[alt-media-res] spreadsheets on wiki

[Marion Hamm]

hi,
Yes, it would be much better to have the "master document" on a 
collaborative online workspace!
afaik, spreadsheets can be uploaded as documents. I can do that if you like.
Formatting a large spreadsheet as a table for wiki would be a nightmare 
- at least with the limited knowledge that I have of wiki formatting.
Andre liked the idea of "tracing through who was actually using indy at 
different points in time". Many collaborations can be found by following 
up links I have provided, or any newswire postings or features of 
interest, or by screening imc-uk lists. imc-uk-video and imc-uk-radio 
would be good, and also the local lists. We don't have data on 
individual nw posters, a part from the author names they provided. But 
with a bit of local knowledge, it may be possible to find more "thick" 
data.

Marion




zoe wrote:

>hey all
>is it not possible to place such spreadsheet files on a wiki?
>xx
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Andre Spicer" <Andre.Spicer at wbs.ac.uk>
>To: <zoe at esemplastic.net>; <marion.hamm at gmx.net>;
><alt-media-res at lists.aktivix.org>
>Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 9:50 AM
>Subject: Re: [alt-media-res] imc uk chronology
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>This is wonderful work Marion!
>I like your suggestion of how to build up a master document with others in
>our little group adding to it.
>I also liked your idea of tracing through who was actually using indy at
>different points in time. However this would obviously take some effort and
>resource. Perhaps this is something which we could talk about further.
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>Andre
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>André Spicer
>Industrial Relations and Organisational Behaviour
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>>>>Marion Hamm <marion.hamm at gmx.net> 29/04/06 11:19:51 >>>
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>Hi Zoe,
>additions of any kind would be great! Especially on the video side, I
>haven't included much.
>How do we organise additions from multiple people, how do we make sure
>that in the end, we have one master document with all entries included?
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>I suggest that we agree on a mix of naming conventions and traces in the
>document itself.
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>The most updated version with all entries is presently:
>imc_uk_history_28Apr06
>If you add things to this version, you could call your document
>imc_uk_history_28Apr06_zoe.
>If I add things to this version, I would call it
>imc_uk_history_28Apr06_marion.
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>We could add a column "by whom" at the end, and enter our names for each
>new entry.
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>When a number of people have added new entries, we can bring them all
>together in a new "master document" called imc_uk_history_15May06, for
>expl. We can do this by activating autofilter in the "by whom" column of
>each document (imc_uk_history_28Apr06_zoe, imc_uk_history_28Apr06_marion
>etc), copy all the entries with a name, and paste them into the old
>master document imc_uk_history_28Apr06 which is then saved as
>imc_uk_history_15May06.
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>This way, we don't need to coordinate who works on the spreadsheet when
>- everybody can just add things when they occur. If anyone has a simpler
>idea, please say so.
>
>best
>marion
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>zoe wrote:
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>>hey great work!
>>looking really interesting and getting to be clear
>>what is status of this now - I mean, can anyone add or improve bits?
>>for example, at first glance, i could think of adding conscious cinema's
>>involvement at backspace for june 18th,
>>and the imc indian film fest at rampart in early 2005,
>>soo.... would I just add them in on a wiki or send suggestions to marion or
>>what???
>>cheers all
>>xz
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>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Marion Hamm" <marion.hamm at gmx.net>
>>To: <alt-media-res at lists.aktivix.org>
>>Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 11:46 PM
>>Subject: [alt-media-res] imc uk chronology
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>>>Hi,
>>>Here are the beginnings of an imc uk chronology as proposed and agreed.
>>>The categories I used have been checked with Steffen and Andre.
>>>This version of the imc uk chronology spreadsheet is still quite London
>>>centered, partly because this is where the indymedia project in the UK
>>>started, and partly due to my involvement in this location. Therefore,
