translation help "Unconference"
de qwertz, 2011-decembro-18
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qwertz (Montri la profilon) 2011-decembro-18 00:34:52
how to translate Unconference?
"...An unconference is a participant-driven meeting. The term "unconference" has been applied, or self-applied, to a wide range of gatherings that try to avoid one or more aspects of a conventional conference, such as high fees, sponsored presentations, and top-down organization..."
To find proper translation someones has to go through that styles of faciliations, isn't? Maybe there are some unconferencing ideas which are proper for Esperanto gatherings.
Furthermore, I started that unconferencing discussion to discuss (later) about 35+ participants age Esperanto events who would see some more evolution contrary to somewhat frozen organizing model of current UK happenings.
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Chainy (Montri la profilon) 2011-decembro-18 12:22:34
I suppose you could say 'nekonferenco', but that would be pretty confusing to me. Just like the English word, I suppose. In fact, if you do choose to use that word, I would put it in inverted commas.
Miland (Montri la profilon) 2011-decembro-18 12:52:21
sudanglo (Montri la profilon) 2011-decembro-18 13:29:17
qwertz (Montri la profilon) 2011-decembro-18 14:34:24
sudanglo:Kolokva konferenco.NPIV 2002 page 572; kolokv~o : Renkontiĝo de limigita nombro da sciencistoj aŭ fakuloj, por interparole esplori difinitan temon.
So, "kolokva kunveno laŭ XYZ stilo" could be fine, isn't?
How strong relates kolokvo al this "limigita nombro de ..."? I mean, most organizer try to attract as much as possible fakulojn or participants, isn't?
XYZ = Styles of facilitation
Vestitor (Montri la profilon) 2011-decembro-19 00:20:24
Though it may be perfectly feasible to construct a word from scratch, translating an already-vague word is doubly troublesome.
And because 'unconference' is being used to denote an idea of 'anti-conference' (while still being a conference!) it just causes confusion.
A conference can still be a conference even if the fees are low and the debate participation style is more democratic. The word can encompass that. If such a gathering is so different than how a conference is defined, it should be called something else.
UUano (Montri la profilon) 2011-decembro-19 17:49:27
Vestitor:...translating an already-vague word is doubly troublesome.My first thought upon reading this thread was "doubleplusungood".
qwertz (Montri la profilon) 2011-decembro-19 19:36:48
Vestitor:Okay then let it call traditional conferencing (like current UK) versus experimental(?) conferencing.
And because 'unconference' is being used to denote an idea of 'anti-conference' (while still being a conference!) it just causes confusion.
Vestitor:Yes, I agree. That discussion comes to that Styles of facilitation again. There's an pdf listed at Wikipedia which gives some survey information about experimental conferencing.
A conference can still be a conference even if the fees are low and the debate participation style is more democratic. The word can encompass that. If such a gathering is so different than how a conference is defined, it should be called something else.
Furthermore, I started that unconferencing discussion to discuss about 35+ participants age Esperanto events who would see some more evolution contrary to somewhat frozen organizing model of current UK happenings.