Author: ignifugo Date: To: hackmeeting Subject: Re: [Hackmeeting] segnalazione warmup a berlino 9 giugno
On 20/05/24 11:36, Agnese wrote: > Ciao lista,
>
> segnalo questo warmup a Berlino il 9 giugno 2024 organizzato dal
> Disruption Network Lab: "Fighting Technologies of Domination: From
> decentralised event platforms to the right to analogue" [1] si discuterà
> del diritto a vivere senza smartphone e di software fuori dal radar
> GAFAM con il collettivo Balotta.org di Bologna che condurrà un
> laboratorio su Gancio. Oltre a balotta ci sarò io a moderare e Roberta
> Barone che approfondirà il tema del diritto a non avere uno smartphone
> mostrando alcune clip dal documentario "Digital Dissidents" [2]. Qui il
> trailer [3].
> HUa! splendido!
grazie
Ignifugo
> Abbiamo invitato anche un collettivo di ciclist di berlino che usa
> gancio. [4]
>
> Qui la descrizione dell'evento:
>
> "How can we find alternative ways of sharing information and events
> beyond big tech and commercial social media platforms? And when we want
> to unplug, do we have a 'right to analogue'? Over the past decade,
> smartphones, and with them Big Tech, have become almost inextricably
> woven into the fabric of our daily lives. So much so that the (few)
> people who, for whatever reason, don't own a smartphone are increasingly
> having to find workarounds or give up some activities altogether.
>
> If it is true that there is an emerging, unspoken obligation to own
> devices produced and marketed by private companies in order to
> participate fully in public and private life, we need to be aware of it,
> discuss it and ask ourselves: should we, as citizens, have the freedom
> to choose not to own a smartphone, without this choice causing
> significant friction in our daily lives?
>
> The right to analogue is not a rejection of technology, but a call for
> autonomy. It is another tool in the toolbox of digital rights activists,
> alongside decentralised software alternatives. If the right to analogue
> is formally recognised, companies and institutions would be obliged to
> provide diverse options, and this in turn could help loosen the grip
> that tech monopolies have on individuals, governments and society.
> Programme
>
> 15:00-16:30: Open discussion – From decentralised platforms to the right
> to analogue.
>
> The first part of the meetup will be dedicated to an open discussion, on
> the one hand to name the contradictions of the acritical adoption of
> smartphones and to give a voice and a framework to doubts, questions and
> demands that remain largely unspoken, and on the other hand to explore
> the possibilities of grassroots technologies and decentralised
> open-source software to share events and collect experiences beyond the
> use of social media platforms.
>
> 16:45-18:15: Gancio and Balotta.org – Exploring open-source software for
> event publishing.
>
> After a short break, the second part of the meetup will be hosted by the
> Balotta Collective (Italy) and we will delve deeper into the exploration
> of Gancio.
>
> Born in Turin (Italy) out of political hacking movements, Gancio is a
> free open-source software designed for event publishing.
>
> Because technology is not neutral and should be freely available to all,
> Gancio sees users not as passive visitors but as active content
> creators. In fact, its main feature allows anyone to browse and add
> events, freely and anonymously, without asking for registration, money
> (like Meetup) and/or personal information (like Facebook). No ads, no
> likes, no usernames, just a simple agenda.
>
> In this workshop we will use the website Balotta.org as a case study to
> show how Gancio can be implemented and used for and by local
> organisations. Balotta.org is a shared calendar for the city of Bologna,
> Italy. We will look at the political reasons for its creation and how
> these have evolved over time, as well as explaining our moderation
> process and the decision to print a paper version. We will describe
> Gancio's interface, including submitting an event as an anonymous user
> and browsing the admin dashboard."
>
> baci a presto!
> a-
>
> [1] https://www.disruptionlab.org/event/fighting-technologies-of-domination > [2]
> https://digitalnisvobody.cz/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Digitalni-disidenti_ABOUT-FILM.pdf > [3] https://iteroni.com/watch?v=qd9VGM4Q3WI > [4] https://fahrradtermine.berlin/ >
