FEAST Workshop 2008

Over the next few weeks I'll be a participant in a number of events in Brisbane and online. As always, I'll try to do as much live-blogging as possible. Here's a preview of what's coming up:

• This Wednesday and Thursday I'm at the AMIC conference on Convergence, Citizen Journalism, and Social Change, where I'll also present my paper "Citizen Journalism in the 2007 Australian Federal Election (AMIC 2008)". I've already uploaded the Powerpoint slides and full paper for this (a round-up of citizen journalism developments during the 2007 Australian federal election), and I'll try to record the presentation as well.
  

• I'll end up missing the last half-day of the AMIC conference, though - I've also been invited to attend the "Creative Destruction: Lessons for Science and Innovation Policy from the Rise of the Creative Industries" workshop organised by the Centre for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCi) and the Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation (FEAST), which takes place on Thursday and Friday, and I'll make it to the Friday round-table discussions at least. The focus of this workshop is on further developing the new field of cultural science (an extension of cultural studies through a strong injection of evolutionary economics, in the context of creative industries research), and I'm currently working my way through the position papers circulated in advance of the workshop (and presented on day one) - heady stuff in an area which is closely linked with my own research into produsage. Given the complexity of the material, hopefully I'll be able to capture the key discussions at least.

• Finally, a couple of weeks later, on 8-12 April, I'll take part in the online "e-Festival of Ideas" organised by Vibewire, and discussing democracy, media, arts, and social change. More information below: