Comments for THATCamp Cyprus 2011

Comment on Was it a win or a fail? (THATCamp Cyprus 2011 report) by Myria Christophini

Myria Christophini — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:02:25 +0000

Screening my animations on ThatCamp proved very fruitful for my research on animation as a tool for Peace Building. Apart from the feedback I got and the discussion we started, I found useful the idea of presenting finalised works or even works in progress to people with similar interests. I also enjoyed the horizontal structure of the meeting where we were all equals and comfortable to express our opinions.

Comment on On museum upgrades by st3phania

st3phania — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:52:11 +0000

Hi, I am interested in museum upgrades but have to admit this is new perspective you are offering. It can be the case that the situation as it is in Cypriot state museums can provide the ground for scientific research on the background of Cypriot archaeology and museology. This creates tension on whether upgrading our museums is merely a positive turn. Perhaps moving forward is actually not only a matter of technology and before any steps are undertaken to modernise to keep up with the times we should take a deeper look t what it is hidden under the dust in our museums…

Comment on About by Invitation: THATCamp Cyprus 2011 «

Invitation: THATCamp Cyprus 2011 « — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:15:38 +0000

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Comment on Academia in the fore! Crowdsourcing and disaster management. by alexapostolides

alexapostolides — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:32:33 +0000

In my case I found that interacting with new and old media has had an effect in stimulating debate and making the research on the Mari explosion more open and immediate by all – something I am very happy about. At the same time, in crude academic career terms, those who worked on creative commons and new platforms got nothing out of it. No citations, no impact in assessing our careers. I would like to see how people think they can link crowd-sourcing with also giving credit where is due in order for careers not to suffer.

Comment on Academia in the fore! Crowdsourcing and disaster management. by chrystalleni

chrystalleni — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:11:24 +0000

I share a lot of your concerns. There is a real contradiction between traditional academic credit requirements and the need for information to be put to immediate use. In any case I think we could do worse than acquaint ourselves with some of the tools that could help us put together some sort of crisis management infrastructure. I think it is especially interesting to think about how crowdsourcing could work specifically in/for Cyprus. Perhaps one place to start would be to compare other examples to the radiation data Safecast you mentioned. Here’s another one: a UK initiative tracking various service/funding cuts using the Ushahidi platform [ wherearethecuts.org/ ]

Comment on Propose a session by Alex Apostolides

Alex Apostolides — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:07:37 +0000

Crowd sourcing in Academia in times of national emergency – cutting through the dangerous waiting time between research and publication in order to influence policy and affect reactions to the national emergency.

Comment on Registration on-line by Alex Apostolides

Alex Apostolides — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:00:31 +0000

I want to talk about how to crowd source academic discourse during times of national events. In particular examples can be given from Fukishima and from the Vassilko explosions.