As We May Think

Workshop Outline
The idea of this workshop is to bring together a group of people/experts from different backgrounds to jointly explore concepts and ideas, by arguing, explaining ideas, typing in, and cutting & pasting new information into an existing database. The event will begin with a short introduction by the participants about their backgrounds and current field of work and interest. This will be followed by an introduction to the database and it's applied principles by the host. The participants will divide into smaller workgroups that will work together during one work session. The work sessions will close with brief presentations by an assigned person from each workgroup. On the last day, the last two work sessions are reserved for a longer roundtable discussion and debate on specific topics, as well as a general review of the experience of the two-day workshop. We will also held a short presentation about exemplary objects & topics of the two days of collaboration, and type a summary directly into the database. Every participant comes here with his or her own education, practical experience and perspectives. I have envisioned the As We May Think database / encyclopedia as a catalyst for an enterprising, collaborative research and creative experimentation to find common grounds and interests. The As We May Think database provides a context for discussion of contemporary practices , ideas and frameworks. It enables debate and the exchange of views. Initiating such a workshop will hopefully resulting in a new space; new properties, new nodes.

"Not the exclusive thinking
but the associative, referential,
the complexity and uncertainty
of information (and collaboration)
is a central issue"