#Temporary page not yet a description - A work in progress. - Jottings about what a FEAST conference could be and different forms of words to explain it.
FEAST creates a platform for a decentralised conference, in which groups can engage in in-depth discussion face-to-face, and then give feedback in the form of a Live Audio Podcast.
FEAST is about conversation. It is a platform for engagement. We do not believe in centralising conversations on vast public platforms, instead FEAST encourages slow thoughtful, or passionate conversation.
We do not think that the right people are engaged in civic or political conversation, or that conferences and consultations give the appropriate space for questions or public debate. Tweeting a question to conference, or the president of the United States is not a meaningful dialogue.
FEAST aims to engage people in a new way, based on traditional values of conviviality and neighbourliness. FEAST is designed to be entertaining, it should be a great party, but it also give space for conversation. The combination creates a platform to engage people who are not traditionally engaged in civic discourse.
To achieve this FEAST explicitly and actively seeks out ways to engage the groups of people that normally never turn up to public meetings.
# Radio Conference
Radio as we understand it today is a broadcast medium. Conferences are events that take place in physical space. Both allow only limited forms of dialogue and questioning from the audience.
FEAST aims to create an entirely new form of radio show and dialogue with the audience.
It is possible for someone with a mobile phone to create a podcast or radio show, thanks to the internet and mobile phone technology makes.
Using Skype or other readily available technology participants in a panel discussion can take part from anywhere in the world.
However the full potential of the merger of these technologies has yet to be explored.