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| <nettime> BEYOND CONTROL: Resisting Digital Oppression & Authoritarianism - April 20-21, Berlin |
Dear Nettimers, I would like to invite you to take part in person or online to our 32nd conference "BEYOND CONTROL: Resisting Digital Oppression & Authoritarianism", at Kunstquartier Bethanien (Berlin and streaming), April 20-21, 2024. https://www.disruptionlab.org/beyond-control Challenging wartime systems of misinformation, communication monopolies & anti-democratic propaganda machines. The conference challenges systematic strategies of repression to advance political goals, discussing misinformation and information warfare in the context of right-wing propaganda. The talks expose the monopoly of communication channels that can shape and distort reality, conceal abuses and maintain power, and present strategies to circumvent restricted access to technology and information during wars and conflicts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TALKS & WORKSHOPS Saturday April 20, 2024 16:30 – 16:40 CET · OPENING Tatiana Bazzichelli (Artistic Director, Disruption Network Lab, IT/DE) 16:40–18:10 CET · KEYNOTE · Unveiling the Depths of Online Racism: Jihad Van Puymbroeck's Story to Justice Jihad Van Puymbroeck (Activist & Communication Strategist, BE). Moderated by Nyima Jadama (Activist & Moderator, GM/DE). Jihad Van Puymbroeck, a Muslim woman of Moroccan and Belgian descent, has been active in anti-racist civil society for more than ten years. Van Puymbroeck is one of the civil parties in the lawsuit against Schild & Vrienden, a Flemish far-right youth movement that attacked her online. She won her case after a long agony and will tell her story and expose the depths of online racism. 18:40 –20:40 CET · PANEL · Gaza, Ukraine & Azerbaijan: Challenging Network Authoritarianism Manolo Luppichini (Filmmaker & Author, IT), Arzu Geybulla (Journalist & Editor, AzNet Watch, Global Voices, AZ/TR), Tetyana Lokot (Associate Professor in Digital Media and Society, Dublin City University, UA/IE). Moderated by Tatiana Bazzichelli (Artistic Director, Disruption Network Lab, IT/DE). Join us to hear three different stories from Gaza, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan, documenting the monopoly of communication channels during wartime. How can we circumvent restricted access to digital infrastructure in war? Sunday April 21, 2024 11:00–13:00 CET · WORKSHOP #1 · Community Girlblogging to Save The Internet Irma Mastenbroek (Mathematician & AI Researcher, NL/DE) In times of digital cultural crisis, girls can steer the internet away from its neoliberal path of self-destruction. Mathematician and AI researcher Irma Mastenbroek will explore how collaborative coding of HTML+CSS web pages can help us gain independence from Big Tech and rebuild community. 14:30–16:30 CET · WORKSHOP #2 · WikiLeaks: Can We Set the Records Straight and Open the Space to Free Assange? Raja Stutz & Claudia Daseking (Assange Support Berlin, DE) Raja Stutz and Claudia Daseking from Assange Support Berlin will discuss misinformation around the case of JulianAssange and share strategies for reclaiming public opinion about WikiLeaks' contribution to press freedom and our right to know. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . More info & schedule: https://www.disruptionlab.org/beyond-control GET TICKETS: https://tickets.disruptionlab.org -- Tatiana Bazzichelli // Artistic Director Disruption Network Lab https://www.disruptionlab.org/ E-mail for personal messages: tbazz(at)disruptionlab.org Twitter: @disruptberlin // @t_bazz Fingerprint: A87C 3637 03ED 1D1C E6FE E828 1F55 2B2F F5A5 C9A0 -- # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: https://www.nettime.org # contact: nettime-l-owner@lists.nettime.org