>>>this spreadsheet does not give you the full "storyline", as andre said
>>>in a different mail. I don't know what your questions and your approach
>>>for the imc uk history are, so I collected entries that are seen as
>>>important within the imc uk network. It is a selection, not a complete
>>>archive. An account of the imc uk history would need to clearly show the
>>>decentralised character of the network.
>>>
>>>In the wiki (under project organisation chronology proposal), I defined
>>>clearly what notion of imc uk i am using. Since I am under the
>>>impression that this project uses a much wider definition of imc uk, you
>>>might want to add data about people, groups and projects who post to,
>>>read and appear on indymedia (this could become a great history of
>>>certain social movements in the uk!) For an alternative media timeline,
>>>you'd probably want to include all video and radio groups that produce
>>>alternative media, the wealth of activist blogs and a multitude of other
>>>alternative media makers.
>>>
>>>I include a break-down of the categories I used. I've tagged the
>>>spreadsheet with a creative commons licence, attributions should be made
>>>to imc uk. The indymedia wiki docs.indymedia.org is currently down, so
>>>some links might not be accessible. As soon as it is up again, I will
>>>upload the spreadsheet to it.
>>>
>>>best
>>>Marion
>>>
>>>----START CATEGORIES---
>>>
>>>Some of the Columns are searchable with Autofilter or "Sort", others
>>>include open content. They have been chosen with possible use by the
>>>"United Kollektives" in mind. You can add your own categories to code
>>>the entries according to your research needs (and of course add or
>>>delete entries, regroup them etc).
>>>
>>>date - searchable. date of event
>>>
>>>event - content. description of event
>>>
>>>Sources - content. ...to make it quotable. URL, notes, interviews...
>>>
>>>References pub. - content. published references (for cross referencing.
>>>For expl, there will be articles to quote about the European Social
>>>Forum etc.)
>>>
>>>Comments - quotes from websites in question, more info than in the
>>>"event" column. Sometimes reminders to check dates etc.
>>>
>>>Location - searchable. Where did it take place? Online events might have
>>>a server or a list as location, I found "cyberspace" not specific enough.
>>>
>>>Imc Group involved - searchable. To code the activities of local groups,
>>>so that it is possible to see their activities at first glance.
>>>Sometimes there will be more than one group - don't know how to handle
>>>that yet. It's also complicated because many things happen without a
>>>named group doing them. For expl, many imc video screenings in London
>>>are being organised by the same bunch of people from the imc-london
>>>collective, but not everybody from the imc-london collective is
>>>involved, and some people who are involved might not participate in the
>>>imc-london meetings or mailing lists. I'd code the London imc screenings
>>>as imc-london (but they are not listed yet), then see what those
>>>involved say.
>>>
>>>Category of Event - searchable. I've tried to assign a single category
>>>to each event: Collaboration, Context, Decentralisation, Event (mainly
>>>real space events, online stuff tends to be coded as Reporting), Global
>>>Network (the global imc network), Location (Stuff that i only included
>>>because it gives a sense of the "real space" location. could also be
>>>listed as "meeting"), Mailing lists (shows the growing of the uk
>>>network), Meeting (will include the imc network meetings), Mobilisation
>>>(entries about big demos and mobilisations), New Group (when I could
>>>identify a date for a new group that positions itself within the imc uk
>>>network), Physical imc (when a real-space access point or imc was set
>>>up), Print (there will be more entries, printed material is v
>>>important), Reporting (this could also be seen as "web-event" or "web
>>>action". It is more than just posting one report.), Repression (couldn't
>>>think of a better name, but found it important to include for it shows
>>>what indymedia collectives have to deal with. There is a much longer
>>>list, I included those cases that I found in the imc uk features, but
>>>not complete), website (the development of the various imc websites in
>>>the UK (3 today) is crucial for the collectives who are looking after
>>>them, important markers referred to in conversations).
>>>
>>>Media used - searchable. This is tricky, because often there is more
>>>than one medium being used. But if they are entered in exactly the same
>>>order each time, this column can be used for searching.
>>>
>>>Collaborations specific - content. I haven't entered much here, you can
>>>look at the sources provided to see who collaborated.
>>>
>>>----END CATEGORIES---
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