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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Dear Friends from New York and São Paulo</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>I would like to enter the discussion just to let you know
I am listening,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>but also to propose directions, names, workshops,
conferences.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>First of all, I sense there is a lot of knowledge we in
SP would need to acquire before trying to draw a careful plan of action. Our
group in São Paulo should organize a workshop in which a small number of basic
texts are read and discussed.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>As a organizer of tele-events I would suggest one or two
conferences with the people from New York (are you guys in New York City ??) so
we can get a sense of who we are, who are we becoming ? Maybe we should have a
name ourselves, not only the project.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>I like SPMAP unwillingly suggested by Mila because it
affirms itself as a map although SubmaP is also great but it may concede that is
not the real map. SPMAP may suggest that what we are doing is really THE map of
São Paulo. Once we have decided on a name we should register asap.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>INTERSP could be a good suggestion since this map is
processual, interative, internationally made.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Regarding videoconferences they are now feasible through
Access Grid an international consortium. I have contacts at USP (univ. of são
paulo) that could provide thge means and thus if City Univ. of New York (CUNY)
also is in Access Grid the deal is done.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Actually I would like to experiment with an horizontal
platform for videoconferencing, something that I have designed within the
Interpresence Project as some of you brazilians know well. This could be an
opportunity since city maps are mostly horizontal.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Regarding milestones or hands on I would suggest an
order:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>1. SP workshop on former projects and a distributed basic
reading list</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>(produce a translation to Portuguese of basic
readings</FONT><FONT face=Tahoma>)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>(check on spanish translations, since we can read spanish
also)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>2. videoconferences</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>lets get to know each other better</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>lets hear what we have to say</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>lets meet and have some fun</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>lets talk about collective endeavors in the arts, media,
politics</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>3. Designing a meta-project for São Paulo</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>A meta-project is a detailed project that could be
implemented gradually in other parts of the city.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>While we produce a map we should be also producing a
project on how to do those maps. Actually it would something very consequential
to have a small scale experiment in são Paulo that would generate a book in
Portuguese on how the project could be continued and expanded.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>4. Starting a map of SP Center or Centro or a more
acessible neighboorhood like Barra Funda.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Again I would put emphasis on creating a project before
or while.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>We should research before doing. While we research,
while we do, we should should create a replicable project for mapping cities. If
we start very small, considering são paulo size, we could actually do something
and present as a final project.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Furthermore, if we start small we can act as a group and
have real connections with real people.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Greetings from the Santa Cecilia district, near the
centro do sp</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>in a rainy day.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Artur Matuck</FONT></DIV>
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