When:

9am to 5.30 pm Pacific Standard Time (GMT- 

November 28, 2007

Location: Okapi Island in Second Life

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Okapi/128/128/0

(You must have the free Second Life browser)
What is Second Life?

Second Life is a 3-D virtual world created entirely by its residents. Okapi Island is owned as well as build by the OKAPI team (that’s us below!) as well as the Berkeley Archaeologists at Catalhoyuk.
Getting Started

To visit Okapi Island, you shall require to create a user account as well as download the client software–both free.

To create an account, visit www.secondlife.com, click on Join (in the upper right corner) as well as follow the instructions. Note: You do not require a premium account to utilize Second Life or visit Okapi Island.

Next, download as well as install the Second Life client on behalf of your computer:

http://secondlife.com/community/downloads.php



Join us on behalf of Remixing Catalhoyuk Day, a public program sponsored by OKAPI as well as the Berkeley Archaeologists at Catalhoyuk.
Visit OKAPI Island in the 3-D virtual environment of Second Life (see Getting Started below) as well as explore the past as well as present of Catalhoyuk, a 9000-year-old village located in present-day Turkey. OKAPI Island features virtual reconstructions of the excavation site as well as multimedia exhibits of research data. The Island was constructed by a team of undegraduate research apprentices during the Spring as well as Fall 2007 semester. The Remixing Catalhoyuk program includes lectures, guided tours, games, as well as much more. Mark your calendars!
Remixing Çatalhöyük Day Activities

(10-10:30 AM, 3-3:30 PM PST)

Guided Tours of OKAPI Island. Tours shall be conducted by Ruth Tringham (Professor of Anthropology, UC Berkeley, as well as Principal Investigator of Berkeley Archaeologists at Çatalhöyük) as well as the Remixing Çatalhöyük team.
(1 - 2 PM PST)

Lecture: “Cultural Heritage Interpretive Videowalks: Moving Through Present Past Places Physically as well as Virtually” Presented by Ruth Tringham to the UC Berkeley Landscape Architecture as well as Environmental Planning Colloquium as well as simulcast in Second Life.
(2 - 4 PM PST)

Turkish Music Mix. Visit OKAPI Island, learn about Çatalhöyük as well as build your posses remixes in the OKAPI Island Sandbox while listening to DJ (and UCB Anthro grad) Burcu’s eclectic mix of classical as well as contemporary Turkish music.
(4-5 PM PST)

Remixing Çatalhöyük Video Festival. Nine video producers shall share videos about Çatalhöyük. The Video Festival shall be hosted by VJ (and UCB Anthro grad) Colleen Morgan.
(5 - 5:30 PM PST)

Remix Competition. The public is invited to utilize the OKAPI Island Sandbox or Graffiti Cube to build as well as share reconstructions of Catalhoyuk or “remixes” of archaeological research data. At 5pm PST, the Berkeley Archaeologists at Catalhoyuk team shall review as well as select top entries on behalf of virtual awards as well as exhibition on OKAPI Island.
See you there!