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		<title>Terrain Vague, Citizen Engagement &amp; the Open City: The Roerich Garden Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Le site web pour notre premier livre est en ligne! Il documente les aspirations de la communauté face à au champs en demandant comment nous nous engageons pour imaginer et créer des villes plus ouvertes. // The draft of the website for our first book is live. You'll find stories about how the community uses and advocates for this wild urban space. ]]></description>
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<p>Artefatica is coming along. Sooooo slowly. The draft of the website for our first book —  <em><a href="http://roerichproject.artefati.ca/">Terrain Vague, Citizen Engagement &amp; the Open City: The Roerich Garden Project</a> </em>— is up! Check it out, send some feedback, add your story or your vision. We&#8217;ve started a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/artefatica/collections/72157618983189167/">Flickr collection</a> to pull together photos for the book, and <a href="http://imaginemileend.tumblr.com/"><em>imagine (le) mile-end</em></a> has created a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1028450@N25/">group</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://roerichproject.artefati.ca/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-742" title="The Roerich Garden Project" src="http://www.facilitatingchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/roerich-web-thumbnail.png" alt="The Roerich Garden Project" width="450" height="360" /></a></p>
<p>If you&#8217;d like to contribute to the preservation of the garden as a wild space Emily posts <a href="http://www.emilyrosemichaud.com">community updates on her blog</a>. And <a href="http://imaginemileend.tumblr.com/"><em>imagine (le) mile-end</em></a> has been doing lots of great organizing. Here&#8217;s their <a href="http://imaginemileend.tumblr.com/post/132610173/a-meeting-about-a-field">report from their June 2009 meeting</a>. You can find more on the <em><a href="http://lechampdespossibles.tumblr.com/">Champ des Possibles</a> </em>(<em>Field of Possibilities</em>) website.</p>
<p>From the <a href="http://roerichproject.artefati.ca/about/">introduction</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Lot #2334609 is a terrain vague — <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway</span>, owned by the City of Montreal as of June 2009, used and cherished by the community, the only green space in the Mile End. People feel free in this space. They don’t ask for permission to picnic, grow things, create art, or gather around a campfire. It’s open and wild, unlike most city parks.</p>
<p>To outsiders, it may look like an abandoned field. But, as you will read here, the community has appropriated this space and wants a say in how it will be developed. Development is scheduled for 2009-2010, as part of the city’s $9-million revitalization of the neighborhood.</p>
<p>Emily Rose Michaud, through the<em> <a href="http://pousses.blogspot.com/">Sprout Out Loud!</a> </em>gardener’s collective, created the Roerich Garden project in November 2007. Using this project as a starting point, this book provides a history of the meadow and documents the many ways the community uses and relates to this space. It then connects what’s happening in the Mile End to similar local, national, and international initiatives. It documents what the community wants for this space, as captured through a series of participatory consultations. And it asks questions about how we engage as citizens to imagine and create more open cities.</p></blockquote>
<p>If you&#8217;d like to get (infrequent) updates about this project and the book you can <a href="http://roerichproject.artefati.ca/purchase/">sign up</a>.</p>
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<h2>Terrain vague, engagement citoyen &amp; ville ouverte: le projet du jardin Roerich</h2>
<p>Artefatica est en route. Lentement mais sûrement! Le site web pour notre premier livre est maintenant en ligne: <em><a href="http://roerichproject.artefati.ca/">Terrain Vague, Citizen Engagement &amp; the Open City: The Roerich Garden Project</a></em>. Allez le visiter, ajoutez-y vos impressions, votre histoire, votre vision&#8230; Nous avons débuté une <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/artefatica/collections/72157618983189167/">collection sur Flickr</a>, afin de mettre toutes ensemble les photos pour le livre. <a href="http://imaginemileend.tumblr.com/"><em>imagine (le) mile-end</em></a> y a aussi créé un <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1028450@N25/">groupe</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://roerichproject.artefati.ca/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-742" style="border: 0px initial initial;" title="The Roerich Garden Project" src="http://www.facilitatingchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/roerich-web-thumbnail.png" alt="The Roerich Garden Project" width="450" height="360" /></a></p>
<p>Si vous vous sentez appelé à participer à la préservation du jardin en tant qu&#8217;espace sauvage, suivez les mises à jour sur le <a href="http://www.emilyrosemichaud.com">blog d&#8217;Émily</a>. <a href="http://imaginemileend.tumblr.com/"><em>imagine (le) mile-end</em></a> s&#8217;occupe aussi de l&#8217;organisation: Vous pouvez vous rendre sur leur site où vous trouverez <a href="http://imaginemileend.tumblr.com/post/132610173/a-meeting-about-a-field">le rapport provenant de la rencontre du 29 juin dernier</a>, ainsi que sur le site du <a href="http://lechampdespossibles.tumblr.com/"><em>Champ des Possibles</em></a>.</p>
<p>Tiré de l&#8217;<a href="http://roerichproject.artefati.ca/about/">introduction</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Le Lot #2334609 est un terrain vague qui appartient à la Ville de Montréal depuis Juin 2009 (il appartenait anciennement au Canadien Pacifique), utilisé et chéri par la communauté du Mile-End puisqu&#8217;il est le seul espace vert du quartier. Les gens s&#8217;y sentent libres. Ils n&#8217;ont pas à demander la permission pour y pic-niquer, y faire pousser des trucs, s&#8217;y laisser inspirer pour créer des œuvres d&#8217;art ou pour s&#8217;y réunir autour d&#8217;un feu. C&#8217;est un espace ouvert et sauvage, contrairement aux autres parcs montréalais.</p>
