancy. This kind of political attitude needs to be changed. As citizens committed to culture and democratic participation in public affairs, we consider this closure to be an action showing an extremely grave lack of social responsibility, without any ethical legitimacy, infringing the rights of artistic authorship, whilst trying to limit free thought. There can be no real freedom of thought unless society facilitates suitable channels for communication. It is an absolute priority for the general public and the artistic community in particular, to mobilise together, in order to preserve the small spaces of freedom that guarantee at least an incipient participation by citizens in public affairs. The disappearance of Daniel G. Andújar's artistic project is not just comparable to the destruction of any other artwork in more conventional format, but also represents an irreparable loss for society, condemning to silence the over 750,000 users who have employed its pages to make their voice heard. The development of civil society and democracy require a social liberty that encourages different ways of thinking and reasoning to live together in peace, that makes room for discrepancy and theoretical conflict. Progress is impossible if we fail to take a critical look at the present. That is why we feel we must request Mr. González Pons, Regional Minister for Culture in Valencia, to fulfil his promises to promote the implementation and development of new technologies. He must put an immediate stop to such coercive activities, imposing respect towards authors and towards the freedom of creative enterprise and untrammelled dissemination of thought. In a nutshell, what we are demanding is a transparency that raises any cultural policy pursued from now on above any hint of suspicion. adhesions: castellano http://www.e-valencia.org/guestbook/jax_guestbook.php?page=1&language=spani… catalan http://www.e-valencia.org/guestbook/jax_guestbook.php?page=1&language=catal… english http://www.e-valencia.org/guestbook/jax_guestbook.php?page=1&language=engli… french http://www.e-valencia.org/guestbook/jax_guestbook.php?page=1&language=french german http://www.e-valencia.org/guestbook/jax_guestbook.php?page=1&language=german Contra el cierre de e-valencia.org (adhesiones: http://www.e-valencia.org/) La página web e-valencia.org es un proyecto artístico de Daniel G. Andújar presentado el 30 de Noviembre de 2001 dentro de su exposición individual The Power of Security concebida como una revista de prensa y un archivo de noticias culturales de ámbito valenciano y alojada en el servidor del Museo de la Universidad de Alicante-MUA. Esta obra se caracterizaba por su facilidad para el libre acceso de cualquiera a comunicar sus opiniones públicamente y sin mediaciones, creándose así un espacio de razonamiento y de crítica que daba voz a la opinión pública. Como propuesta de libertad se constituyó progresivamente en un ejercicio de contestación ante la actuación de determinadas instituciones públicas y contra la creciente instrumentalización política de la cultura. Se suscitaron polémicas sobre la arbitrariedad de ciertas intervenciones en el patrimonio cultural, las carencias en la educación pública, la denuncia de los conflictos urbanísticos y la incoherencia de una política cultural volcada en la creación de infraestructuras sin contenido. Así pues, se denunciaron las paradojas del Encuentro Mundial de las Artes y la Bienal de Valencia, y se organizó la oposición al cierre del Centre del Carme mientras se denunciaba el deterioro de la programación del IVAM. Tras la celebración de las jornadas de debate Realitats de la ciutat, organizadas por CIUTADANS PER UNA CULTURA DEMOCRÀTICA I PARTICIPATIVA, con el objetivo de plantear una crítica razonada hacia las políticas culturales de nuestra Comunidad, se inicia una campaña de presiones y de descalificaciones hacia quienes habían apoyado esta iniciativa. Los intentos de coacción llegan a afectar a diferentes instituciones artísticas y educativas de Valencia, Barcelona y Alicante, las cuales son interpeladas directamente desde altas instancias institucionales, entre ellas la dirección del IVAM. Unos meses después, coincidiendo con la clausura de la II Bienal de Valencia, las presiones se focalizan en el proyecto e-valencia.org y éstas se intensifican hasta conseguir la interrupción del servicio por parte de la Universidad de Alicante, decisión que pone en tela de juicio la autonomía de la institución universitaria y establece un grave precedente. El cierre de e-valencia es la consecuencia de una acción imperativa ejecutada desde el más absoluto oscurantismo institucional, en una la línea de opacidad política convertida en norma de actuación por parte de las instituciones culturales valencianas. Esta forma de actuar evidencia un doble discurso del poder, aquél que habla públicamente de tolerancia, democracia y diálogo y el discurso oculto, coercitivo y que ejerce presiones para acallar cualquier discrepancia. Una actitud política que es necesario cambiar. Como ciudadanos comprometidos con la cultura y la participación democrática en los asuntos públicos, consideramos que este cierre es una acción de gravísima responsabilidad social carente de cualquier legitimidad ética y que atenta a los derechos sobre la autoría artística, a la vez que trata de limitar el ejercicio libre del pensamiento que no puede existir de una manera real si la sociedad no facilita los canales para su comunicación. Resulta absolutamente prioritario que la ciudadanía en general y la comunidad artística en particular nos movilicemos al unísono para conseguir preservar los pequeños espacios de libertad que garanticen la incipiente participación ciudadana en los asuntos públicos. La desaparición del proyecto artístico de Daniel G. Andújar no es sólo comparable a la destrucción de cualquier otra obra de arte en formato más convencional, sino que también supone una pérdida irreparable de carácter social al condenar al silencio a los más de 750.000 usuarios que han utilizado sus páginas para hacer oír su voz. El desarrollo de la sociedad civil y la democracia exigen una libertad social que fomente la convivencia de racionalidades de signo contrario, la discrepancia, y el conflicto teórico, pues el progreso no es posible sin la mirada crítica sobre el presente. Por todo ello, reclamamos al Sr. González Pons, Conseller de cultura de la CV, que cumpla sus promesas de promover la implantación y el desarrollo de las nuevas tecnologías, el cese inmediato de cualquier actividad coercitiva, el respeto a la autoría y al libre ejercicio de la creación y difusión del pensamiento y, en definitiva, le exigimos una transparencia sin sospecha en la política cultural que ejerza de aquí en adelante. Adhesiones: castellano http://www.e-valencia.org/guestbook/jax_guestbook.php?page=1&language=spani… catalan http://www.e-valencia.org/guestbook/jax_guestbook.php?page=1&language=catal… english http://www.e-valencia.org/guestbook/jax_guestbook.php?page=1&language=engli… french http://www.e-valencia.org/guestbook/jax_guestbook.php?page=1&language=french german http://www.e-valencia.org/guestbook/jax_guestbook.php?page=1&language=german

