Festival of Pacific Arts web cast

[Sean Linton]

Hi All, 

In my Ph D thesis  in the Music Department, at the University of Otago I am exploring how traditional ecologically inspired music can be foregrounded in ICT contexts. 

One of the applications of this theory I am hoping to develop involves creating a webcast of music during the 2012 Festival of Pacific Arts. The festival will be held in Honiara, Solomon Islands. My research focus was initially based in the Solomon Islands, and I have spent some time there this year investigating how music is inspired by the environment. 

I am looking at ways my research can bring something back to the people that I am working with over there, and that is how I have come to ask if it would be possible to set up a webcast for the festival? I am thinking that this can be mutually beneficial because it would create an opportunity for exposure to the traditional music which will feature at the festival. While also creating an opportunity to develop an information communications technology (ICT) which is not currently in Solomon Islands. 

There are a number of ways I would like to approach this: 

1. Have a website which is interactive, and build a community,  and big membership. I have a face book group started. Please Join! 

2. Publicise widely.

3. Create an Open Educational Resource (OER) using Wiki-Educator. A web casting for pacific artists 'how to' repository toolkit.

This will involve some technical questions and work with an FPA organizing committee to make webcasting the 2012 FPA a reality. 

I understand that FPA organisation is largely determined by where the festival is held? 

Post Solomon Islands, perhaps the method can be used by Guam in 2016 and can be a good example of maintaining transparency in methods of operation and acquisition. 

Many thanks for any thoughts, and experience which people can relate, which could encourage this discussion.

Regards.     

Sean Linton

~ FYI: Earlier Correspondence between David Leeming (Solomon Islands Rural Link) , Andrew Lano (SIBC) and myself.  ~

Hi David, Andrew, 

I have been thinking about whether the upcoming FPA in Honiara 2012 would benefit from having a webcast. There is other FPA material available online, and yet it tends to come out as archive material? Can  you think if this would be possible in 2012 given bandwidth issues, technicians expertise,  and or equipment requirements?

I am hoping to introduce this idea to a wider community, and I thought I would start by consulting and introducing you - apologies if you have met, no harm. 

For  David; Andrew is a technical advisor at SIBC - if this is something that would be useful for the FPA then perhaps the SIBC would benefit from having the residual skills left behind in the wake of the festival. 

For Andrew; David has been helping me with some technology and communications aspects of the research I am currently working on, experience with computer networking is probably going to be helpful, especially if we are looking at a multi-sited festival.    

I will continue to see if there is some interest in this idea - and hopefully we can get a discussion going and proposal for the organizing committee? They might come back and say there is enough to do just to get the thing happening but either way it could be worth a shot. 

Hope you are both well, 

~ all the best ~

Sean 

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David Leeming  to me, alano, andrewlano

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Great idea

 

We can do this as a project.

·         Start a really nice looking website (interactive Ning type, Facebook might be OK, and build a big membership using good community of practice approaches (activity and “repertoire – or content” based),

·         Publicise widely, the website will be the portal for it and the place to connect to streaming

·         Will then become a resource owned by pacific artists

·         Why not have SIBC as the lead partner if interested? I would be interested.

 

Technically, can be done by streaming to an Internet broadcasting service in the US, so you only have one stream outgoing from the expensive Sols and then a reasonably low cost (USD 100 or so p.m.) service allowing multiple connections based in US

 

I once looked into this and discussed with Cornelius but we didn’t follow it up.

 

To make it 100% reliable you could set up a temporary RICS VSAT on site. By April 2011 my company (Solomon islands Rural Link) will be an ISP offering such services. Currently I can set them up but not offer ISP service.

 

David Leeming

Solomon Islands Rural Link 
P.O.Box 652 Honiara, Solomon Islands

+677 7476396 (m) +677 24419 (h)

www.leeming-consulting.com

[John Maneniaru]

Sean,

 

This proposal will definitely be interesting as it is clear on its goals and trategies.

 

Regards,

John

[Sean Linton]

Thanks John, 

I am currently gathering some technical support, and promotional assistance in Australia and New Zealand where people could potentially 'tune in' to a virtual festival. It would be great to hear if anyone has and ideas on how this might be something they could help with, perhaps matching associated costs, sourcing equipment,  or training operators? 

As well as trying to take a signal to the participating nations the other thing could be to try and get a signal via PFNet to parts of the Solomons, for people who can't get to Honiara for the event. Glad to hear your thoughts, and hope you are all well, let me know if you would like any more background . . . I have not had any feedback from SIBC, but might just be asking the wrong people?

I have recently asked some members of the FPA organising committee whether extra performing rights would need to be granted by the performers giving their permission for the extra 'online' audiences?

Regards, 

Sean 

Sean Linton

Ph D Student, Music

Otago, New Zealand 

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[Sean Linton]

Broadcasting the 2012 Pacific Arts festival

The possibility that we can broadcast the 2012 Arts festival by Internet streaming can be supported by also broadcasting it locally via the community radio network.

The Solomon Islands Development trust maybe able to make an audio stream on 97.4 FM their community radio station, that will help a lot in terms of building momentum and motivation for an audio signal to be broadcast to the web.