From db195439720508704804262bd155df5b6b8ae9dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Anibal=20S=C3=B3lon?= Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 09:09:54 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Merge definitions --- brainhack_book/glossary.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/brainhack_book/glossary.md b/brainhack_book/glossary.md index b2db472f..400ad9c2 100644 --- a/brainhack_book/glossary.md +++ b/brainhack_book/glossary.md @@ -408,7 +408,10 @@ A series of educational talks or workshops that runs in parallel to the project ## U ### Unconference -An unconference is a participant-driven meeting. The term "unconference" has been applied, or self-applied, to a wide range of gatherings that try to avoid hierarchical aspects of a conventional conference, such as sponsored presentations and top-down organization {cite}`wiki:unconference`. +An unconference is a participant-driven meeting. +The term "unconference" has been applied, or self-applied, to a wide range of gatherings that try to avoid hierarchical aspects of a conventional conference, such as sponsored presentations and top-down organization {cite}`wiki:unconference`. +Commonly, participants present their research, project work, or any other topics of current interest in an informal setting to other participants. +The content of an unconference is usually decided very shortly before or during the Brainhack event itself, often inspired by ongoing within-team discussions that could be of interest to the larger group. ### Unconventional