The decision to use Active Worlds© is one that can be taken at course or task level. Knowledge Forum® is a knowledge building learning environment that. I reinstalled the Active Worlds browser a few weeks ago. Before then, the last time I had used it was over two and a half years ago.On all of my recent visits, nearly every single world was empty (only Alpha World and AWGate were constantly populated).I also visited the Commanders Village on Mars.

Professor and activist2004 World Social Forum The fourth WSF was held in, India, from 16 January to 21 January 2004. It was the first meeting of the World Social Forum held outside Brazil and its success has encouraged the WSF to expand in scope across the. Some credit it with inspiring the held in November of that year. The attendance was expected to be 75,000 and it shot over by thousands.

The cultural diversity was one notable aspect of the forum. A notable decision that was taken was the stand on.

One of the key speakers at the WSF 2004 was. In contrast to earlier meetings, which had focused more on Euro-centric political intellectualism, the 2004 meeting included marches, as well as colorful and lively demonstrations.The 2004 meeting also saw the convening of the, an idea that originated from the in November 2003, and broadly coalesced in response to the by the United States in 2003. The Assembly had few activists from the United States, but overwhelmingly tried to articulate that they opposed the policy, and not the country itself. The former director-general of, said at the Forum, 'We must state it clearly. We must say to President Bush that we do not agree with the way he controls the world. We must tell him that he has to govern with his mind, not with might.' 2005 World Social Forum The fifth World Social Forum 2005 was held in Porto Alegre, Brazil between 26 January and 31 January.

There were 155,000 registered participants at the Forum, with most coming from Brazil, Argentina, the United States, Uruguay, and France. A number of participants in the forum released the. Since Article 6 of the World Social Forum's Charter of Principles bars the event from attempting to represent all participants through formal statements, the was released on behalf of 19 activists. This 'Group of 19' includes,. 2006 World Social Forum The sixth World Social Forum was 'polycentric', held in January 2006 in, and., and in March 2006, in,. The Forum in Pakistan was delayed to March because of the that had recently occurred in the area. 2007 World Social Forum The seventh World Social Forum was held in, Kenya in January 2007.

There were 66,000 registered attendees, and 1,400 participating organizations from 110 countries, making it the most globally representative WSF so far. It was criticized as being 'an fair' and movements of the poor in Kenya and mounted vigorous protests against some of the NGOs that attended and, in their view, dominated the forum in the name of the African poor.2008 World Social Forum The eighth World Social Forum in 2008 was not organized at a particular place, but globally, which means by thousands of autonomous local organizations, on or around January 26. They are also known as the Global Call for Action. 2009 World Social Forum The ninth World Social Forum took place in the Brazilian city of, located in the Amazon rainforest, between January 27 and February 1, 2009. About 1,900 indigenous people, representing 190 ethnic groups attended the event, to raise the issue of stateless peoples, and the plights that they face. The helped to organize the tent for the Collective Rights of Stateless Peoples, who are marginalized in an international system that recognizes only states as political units. Various stateless ethnic groups represented were the,.

2010 World Social Forum The tenth edition of the World Social Forum was another decentralized affair, with about 35 national, regional and local forums taking place across the world. In, the flagship space for the WSF, events and speakers were held from January 25–29, entitled 'FSM 10 Years: Greater Porto Alegre'. The big event held in was the International Seminar '10 Years Later: Challenges and proposals for another possible world', which featured over 70 intellectuals from around the world. One of the notable regional forums was the held in and attended by about 18,000 people. 2011 World Social Forum In February 2011 the World Social Forum took place in, Senegal with 75,000 participants from 132 countries organizing around 1,200 activities. Among the speakers was Canadian social activist and author and Bolivian President. The Forum was at first plagued with logistical problems, as a number of events had to be canceled at the last minute because of a lack of space, and a student strike against the policies of in interrupted some scheduled plenaries.

2012 World Social Forum The 2012 World Social Forum was hosted in and ran from 24–30 January. 2013 World Social Forum The thirteen edition of the World Social Forum took place in from 26 to 30 March 2013. 2015 World Social Forum The fourteenth edition of the World Social Forum took place in from 23 to 28 March 2015.

It led to the creation of the. 2016 World Social Forum The fifteen edition of the World Social Forum took place in from 9 to 14 August 2016. It was a multilingual event which featured organizations from around the world. 2018 World Social Forum The sixteenth edition of the World Social Forum took place in, from March 13 to 17, 2018. Having representatives of 120 countries. Venues #YearCityCountryI2001II2002Porto AlegreIII2003Porto AlegreIV2004V2005Porto AlegreVI2006and (January)and(March)VII2007VIII2008No specific locationIX2009X2010No specific locationXI2011XII2012Porto AlegreXIII2013XIV2015XV2016XVI2018Regional Social Forums The WSF has prompted the organizing of many regional, including the, the, the and the.

There are also many local and national social forums, such as the, India Social Forum, and the. The first-ever took place in in June 2007. In 2010, hosted the United States Social Forum during June 22–26.Regional forums have taken place in the Southwest, Northwest, Northeast, and regions of the United States. The first took place in June 2010.Most, though not all, social forums adhere to the drawn up by the World Social Forum. The goal of these forums is to decentralize and allow far more people to engage in the open forum atmosphere of the World Social Forum without needing very much money for travel expenses. All of the various social forums in this mold include international attendees and are in no way specifically focused on the problems of a single region of country.Criticisms.