Odyssey 2004 Programme-in-progress

Odyssey Group workshop to be held at University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Northern Ireland, 23rd-27th August 2004

Programme in Progress

This page will record presentations and discussions as they arise and develop during the workshop -last updated 1pm Thursday August

	Morning Sessions: University of Ulster, Jordanstown Campus	Afternoon Activities: Fieldwork	Evening Sessions:
Monday 23th August	09:00 Julian Hine, University of Ulster *New Approaches to Migration* Context and PowerPoint slide-show here useful links: Funeral trains - online links to resources about the necropolis and funeral trains in the Victorian era 10:45 Kay Axhausen, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology *Hypotheses about the link between social network geographies and transport and telecom costs* Paper here in pdf format Useful links: Multilocality	Digital Tours and Virtual Capture Material gathered by the participants and uploaded to this site.	Glenavna Forum: IT, Mobility and Migration Facilitator: Steve Little, Open University Business School
Tuesday 24th August	09:00 Frank Go Erasmus University, Rotterdam: Migration, Tourism and Micro-Banking: Branding Identity of Self Help Groups Online version of Powerpoint here (large file - 1.2Mb) 10:45 Kay Axhausen Measurement of social network geographies Paper here in pdf format Useful links: Sensitivity of accessibility measurements to the underlying transport network model (large .pdf file - 1.2MB) Accessibility and time-scaled maps of public and road transport for Switzerland, 1950-2000	14:00 Reception with members of the School of the Built Environment University of Ulster, Jordanstown Tours and Capture More material gathered by the participants and uploaded to this site.	Glenavna Forum: *Glenavna Hotel:* Len Holmes, London Metropolitan University *Irish Identities: Voicing Through Song* Virtual presentation: Migration and Skills: The Ghanaian Experience Yaw Dankwa
Wednesday 25th August	Margaret Grieco, Napier University, Edinburgh *Migration, Methodology and Meaning: the Oaxaca Index Part 1: see also Note on the Oaxaca index* Steve Little *The Oaxaca Index Part 2*	Tours and Capture Continuing fieldwork visit by Steve Little and Len Holmes to Ulster-American Folk Park	Glenavna Hotel: Weblogging Workshop
Thursday 26th August	Melih Kirlidog, Marmara University, Istanbul and Steve Little *Turbulent Geographies: Divided Cyprus and the Internet* Paper and links here	Virtual Book Launch Fiona Raje: Transport, Demand Management and Social Inclusion: the need for ethnic perspectives in Transport and Society Series, Ashgate Press Tours and Capture: also discussion between Frank Go and Margaret Grieco on microfinance, migration and development Meeting the moment	Glenavna Hotel: John Hogan, University of Hertfordshire Andreja Zivkovic, University of Cambridge: Territorial correspondence in the electronic domain: Trade Unions in the Balkans
Friday 27th August	Virtual Book Launch: Steve Little *Design and Determination:the role of information technology on redressing regional inequities in the development process* Closing Presentations Stewart Clegg, University of Technology, Sydney and John Hogan, University of Hertfordshire: The Polyphonic Spree - the Case of the Liverpool Dockers Julian Hine	Close-down at Glenavna at 13:00 Closing statement by Professor Julian Hine, University of Ulster

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page last updated: 28th August 2004