SisterUniversities

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• The Manoa Free University : http://www.manoafreeuniversity.org/
• The Universit� Tangente: http://utangente.free.fr/ - who also have a fantastic cartographic department
• The Copenhagen Free University: http://www.copenhagenfreeuniversity.dk - "The Copenhagen Free University opened in May 2001 in our flat. The Free University is an artist run institution dedicated to the production of critical consciousness and poetic language".
• Universidad N�mada - http://www.sindominio.net/unomada/
• Facolt� di Fuga - http://www.rekombinant.org/fuga/index.php
• The Independent Art School - http://www.independent-art-school.org.uk see IndependentArtSchoolLondon also
• Informal University in Foundation - http://www.jackie-inhalt.net - The Informal University in Foundation 'IUIF'is an attempt to establish a network that shares resources and information, in the spirit of social change, as well as an open body that is able to produce new knowledge and research where the fields of form (structures), culture and society meet. The IUIF is currently based in Berlin.
• Mobilised Investigation - http://manifestor.org/mi (MI), a research-activism network established in 2002, offers a platform for the exchange and development of research which confronts power
• Minciu Sodas - http://www.ms.lt - is an open laboratory for serving and organizing independent thinkers. Includes working groups on Global Villages http://www.globalvillages.info , participatory society and open economy http://www.cyfranogi.com , leadership development http://groups.yahoo.com/group/backtotheroot/, conceptual thinking and self-teaching http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livingbytruth/ Hosts a social networking system http://www.modofaccentral.com/mfc/ and works closely with http://www.onevillage.biz to respond to the AIDS challenge in Africa.
• Pirate University : http://www.pirate-university.org/, The Pirate University is a self-institution, created and run by BA/BSc (Hons) Digital Art & Technology students at The University of Plymouth, designed to facilitate the free exchange of their skills and knowledge.
• Autonomous University of Lancaster (AUL): http://www.knowledgelab.org.uk/wiki/AUL/Main_Page , The Aim of AUL is to help people from Lancaster to educate themselves. The aim of AUL is to offer seminars, lectures, workshops and whatever else you can imagine that is too narrow, too political, too hot or too different for the general academic curriculum in mainstream institutions. AUL is a growing network of people from around the world.
• Solidarisches Netzwerk f�r Offene Bildung (snob) e.v. is a framework for selforganised classes, projects and groups in and around Marburg (Germany). Started by some students with the aim to spread the idea of self-education and alternative knowledge in the community of Marburg. http://www.snob-marburg.org

[edit] Sister Bureaus

• Bureau D'etudes - http://bureaudetudes.free.fr/
• The Bureau of Inverse Technology - http://www.bureauit.org/
• CRIT (Collective Research Initiatives Trust), Mumbai - http://www.crit.org.in

[edit] Sister Organisations

• Ourganisation.org - the (dissolved) Self Institution Research Unit - http://www.ourganisation.org/
• Informal - Informal is a research and implementation group for collaborative research with a focus on social development and technology. - http://informal.org.uk
• C-level - http://c-level.cc - C-level is a cooperative public and private lab formed to share physical, social and technological resources....based in LA.
• Space Hijackers - http://www.spacehijackers.co.uk - international anarchitectural research collective.
• Le Sundicat Potential - http://syndicatpotentiel.free.fr/
• Infopool - http://www.infopool.org.uk/
• Mute - http://docs.metamute.com/ - culture and politics after the net. Projects include: Mute magazine, Metamute web site, OpenMute (Open source tools), TheMuteMap (a semantic web resource), YouAreHere - East End London networking.
• The Cube Cinema, Bristol - http://cubecinema.com
• Interflugs Berlin - a selforganized student initiative for autonomous transdisziplinary studies within the Berlin University of the Arts. - http://interflugs.de
• Sense, Think, Act: http://www.sense-think-act.org yay!
• Open Council - The Open Council works to get more ideas into more people in more places. We develop and promote experimental policies across Newcastle, acting as an independent body adjacent to Newcastle City Council. http://www.opencouncil.co.uk/

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