<p>Pour les étrangers au champs, ce dernier peut ressembler à un terrain abandonné. Cependant, comme vous le découvrirez ici, la communauté s&#8217;est approprié cet espace et exige un droit de parole quant à son futur développement, inclus dans le plan 2009-2010 de la Ville pour la revitalisation du quartier (Budget: 9 millions).</p>
<p>À travers le collectif de jardiniers <em>Le pouvoir aux Pousses</em>, Emily Rose Michaud créa le projet du jardin Roerich en novembre 2007. Utilisant ce projet comme point de départ, ce livre relate l&#8217;historique du champs et documente les nombreuses façons avec lesquelles la communauté occupe cet espace et interagit avec cet espace. Il y par la suite connexion avec d&#8217;autres initiatives similaires à différentes échelles, qu&#8217;elle soit locale, nationale ou même internationale. Ce livre documente les aspirations de la communauté face à au champs, captées à travers une série de consultations participatives. Il pose aussi la question à savoir comment nous nous engageons en tant que citoyens pour imaginer et créer des villes plus ouvertes.</p></blockquote>
<p>Pour recevoir des mises à jours (rares) sur le projet et sur le livre, <a href="http://roerichproject.artefati.ca/purchase/">vous pouvez vous inscrire ici</a>.</p>
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		<title>Artefatica at BookCamp Toronto</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six months into the open publishing experiment. How's it going? In June 2009, Artefatica attended BookCamp Toronto. We started with an overview of what Artefatica is, the ideas we're toying around with, and what we're trying to accomplish. Then I talked about our first project and facilitated a 30-minute discussion on authorship, sharing, open culture, and using Creative Commons.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Six months into the open publishing experiment. How&#8217;s it going?</em> In June 2009, Artefatica attended <a href="http://bookcampto.pbworks.com/">BookCamp Toronto</a>. I (Christine Prefontaine — BTW I really did try to write this in the third person but it felt too creepy) started with an overview of what Artefatica is, the ideas we&#8217;re toying around with, and what we&#8217;re trying to accomplish. Then I talked about our first project and facilitated a 30-minute discussion on authorship, sharing, open culture, and using Creative Commons.</p>
<p><a href="http://bookcampto.pbworks.com/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-273" title="BookCamp Toronto" src="http://www.artefati.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bookcamp-to.png" alt="BookCamp Toronto" width="345" height="90" /></a></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the session description  from the BookCamp website:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Artefatica: An Open Publishing Experiment. </strong><em>Christine Prefontaine, Artefatica. </em>Everything Artefatica produces — from original works to remixes to new versions of the classics — is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license. The vision: Projects that bring people together around a compelling theme, spur creativity and dialogue, and contribute to the commons. Collaborative teams producing a series or artefacts — books, swag, artworks, websites, events. Readers as participants, engaging, contributing, and building on each work. But is it really possible to create books without boundaries? This session will review what we&#8217;ve learned in the process of creating our proof-of-concept project.</p></blockquote>
<p>There were about 40 participants and, despite it being waaaay too early in the morning, I was really pleased with the way it went. Especially because I&#8217;m terrified of public speaking and really wanting to get over that and practice my <a href="http://www.facilitatingchange.org/">facilitation skills</a>. And overall BookCamp was an amazing success. Great organization, speakers, and participants. Here are but a few of the post-conference blogs.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.bookoven.com/2009/06/24/bookcamp-toronto-debrief/">The Book Oven debrief</a> (Hugh McGuire)<br />
<a href="http://booksontheradio.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/bookcamp-toronto-2009-decompressed-rejiggled-steps-moving-forward/">Books on the Radio</a><br />
<a href="http://www.418qe.com/technology/print/bookcamp-toronto-2009 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/tag/bookcamp-toronto/">418QE</a> (James Cadwell)<br />
<a href="http://nestor.wlu.ca/blog/?p=413">Sir Wilfred Laurier Press</a><br />
<a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=1690313"><em>The National Post</em></a><br />
<a href="http://annickpressblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/bookcamp-toronto-2009-asking-right.html">Annick Press</a><br />
<a href="http://www.librarybazaar.com/2009/06/08/bookcamp-toronto-2009/">The Library Bazaar</a> (Fiacre O&#8217;Duinn)<br />
<a href="http://scienceblogs.com/confessions/2009/06/cool_conferences_mental_overlo.php#more">Confessions of a Science Librarian</a> (John Dupis)<br />
<a href="http://www.markblevis.com/tag/bcto09/">Mark Blevis</a><br />
<a href="http://blog.threepress.org/2009/06/08/bookcamp-toronto-report/">Threepress Consulting</a> (Liza Daly)</p>
<p>My favorite though is we all went nuts using <a href="http://twitter.com/artefatica/">Twitter.</a> The tag #bcto09 was shared ahead of time and well-publicized. This made real-time <a href="http://www.facilitatingchange.org/2009/05/social-reporting/">social reporting</a> a snap, which led to fun, back-channel conversations that made it easy to connect with others afterward.</p>
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