Paula from Fossbox says>
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Join us for a day of workshops, discussion, screening and performance on
22 March at Furtherfield Commons:
http://www.meetup.com/FBX-Tech-Empowerment-London/events/220275883/
The 'Internet of Things' (IoT) and 'Future Cities' are heralded as a
quantum leap in economy, society, culture and government. Â As the
digital domain begins to bleed into our ordinary, physical surroundings,
the government is telling us that we don't need privacy. Bureaucratic
'machine learning' systems will make the 'man in the peaked cap' look
like a tender-hearted humanitarian. What are trends like the
'militarisation' of social science and 'predictive policing' really about?
It's not surprising that so many people just feel helpless and afraid
but, if this isn't the future that we want, now is the time to begin a
public debate and to think about how the machines will serve human
cities rather than how humans will serve machine cities.
PROGRAMME:
11am Start - elevensies and icebreakers
Morning workshop: Misbehavioural Codes - Alex Joensson, Clifford
Hammet, Amit Rai - This hands-on workshop explores emotional and
behavioural coding practices, ranging from nursery monitoring to online
profiling.
Afternoon workshop: The Mechanised Heart - Lisa Haskell, Paula
Graham - Can we de-gender technology and re-think cybernetics - is there
a feminist design?
Screening TBA
Performance: Soundbeam - Les Hutchins, Shelly Knotts and Holger
Ballweg - Sonic representation of Mozilla's Light Beam tracker visualisation
There'll be a bar in the early evening for the screening and
performance. End around 9pm
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It's going to be a good'n. Hope to see some London-based NBers there.
: )
Ruth
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