On July 15th, Neighborhood Academy, the Design Research Lab and the MAZI project invited the public to get to know our first prototype of a possible DIY network. With invited speakers from Zürich, Volos, London, Edinburgh and Berlin, we talked about the relationships between network technologies, civic action and digital commons.
Can we own and manage our data ourselves? Can neighborhoods entertain their own networks to support local needs and ideas? Can local DIY networks lead to new, local economies? Can we conceptualize an everyday live without Google and Facebook? Can I take part without having to be an expert?
Participants
Anna Heilgemeir/ Robert Burghardt (Stadt von Unten), Enrico Schönberg (Mietshäusersyndikat), Matthias Clausen/ Alexander Kalentbron (Kotti&Co), Stavroula Maglavera & Harris Niavis (Universität Thessalien), Andreas Unteidig, Blanca Dominguez & Florian Sametinger (Design Research Lab/Universität der Künste Berlin), Philipp Klaus (INURA Institut), Angelica Levi (Künstlerin), Michelle Teran (Künstlerin), Ruschka Steininger (Künstlerin/ L.A.Müller), Matthias Jud (Künstler/ Wachter & Jud), Michael Smyth & Ingi Helgason (Napier University Edinburgh), Elizabeth Caldéron-Lüning, Marco Clausen & Åsa Sonjasdotter (Nachbarschaftsakademie), Kei Kreutler & Jeff Andreoni (UnMonastery),Fieke Jansen (Tactical Tech), Mark Gaved & Gareth Davies (Open University), James Steves (Slacktivist/SPC), Panayotis Antoniadis & Ileana Apostol (Nethood)
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