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[edit] Report back from Day 1: Taxonomies

Surprisingly both groups came up with the same taxonomy.

Opening: where everyone meets

Middle:

1. For newbies: commons 101, the classics (LL’s talk on Free Culture etc), academy, film screenings, panels etc. – all requires translation.

2. ‘The mix’: 24 programme slots, open call for papers – activities and themes (education, culture, business, science and activism) – they have to propose length of sessions (variable sessions) – have to suggest new stuff – some translation – variable languages – not the typical speakers.

3. Unregulated spaces (in the smaller rooms): closed by definition – a place where focused work can take place – had to have a specific outcome for the conference (groups of 10-15 people focusing on a specific goal for one to two days). If there is room free then it could be spontaneous.

e.g. Delivering a research paper fits into ‘The mix’ but having researchers working together on specific outcomes would go into number 3.

Third day: reflections from the outcomes etc from the days before.

There were some questions that this taxonomy is too much about dividing people into silos – which is distinct from the more fluid, dynamic approach adopted by the groups in the first session.