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Prepárate para la era en la que la colaboración reemplaza a la corporación
by Vicente Ruiz 16 Oct '03

16 Oct '03

Muy buenas: La semana pasada el Ciberpaís indicaba más o menos que el movimiento del Software Libre se extendía al mundo de la Cultura, cierto, pero yo hubiese sido más ambicioso en la apreciación. Aquí Wired es más extenso: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.11/opensource.html Me quedo con la frase inicial "Get ready for the era when collaboration replaces the corporation". "Prepárate para la era en la que la colaboración reemplaza a la corporación" Buen termómetro de que nuestro movimiento se está extendiendo que es una maravilla. Saludos, -- Vicente Ruiz | gpg --recv-keys --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net 9E358A05 http://ourproject.org | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "We should all be concerned about the future, because we will have to spend the rest of our lives there." - Charles Kettering ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please DON'T send me files in the non-standard, bloated .doc format that is Microsoft's secret. See: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

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Open Project in need for resources
by Mohamed Eldesoky 13 Oct '03

13 Oct '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all This is Mohamed Eldesoky, the admin of Handasa Arabia, an OpenSource Engineering Solutions organization. You can visit it here: http://www.handasarabia.org Handasa Arabia is an international organization aiming at developing the level of hi-tech in developing countries, and contributors are coming from different parts of the world; developed and developing as well. Currently there are two projects, OFOQ and NOUR projects for the design of a cheap PDA and bluetooth hardware core respectively. Currently we are in bad need for CVS hosting for our projects, as our resources are not enough for the CVS. If you can host the CVS of Handasa Arabia, you would help pushing its efforts in spreading the OpenSource values in engineering areas. Accept my best regards - -- Mohamed Eldesoky Handasa-Arabia Organization http://www.handasarabia.org GnuPG key: http://www.eldesoky.net/key.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/inys7wtZqJ7onWoRAjT7AKCWb/FXhv3NwaPQSq2EeNxXxL9W6ACgzYL7 dLuW92/6OwB6Y336ejkagJ4= =riqe -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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