From douglas at publicsphereproject.org Mon Jul 9 03:27:45 2018 From: douglas at publicsphereproject.org (Doug Schuler) Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2018 18:27:45 -0700 Subject: Activist Mirror game is finally ready for public use! Message-ID: Dear Unlikers, Our Activist Mirror game is finally ready for public use! We probably shouldn't overestimate its value but the people who have used it have enjoyed the experience and found it useful. Please try it yourself and share this note with friends, email lists, and social media. Also ? we would love your thoughts. The Activist Mirror will be available in other languages soon and we're also interested in other ways to make it more useful. It takes all types of people to make positive change happen! *What type are you?* The Activist Mirror addresses this question based on your response to eight quick questions. It also recommends four patterns from the Liberating Voices pattern language project that are based on your responses. Give it a try! (By the way, no personal information is collected.) Thanks for your interest! ? Doug, for the Public Sphere Project -- Douglas Schuler douglas at publicsphereproject.org Twitter: @doug_schuler ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Public Sphere Project http://www.publicsphereproject.org/ Mailing list ~ Collective Intelligence for the Common Good * http://scn9.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci 4cg-announce* Creating the World Citizen Parliament http://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/may-june-2013/creating-the-world-citizen-parliament Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (project) http://www.publicsphereproject.org/patterns/lv Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (book) http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11601 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gertml at xs4all.nl Mon Jul 9 14:05:50 2018 From: gertml at xs4all.nl (gertml) Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2018 14:05:50 +0200 Subject: The Github drama Message-ID: Github was one of the loose ends of the "open source" creators. A centralist outfit[1] that uses its closed source software to host all that open source "stuff." That was a good reason for me to never use it, to me it meant that this outfit too suffered from clown disorder. Clowns often demonstrate the paradoxes of insanity, e.g. trying to do impossible things and when it doesn't work, just keep repeating the same thing. However, Microsoft (and many other outfits) know that it can indeed be very lucrative to play the clown for a large audience. It rents out a lot of that open source "stuff" on its Azure cloud, because customers seem to love it, and so far the creators have not yet complained about this bizarre weirdness. What MS did, was annex some of the best creations. Now it suddenly controls the whole stellar creation. The time bomb is ticking, but there is still time to escape. Github refugees are setting up camp in rented places. In some places, it costs 1 dollar per month to get a space. In some places, it makes you a member of a community. So, Github sold us out. But how could we ever think it would be "free"? All our hard work, just to make the Github owners filthy rich, and we get *nothing*. The horror. Why does nobody come up with the brilliant idea to open a decentralized repo (perhaps a non-profit org for non-profit creators) that actually allows for the creators to be paid? And would it make sense to know where to find a given repo? [1] Organized wealth extraction that is "unfamiliar" with ethics. --g From geert at xs4all.nl Tue Jul 10 17:14:34 2018 From: geert at xs4all.nl (Geert Lovink) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 17:14:34 +0200 Subject: links Message-ID: <9047E564-624A-4BC5-9393-028000B2FC08@xs4all.nl> Jaron Lanier on how social media is ruining your life https://youtu.be/kc_Jq42Og7Q After harsh criticism, Facebook quietly pulls services from developing countries https://theoutline.com/post/4383/facebook-quietly-ended-free-basics-in-myanmar-and-other-countries?zd=1&zi=5ledqznb Deceived by Design: How tech uses dark patterns to discourage us from exercising our rights to privacy https://fil.forbrukerradet.no/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2018-06-27-deceived-by-design-final.pdf Is Facebook a publisher? In public it says no, but in court it says yes https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/02/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-platform-publisher-lawsuit DIEM25 Srecko Horvat about #DeleteFacebook, global communities and social media https://magazine.areweeurope.com/silentrevolutions/stories/ellyn-valkengoed-protesting-in-the-age-of-social-media -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From geert at xs4all.nl Sun Jul 15 10:39:09 2018 From: geert at xs4all.nl (Geert Lovink) Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2018 10:39:09 +0200 Subject: =?utf-8?q?Public_Spaces_Manifesto=E2=80=94initiative_?= =?utf-8?q?from_a_Dutch_public_broadcasting_coalition?