Social Media & Society 2014 wrap up, part 2: cultural acceptance and activism

For part one of my SMSociety wrap up, look here! The first day of SMSociety 2014 continued with a panel on cultural acceptance. Irfan Chaudhry opened by discussing the Twitter Racism Project, which explores different ways of tracking and analysing expressions of racism online. Twitter, he notes, is interesting because it's highly-visible and easily tracked, … Continue reading Social Media & Society 2014 wrap up, part 2: cultural acceptance and activism →

Opening activism/Συζήτηση και Εργαστήρι Ανοιχτού Ακτιβισμού

This Thursday I'll be running a workshop around more inclusive strategies for activism at Dasein Coffee Art & Spirits (Σολωμού 12, Εξάρχεια/Solonou 12, Exarcheia). Feel free to come along! (The Facebook event page is here.) Στο εργαστήρι αυτό θα ερευνήσουμε διαφορετικούς τρόπους με τους οποίους μπορούμε να διοργανώνουμε ακτιβιστικά δρώμενα, ανοιχτά, προσβάσιμα, χωρίς αποκλεισμούς. Υπάρχει … Continue reading Opening activism/Συζήτηση και Εργαστήρι Ανοιχτού Ακτιβισμού →

Building Effective Alliances around the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

My talk on building activism around the TPP at LinuxConf 2013 is now online - thanks to the AV team for all of their hard work, and for catching me to re-record the talk when they discovered the first recording had gone awry. You can listen to the full talk here [mp4 on the linux … Continue reading Building Effective Alliances around the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement →

Lessons for Social Change in the Global Economy

Over the last couple of years, I've been working with Shae Garwood and Christalla Yakinthou of the Bluestocking Institute to put together Lessons for Social Change in the Global Economy, an edited collection grounded in the experiences of people working to create change in global production, consumption, and disposal systems. The book is now available … Continue reading Lessons for Social Change in the Global Economy →

Upcoming presentations: Building Effective Alliances around the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

Early next year I'll be discussing strategies for opposing the TPPA at Linux Conference Australia, in Perth: This presentation suggests a variety of strategies and tactics that the Linux community might adopt when acting on political issues, with the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) being of particular concern at the moment. The TPPA is a … Continue reading Upcoming presentations: Building Effective Alliances around the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement →