Free Social Foundations<TITLE> <script src="fsfForms.js" language="JavaScript"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="fsf.css" /> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV class="header"><IMG class="header" src="images/logo.png"><P class="pagemenu">[<A class="pagemenu" href="index.php?page=home">home</A>] [<A class="pagemenu" href="index.php?page=maps">maps</A>] [<A class="pagemenu" href="index.php?user">login/create account</A>]<span class="pagemenu"> current user: guest</span> </P> </DIV><DIV class="body"> <p class="pagecontent"> Despite the spread of the internet and 'social network' technologies, physical spaces still provide the main foundations upon which social activity takes place and develops. It appears as though the pressures and demands upon physical space are increasing rather than decreasing as the creation and exploitation of social activity becomes an ever more important part of the contemporary economy. </p> <p class="pagecontent"> <img class="pagecontent" src="images/manchestermap.png"> </p> <p class="pagecontent"> The Free Social Foundations project explores the current condition of spaces of free and open assembly in our cities, relating those spaces created by the public themselves to those created for public use. This is produced through maps which bring together information on spaces of assembly in different cities. The information is gathered from interviews and conversations with local residents and users of the spaces, along with background materials, and workshop sessions. Information can also be entered directly into the maps on this website. </p> <p class="pagecontent"> The Free Social Foundations is <a class="pagecontent" href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>, for source code and developer info see the <a class="pagecontent" href="dev/index.html">development pages</a>. </p></DIV> </BODY> </HTML>