<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><a href="https://networkcultures.org/moneylab/about/the-moneylab-board-and-agenda/" class="">https://networkcultures.org/moneylab/about/the-moneylab-board-and-agenda/</a><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">By Inte Gloerich (INC)</div><div class=""><section class="entry-content clearfix" itemprop="articleBody"><p class="">The Institute of Network Cultures has coordinated the
MoneyLab project for seven year. With every instance (conferences,
books, etc), a core team came together to define urgent topics, select
cutting edge work, and bring the community together. At each moment the
network materialized, for example at conferences in Buffalo, NY and
Siegen, Germany, it accumulated insights, new topics, and connected to
more people working in diverse ways to carve out space for a more
democratic financial system.</p><p class="">In 2020, MoneyLab was hosted as an online debate series by Aksioma
Institute for Contemporary Art out of Ljubljana, Slovenia. At the same
time, teams in Helsinki, Berlin, Copenhagen and Canberra are
investigating the possibilities of hosting a MoneyLab event locally in
the near future. At the INC, we have taken this international enthusiasm
for MoneyLab topics as an incentive to reconsider the organization of
the network itself.</p><p class="">Rethinking the economy and experimenting with alternative money
design is a global effort. Discussions happen locally with local
concerns, as well as within a globally connected economic culture. The
organizational structure of MoneyLab needs to reflect this.</p><p class="">That is why the INC MoneyLab team has decided to open the project up.
A globally dispersed board has been set up to expand the network,
explore emerging topics, and support initiatives of the network. Anyone
interested in contributing to MoneyLab can reach out to one or all of
the board members. MoneyLab activities can include the entire network,
or consist of focussed work with just a few members. The board is not
there to direct the network, but rather to allow the various corners to
learn from and connect to each other.</p><p class="">The (initial) MoneyLab board consists of:</p>
<ul class="">
<li class=""><strong class="">Max Haiven</strong>, Canada Research Chair in Culture, Media and Social Justice at Lakehead University <mhaiven [at] <a href="http://lakeheadu.ca" class="">lakeheadu.ca</a>></li>
<li class=""><strong class="">Denise Thwaites</strong>, curator and Assistant Professor in
Digital Arts and Humanities at the University of Canberra
<Denise.Thwaites [at] <a href="http://canberra.edu.au" class="">canberra.edu.au</a>></li>
<li class=""><strong class="">Nathaniel Tkacz</strong>, Reader at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies at Warwick University <nathanieltkacz [at] <a href="http://gmail.com" class="">gmail.com</a>></li>
<li class=""><strong class="">Ela Kagel</strong>, co-founder/managing director of Supermarkt, Berlin <ela [at] <a href="http://supermarkt-berlin.net" class="">supermarkt-berlin.net</a>></li>
<li class=""><strong class="">Geert Lovink</strong>, founding director of the Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences <geert [at] <a href="http://xs4all.nl" class="">xs4all.nl</a>></li>
</ul><p class="">This document is meant to serve as a guide to the history of
“MoneyLab 1.0”, as well as an explanation of the particular mix of
sensitivities that make up the MoneyLab Agenda. This agenda can inform
future choices and serve as inspiration as new technologies emerge and
political realities come into being. Find the full document here:</p>
<h3 class=""><a href="https://networkcultures.org/moneylab/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2020/08/ML-AGENDA.pdf" class="">A Distributed MoneyLab – The MoneyLab Agenda</a></h3><p class="">One of the strategies in this new era for MoneyLab is the
organization of ‘general assemblies’ to discuss the future of the
network with its members. The first one was held during MoneyLab #7 in
Amsterdam (November 2019). The documentation of the meeting can be found
below:</p>
<h3 class=""><a href="https://networkcultures.org/moneylab/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2020/08/ML-GA-Report.pdf" class="">ML General Assembly #1 Report</a></h3>
<h3 class=""><a href="https://networkcultures.org/moneylab/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2020/08/ML-GA-Report-Attachment.pdf" class="">ML General Assembly #1 Attachment</a></h3><div class=""><br class=""></div></section></div></body></html>