= Message-ID: <30C85387-5428-4491-9A21-044F195CF585@xs4all.nl> https://medium.com/publicspaces/manifesto-f67efae6b622 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From davies at stanford.edu Sun Jul 15 10:49:04 2018 From: davies at stanford.edu (Todd Davies) Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2018 08:49:04 +0000 Subject: =?windows-1252?q?Public_Spaces_Manifesto=97initiativ?= =?windows-1252?q?e_from_a_Dutch_public_broadcasting_coalition?= In-Reply-To: <30C85387-5428-4491-9A21-044F195CF585@xs4all.nl> References: <30C85387-5428-4491-9A21-044F195CF585@xs4all.nl> Message-ID: Very interesting initiative, especially coming from a public broadcasting agency. They invite others to join them, but there is no contact address or link that I can see. Todd Todd Davies Symbolic Systems Program Stanford University Stanford, CA, 94305-2150 USA email: davies at stanford.edu phone: 1-650-723-4091 office: 460-040C web: web.stanford.edu/~davies ________________________________ From: unlike-us on behalf of Geert Lovink Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2018 1:39 AM To: unlike-us at listcultures.org Subject: Public Spaces Manifesto?initiative from a Dutch public broadcasting coalition https://medium.com/publicspaces/manifesto-f67efae6b622 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michael at briarproject.org Mon Jul 16 12:03:11 2018 From: michael at briarproject.org (Michael Rogers) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 11:03:11 +0100 Subject: =?utf-8?q?Public_Spaces_Manifesto=E2=80=94initiative?= =?utf-8?q?_from_a_Dutch_public_broadcasting_coalition?= In-Reply-To: <30C85387-5428-4491-9A21-044F195CF585@xs4all.nl> References: <30C85387-5428-4491-9A21-044F195CF585@xs4all.nl> Message-ID: On 15/07/18 09:39, Geert Lovink wrote: > https://medium.com/publicspaces/manifesto-f67efae6b622 It's good to see a project like this starting from a clear statement of its political goals. But I find it hard to see how they're going to square the following goals: * users are verified and provenance of content can be fully disclosed. * the platform does not hold or own any personal data of its users. * the platform employs ?privacy by design? as a basic design principle. Perhaps they've developed a new zero-knowledge proof of non-trolling. 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Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 473 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From christian.fuchs at uti.at Wed Jul 18 12:25:35 2018 From: christian.fuchs at uti.at (Christian Fuchs) Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 11:25:35 +0100 Subject: EX-ART: Liquid Imaginary | Friday 20 July 14.00 - 19.30 | UoW Little Titchfield St Message-ID: <977d5a61-bef8-12c7-aa73-1eaf6c2489d5@uti.at> EX-ART: Liquid Imaginary Fri 20 July 2018 14:00 ? 19:30 University of Westminster 4?12 Little Titchfield Street London Portland Hall & Lecture Theatre G03 Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies is pleased to announce EX-ART: Liquid Imaginary, an interdisciplinary event exploring the sea and the ocean through artistic use of emerging technologies. EX-ART brings together acclaimed international artists Shezad Dawood (UK) and Charles Lim (Singapore), whose works SEA STATE (Lim) and Leviathan (Dawood) were critical highlights of the recent Venice Biennale in 2015 and 2017 respectively. Exploring their underlying research. the EX-ART event will draw upon the critical imaginary and use of emergent technology to explore fluid, dynamic or speculative visions of our ocean environments. The proposition is that artists and research practitioners? access to data allows them to challenge scientific, economic and political assumptions. Like WIAS itself, EX-ART will be a space for discussing critical, innovative and creative research with a view to explore the challenges and problems we face in culture, nature, art and technology today. The event draws on a long tradition at University of Westminster of using experimental art and media to imagine art and research?s potential futures and WIAS? advancement of interdisciplinary research and dedication to critical thought beyond borders. Introduced by artist Neal White and curator May Ingawanij (CREAM, University of Westminster), the artists? critically charged engagements with the sea and the ocean, in allegorical, technological and political contexts, will draw upon tensions and potentialities that lie between the artistic, scientific and social imaginary. In particular, the event will ask how artists? access to tools and data allows us to challenge underlying scientific classification, the economic and political context of our relationship to the marine environment, yet also embrace an ethical experimentation with shared visions of the future. The event is organised by Westminster Institute of Advanced Studies (WIAS) together with Centre for Research and Education in Art and Media (CREAM). Programme 2.00 Introduction Neal White and May Adadol Ingawanij 2.20 Shezad Dawood (with Neal White) 3.30 Break 4.00 ? 5.10 Charles Lim (with May Adadol Ingawanij) 5.15 ? 6.15 EX-ART Panel (Transdisciplinary Panel ? speakers TBC) 6.15 ? 6.45 Drinks Reception 6.45 ? 