[spectre] Workshop on Mobtagging

[Stefan Kosters - Mediamatic]

Workshop on Mobtagging
15 & 16 February 2006 @ Mediamatic, Amsterdam

Mediamatic presents a 2-day workshop on social tagging, or 
MOBTAGGING. Mobtagging is what happens when users freely 
apply and exchange labels (metadata) to online 
information. This non-hierarchical method of structuring 
information is rapidly spreading over the web, with 
Flickr.com, Del.icio.us and Technorati as most famous 
examples. It gives users the possibility to specify, index 
and search information on their own terms.

During this workshop we will analyse the inner workings 
and the social effects of mobtagging. How is social 
tagging changing the structure of (online) information, 
and our relation to it? For which usergroups and what type 
of information is Mobtagging rewarding? What roles does 
Mobtagging play next to more traditional ways of indexing 
information?

This workshop is designed for bloggers, webmasters, 
artists and theorists; people with a practical as well as 
a theoretical interest in Mobtagging. Four cutting-edge 
speakers (see below) introduce various concepts and 
practises of social tagging, and assist the participants 
with the (re)design and evaluation of their own Mobtagging 
scenario's or applications.

Ulla-Maaria Mutanen (Finland)
Ulla-Maaria currently studies the interface between 
industrial design and engineering at the Center for 
Activity Theory and Developmental Work Research in 
Helsinki. On her weblog Hobbyprincess.com she frequently 
writes about relationships between web resources and 
adding webstructures. She invented the idea (and software) 
of the ThingLink, a unique identifier that works as a link 
between things.

Jyri Engeström (Finland)
As a PhD student at the Department of Organisation, Work & 
Technology at the Lancaster University Management School, 
Jyri is interested in the relationship between technical 
innovation and organizational transformation. He also is 
co-founder of Aula (www.aula.cc), a collective of creative 
minds who design and use mobile media to flock and blog, 
socialize and collaborate in geographic and virtual places 
simultaneously.

Duncan Speakman (UK)
Duncan is a sound and video artist, and initiator of the 
first European videoblogging conference. He will zoom in 
on social tagging as the main structuring principle of 
video blogs.

The participation fee is EUR 300 (ex. VAT). For more 
information, questions or registration surf to 
www.mediamatic.net/mobtagging. You can also mail to 
workshops at mediamatic.nl, or call Klaas Kuitenbrouwer: +31 
20 6389901.