Programme

Programme and Inventory of Activities

Aim:

This workshop will:

explore the potential and affordances of electronic modes of communication for enabling collectives modes of organising and social activism
identify current and emerging practices in this arena
seek to develop theoretical perspectives and their practical applications.

Activities

The Group will engage in a variety of activities during the workshop, including:

discussion of papers prepared in advance by members of the Odyssey Group on topics relevant to the workshop themes;
joint writing of draft papers;
e-seminars, discussing issues with contributors who are 'virtual voyagers';
team visits within the locality to investigate issues related to the workshop themes;
'virtual visits' to sites on the Web;
collaborative development of websites.

Programme

The following is the programme and inventory of activities, as of 15th August.

Mon 14th:	Gathering and re-introductions; installation of software for Odyssey session; web-skilling; virtual link with Ithaca, USA - transmission of materials for recontextualization
Tues 15th:	Planning session; installation of Lyceum; development of websites; editorial board meeting re. special issue of Journal of Managerial Psychology: 'Distributed technology, distributed leadership, distributed identity: organizing in the information age' (Guest editors: Len Holmes, Margaret Grieco and Dian Marie Hosking) - forthcoming 2001
Wed 16th:	Discussion sessions: ‘E-collectivism: Emergent Opportunities for Renewal' (Anne-marie Greene & John Hogan); ‘Calling up culture' (Steve Little & Len Holmes); In house trialling of Lyceum; Website development
Thurs 17th	Discussion session; Live Lyceum link to Darwin, Australia: piloting the use of Lyceum for research purposes local visits & virtual voyages; website development:
Fri 18th:	Planning session: preparation for Odyssey Group attendance at APROS conference, Sydney, Dec 2000: Electronic ontology and local identity stream Construction of virtual journeys
Sat 19th & Sun 20th:	Discussion: 'The power of transparency: the Internet, e-mail, and the Malaysian political crisis'. Margaret Grieco and Len Holmes; Local visits: testing local public accessibility to the internet in an age of e-governance; visit to Slipper Chapel, Walsingham - a site of previous reformation activity social events: mobile communication - divergent barges
Mon 21st	Planning session: Odyssey Group Workshop, August 2001 (to be held in Ghana); Virtual journey: Recovering identity: a Scot's pilgrimage Cruising the Ouse I: exploration of an ancient and modern communication mode
Tues 22nd	Discussion session; local visits & virtual voyages; website development; Virtual journey: Out of Edinburgh
Wed 23rd:	Cruising the Ouse II: exploration of an ancient and modern communication mode The continuing virtual journey: The Valley of Weeping; website development;
Thurs 24th:	Discussion session; Virtual journey concluded: Inverness and Aberdeen Live Lyceum link with conference on 'The e-challenge', Association for Management Education and Development, Warwick University, and with Darwin, Australia; Recontextualisation and social archiving: the potential of the new technology local visits & virtual voyages; website development
Fri 25th:	Future planning and closing session

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