Sometimes there's a new topic, or a new angle on an old topic, and then I can get interested (as mentioned above), but looking down a typical BiCon workshop timetable, it shows up in my world as much more skinny than it used to.
Mine too. Too thin, in fact, for me to get together the enthusiasm, time and £250 quid to attend. I don't think it's just that my needs have changed with regard to what I want to talk about, though they undoubtedly have. BiCon has a lot less political/activist/theory workshops than it used to. 10 years ago there were plenty; it was already declining by 1995 (despite my efforts that year).
I was talking about this to a friend this lunchtime (who hasn't been to BiCon for even longer than me) and he suggested that the format of BiCon no longer fits very well. Being organised around workshops is appropriate for a theory/activist centric event, much less so for an event where many people seem to go for the socials. Maybe the whole format should change if the main thing people want is dressing up, chatting up and partying.
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Mine too. Too thin, in fact, for me to get together the enthusiasm, time and £250 quid to attend. I don't think it's just that my needs have changed with regard to what I want to talk about, though they undoubtedly have. BiCon has a lot less political/activist/theory workshops than it used to. 10 years ago there were plenty; it was already declining by 1995 (despite my efforts that year).
I was talking about this to a friend this lunchtime (who hasn't been to BiCon for even longer than me) and he suggested that the format of BiCon no longer fits very well. Being organised around workshops is appropriate for a theory/activist centric event, much less so for an event where many people seem to go for the socials. Maybe the whole format should change if the main thing people want is dressing up, chatting up and partying.