Linux Conference Australia: Haecksen

After Radia Perlman's keynote talk, I spent today at the Haecksen miniconference, which focuses on women in open source. It was great to see a mixed audience, rather than an all-woman audience. While much of Radia Perlman's talk on networks was focused on technical systems that are beyond me, it was still interesting because she … Continue reading Linux Conference Australia: Haecksen →

Upcoming talks: ‘Free and open source software and activism’ and ‘feminism, anarchism, and FOSS’

Next week I'll be heading over to Canberra for Linux Conference Australia, where I'll be giving a couple of talks. These will have a slightly less academic focus than many of my conference presentations: while they still draw significantly on my research, I'll be giving a freer rein to my activist interests. During the main … Continue reading Upcoming talks: ‘Free and open source software and activism’ and ‘feminism, anarchism, and FOSS’ →

#activism2action opening: perspectives on Internet governance

Yesterday's opening presentation and discussions focused on Internet governance: new challenges, different perspectives, and the lack of public awareness. This will, sadly, only be a very truncated version of the evening's discussions, as I had to cut down the many pages of notes into a more readable form. John Kampfner's keynote gave a broad overview … Continue reading #activism2action opening: perspectives on Internet governance →

Anarchism Today

Presenters at the Anarchism Today workshop will, along with others, be included in an upcoming publication from Routledge. In the meantime, if you're interested in more reading you may want to check out Anarchist Studies (which, oddly and sadly, is not open access) or Anarchist Pedagogies: Collective Actions, Theories, and Critical Reflections on Education. Carl … Continue reading Anarchism Today →

IR13 Sunday highlights: mobile ecologies, Instagram, disruptive spaces, teaching on Facebook…and a bit more activism

The day began with 'Mobile ecologies: mobile phones and young people's online participation in public access venues in Cape Town' from Marion Walton and Jonathan Donner. Walton started by saying that mobile Internet in South Africa doesn't, for the most part, mean smart phones, the Web, or Twitter: it means "feature phones", and probably platforms … Continue reading IR13 Sunday highlights: mobile ecologies, Instagram, disruptive spaces, teaching on Facebook…and a bit more activism →