[guardian-announce] Guardian at OpenVideoConference + Hackday

[News from the Guardian Project]

Great conference in NYC this Friday and Saturday that I will be speaking
at, followed by a fun, open hackday at NYU ITP (near Broadway and Astor
Place), where we will try to prototype some human rights video apps
based on the ideas from the previous two days of discussion.


If you can't make it in person, we'll be on #guardianproject on freenode
if you want to join in on the fun.


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Open Video Conference: Panel and Hackday

Nathan Freitas will be on a panel at the 2nd annual Open Video
Conference in New York this Friday and Saturday. He will be on the panel
entitled “Cameras Everywhere” led by our partners at Witness, on
Saturday at 3pm.

Summary: Cameras Everywhere: Human Rights and Web Video - (2:45 PM –
3:30 PM)

Description: Once upon a time, video cameras were rare. Now they are
ubiquitous—as are the opportunities to share, use, and re-use video.
What are the limits and possibilities of an ethics of openness when it
comes to human rights footage?

Videos (particularly mobile and online video) make it possible to
document and publicize human rights struggles – from monks marching for
freedom in Rangoon and Lhasa, and the election protestors in Tehran, to
individual voices speaking out against injustice on YouTube and other
online spaces. But despite the growing circulation of images of human
rights violations, of victims and survivors, there is limited discussion
of crucial safety, consent and ethical concerns – particularly for
people who are filmed.

Issues around consent, representation and re-victimization and
retaliation have emerged even more clearly in an open and networked
online environment, as have concerns about intentionality and
authenticity. Video is being reworked, remixed and recirculated by many
more people. New possibilities for action by a global citizenry have
arisen, but these carry with them substantial challenges, opportunities
and dangers.

Presenters:
Sam Gregory — WITNESS
Gabriella Coleman — NYU
Nathan Freitas — The Guardian Project
Steve Grove – News and Politics, YouTube

Following the panel, there will be an open workshop, to continue the
discussion and brainstorm new approaches and tools to address the issues
raised. This feedback will be gathered and fed into the OVC Hackday,
held at NYU ITP on Sunday. Team Guardian will join in with whoever shows
up at the hackday, take the ideas from the previous day, and build
prototyped mobile video solutions in response to them.

You can get more information and register for the hackday here:
http://www.openvideoconference.org/hacklabs/

OVC hack labs: Sunday, October 3

Join us at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program for an all-day
open space gathering for innovators of all stripes. Meet and collaborate
with conference attendees, HTML5 developers, transmedia storytelling
experts, and more. Among the planned activities:

Make interactive HTML5 video using WebMadeMovies technology like popcorn.js
Map out a transmedia strategy for your content
Build a custom HTML5 player for your site
Create robust video sites using the free+open source Kaltura CE 2.0
self-hosted software stack
or just grab a room and hack on your project!

OVC hack labs are free and open to the public.