The Big #rpReview: re:publica 2011
Our journey through history continues and in this edition we look at the "motto-less" re:publica 2011. It was the final #rp event at the Kalkscheune and the Friedrichstadtpalast and focused closely on the Arab Spring.
In the last posts, covering our big #rpReview, we covered the years 2007 to 2010. We looked at the first re:publica incarnation, Anonymous, Sascha Lobos Follower-Party and, most recently, the reason behind our awesome karaoke tradition.
re:publica continued its growth in 2011 and from 13 – 15 April welcomed a total of 3,000 participants to the Kalkscheune, Friedrichstadtpalast and Quatsch Comedy Club. Our organisation team also grew to a total of 20 staff, taking care of the planning and execution of the 5th re:publica.
In terms of new topics, 2011 saw the first edition of the "co:funding" sub-conference, attracting 25 experts and 250 audience members. The event was curated and initiated by the crowd-funding platform Startnext. That year, the "re:learn" track became a set feature of the #rp event programme. As part of this track, the mathematician, philosopher and CTO of IBM Gunter Dueck gave an entertaining speech on the internet as the operating system of our society.
Further programme highlights include Tim Pritlove's talk on podcasts and radio as tools of public relations, Jaclyn Friedman's talk on "Feminist Digital Activism", the discussion panel on "flitter" and bloggers interviewing Philip Banse.
Of course, internet policy and politics were important topics during the 5th re:publica. Markus Beckedahl, co-founder of re:publica, presented the new Digitale Gesellschaft e.V. initiative. Gabriella Coleman focused on "Geek Politics" in Anonymous while Noha Atef gave an insight into social media activities during the Arab Spring. re:publica 2011 featured many important themes and topics, particularly on internet policy, which would later be picked up in public discourse.
So, that was our review of re:publica 2011. We want to know about your past re:publica stories: what were your experiences, anecdotes and memories of past #rp years? Share your photos, video and links with us and the re:publica community!
Let us know using the #rpRevue hastag on Twitter or per email to redaktion at re-publica.de We look forward to your feedback!
We'd like to finish with some further links for you to check out. The re:publica 2011 website can be found here and our YouTube channel features the re:publica 2011 playlist. Finally, Flickr features two albums on 2011: one from us and one made up from a group of #rp fans. To round it all off, here are a couple of highlights from Flickr:
Photo by re:publica (CC BY 2.0)
Photo by re:publica/dirk haeger (CC BY 2.0)
Photo by Jonas Fischer/re:publica (CC BY 2.0)
Photo by Jonas Fischer/re:publica (CC BY 2.0)
Photo by re:publica/dirk haeger (CC BY 2.0)
Cover photo (on top) by re:publica/dirk haeger (CC BY 2.0)