Are new technologies transforming the way we do politics?

Which new innovations are soon to reshape our communities?

Discuss these issues with prominent academics, campaigners, and technologists at ‘Digital Activism’ at MadLab on November 11th.

This workshop is organised by Thomas Redshaw and movements@manchester with support from the ESRC Festival of Social Science.

Speakers:

Dr. Cristina Flesher Fominaya, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Aberdeen
Digitally Enabled Democracy: How New Technologies are Affecting Activism

Dave Carter, Honorary Research Fellow, SEED, University of Manchester
From Urban Telematics to Smart Cities: 30 Years of Urban Digital Activism

Dr. Anita Greenhill, Senior Lecturer in People Management & Organisation, University of Manchester
Imagining Community Futures using Science-Fiction Prototyping

Mick Chesterman, Childhood, Youth & Education Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University
Communicating Technical Issues: Activism and Education

Loz Kaye, Co-founder of Open Intelligence thinktank & former leader of Pirate Party UK
Digital Rights Digital Wrongs: The Politics of Technology

Tom Chiverton, Digital rights campaigner, Open Rights Group
Digital Activism in Real World Campaigns: Tales from the Open Rights Group

Max Flores, Co-founder of Bitcoin Manchester
Bitcoin Finances – Security, Privacy, and Storage