7.30 Screening Programmed by May Adadol Inagawanij Free and all welcome. Please follow this link to register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ex-art-liquid-imaginary-tickets-47765461782 From dallovi90 at gmail.com Thu Jul 19 12:53:33 2018 From: dallovi90 at gmail.com (David Llop) Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 12:53:33 +0200 Subject: Job(s): Project Manager & Senior Dev, in Blockchain + Commons Research Project @Madrid Message-ID: *We want to build a new type of Collaborative Economy organizations, which are decentralized, democratic and economically sustainable. Would you like to join us? P2P Models , a 5-year 1.5M? research project, is hiring: - a Project/Communication Manager - a Senior Blockchain DeveloperThey will join an interdisciplinary team in Madrid, doing research & building tools with social impacthttps://p2pmodels.eu/jobs/ Tweet thread:https://twitter.com/samerP2P/status/1017822934222692352 Working at P2P Models is an opportunity to collaborate with people passionate to create social impact, in an environment which mixes academics, hackers, designers and activists. We do research on commons-oriented communities, and build blockchain-driven frameworks and tools to support their sustainability. More info: - Funded by the largest EU individual research grant, the ERC, and the first to build blockchain infrastructure - With Principal Investigator and advisors from Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University, such as Yochai Benkler or Primavera De Filippi- Dynamic, young, interdisciplinary team with a horizontal and inclusive culture- Combines social research + software tool building, focusing on social impact- Attractive work conditions and perks, with multiple benefitsFeel free to write any question/doubt to p2pmodels at ucm.es including in the subject ?Open position?. The positions are meant to start in Fall, so applicants are encouraged to submit asap.* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From douglas at publicsphereproject.org Wed Jul 25 23:08:23 2018 From: douglas at publicsphereproject.org (Doug Schuler) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 14:08:23 -0700 Subject: E-Democracy? Message-ID: <296C278A-B03E-401C-86E0-F87198D6E53C@publicsphereproject.org> Here is a bit of a "debate" from August 2018 Communications of the ACM (CACM) pitting a technology-focused approach and a human-centered approach to information and communication tech support for democracy reform. I'd love to know what you think! Please feel free to distribute if you think it's useful. [PS. The video is intended to supplement the article. It doesn't echo the article. And the production values could be better. :-) ] Point: Foundations of E-Democracy, Ehud Shapiro Article: https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2018/8/229759-point/fulltext Counterpoint: E-Democracy Won?t Save Democracy. Democracy Will Save Democracy, Douglas Schuler Article and video: https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2018/8/229760-counterpoint/fulltext Video only: https://vimeo.com/281471277. ? Doug Douglas Schuler douglas at publicsphereproject.org Twitter: @doug_schuler ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Public Sphere Project http://www.publicsphereproject.org/ Mailing list ~ Collective Intelligence for the Common Good http://scn9.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci4cg-announce Creating the World Citizen Parliament http://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/may-june-2013/creating-the-world-citizen-parliament Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (project) http://www.publicsphereproject.org/patterns/lv Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (book) http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11601 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kw at berlinergazette.de Tue Jul 31 10:56:15 2018 From: kw at berlinergazette.de (Krystian Woznicki) Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 10:56:15 +0200 Subject: CfR: "Challenge Artificial Intelligence!" Message-ID: <100ee132-5c0b-ecff-7f53-8a9405eab901@berlinergazette.de> Hi Unlike-Us folks, the Berliner Gazette is launching the Call for Registration (CfR) for the BG annual conference, this year entitled AMBIENT REVOLTS. You can register now for five different workshop tracks that will be exploring political agency in times of autocrats and AI. All info below and on this website: https://bit.ly/2mXd0bJ Spread the word on twitter by re-tweeting this: https://twitter.com/rosaluxstiftung/status/1022515232625909760 Best wishes, Krystian --- *CHALLENGE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE* Join the workshops at the AMBIENT REVOLTS conference! Register by October 20! The growing interconnectedness of everyone and everything is transforming our world into an unprecedented techno-social environment. The boundaries between atmosphere and politics are being suspended; already, tiny ruptures can cause cascade-like repercussions ? think of cyber-attacks or stock market crashes, right-wing resentment or hashtag-based protest. Such ambient revolts are increasingly driven by artificial intelligence (AI) ? involving human interaction but seemingly beyond human oversight. Set against this backdrop, the conference poses the questions: What are the techno-social logics of both regressive and repressive tendencies? What are emancipatory movements up against? What potential do micro-political acts have in day-to-day life? What regulations of automated systems at the macro level will enable democracy to emerge in the age of AI? The Berliner Gazette conference will explore these questions in the context of performances, lectures and workshops. The 18th edition of this annual Berliner Gazette event will be held for the second time in collaboration with the ZK/U ? Center for Art and Urbanistics and will take place on November 7-10, 2018. *Register + join workshops* The conference workshops will bring together more than 100 activists from all over the world. The BG will invite key actors from the international scene to form the core of the five workshop tracks, and will issue an open call for the general public to register. This open call for registration targets (up-and-coming) hackers, journalists, activists and researchers. A limited number of participants is able to register by contacting the following email: info at berlinergazette.de Deadline: October 20. Registration fee: 50 Euro, incl. catering. Please note: As the five workshops will be running in parallel,? everyone is invited to commit to a single track. On November 8-10, the workshops will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The conference hosts will provide catering throughout the entire conference, including a warm lunch. A series of guided city walks is planned for lunch breaks! To tackle the key issues of the conference, five parallel workshop tracks will offer five different approaches for a pragmatic critique of citizenship as a framework for political participation, addressing the following issues: ?Re-Coding Populism??, ?Challenging the Capitalocene?, ?Involuntary Community?, ?Unlearning Learning?, ?Hacking the Urban Backend?. The workshop groups will communicate before the conference in order to flesh out the workshop design collaboratively. Led by experienced group leaders, participants will be invited to come up with possible answers to the questions outlined in this project paper. The results will be made available as online resources by Berliner Gazette: they may include position papers, multimedia storytelling projects and collections of ideas. *Workshop Tracks* *Re-Coding Populism* Right-wing populism (and populism in general) thrives on social media, which amplifies the voices of the extremist few rather than the voices of the many. Can the top-down logics of demagogy be reversed or even transgressed for democratic ends? This workshop tackles the rise of right-wing populism in the context of social media and explores the potential of proto-populist bottom-up approaches such as liquid democracy. *Challenging the Capitalocene* Capitalism has turned most of its operations into a quasi-automated matter. If algorithms operate according to discriminatory categories (race, ethnicity, gender, etc.), then how does discrimination play out in capitalism's automated processes? What are strategies against dehumanization? This workshop tackles the connex of automation, dehumanization and discrimination in AI-driven capitalism. *Involuntary Community* Under the conditions of all-encompassing interconnectedness, right-wing populist moods can spread in a quasi-contagious fashion. What role do system errors, glitches and other (planned or unplanned) disruptions play in this context? Can the surprise element of unforeseen (dis-)connectedness gain a political valence? This workshop explores new potentials for emerging solidarity and community. *Unlearning Learning* Self-learning systems define our age, thereby changing also the domain of learning. AI-driven social media are coming to provide pseudo-classrooms. Meanwhile traditional media are losing their authority as ?educational institutions?. What is the present and future of pedagogy? What kind of unlearning needs to be done vis-?-vis self-learning systems? This workshops explores the politics of (un-)learning in the context of AI and self-learning systems. *Hacking the Urban Backend* In today?s smart city the urbanite is challenged to negotiate her/his entanglement with the programmed environment. What does this mean for political action? Is public space still available or is the arena of political intervention being relocated to the invisibilized backend of the city? This workshop politicizes the rise of the smart city and searches for means of appropriation. *More info* http://ambient-revolts.berlinergazette.de AMBIENT REVOLTS is the 18th annual conference of the Berliner Gazette. This project is a cooperation with ZK/U ? Center for Art and Urbanistics, funded by the German Federal Agency for Civic Education/ bpb, Creative Europe Programme of the European Union and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. *Contact us* info at berlinergazette.de -- -------------------------------------------------------------- BG ? Berliner Gazette | since 1999 | http://berlinergazette.de -------------------------------------------------------------- DOCU OF LATEST BG PROJECTS: FRIENDLY FIRE ? BG Annual Conference 2017 https://berlinergazette.de/friendly-fire SIGNALS ? 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