Digital Activism

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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 <A HREF="http://www.movements.manchester.ac.uk/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">movements@manchester</A> with support from the <A HREF="http://www.esrcmanchesterfest.ac.uk/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ESRC Festival of Social Science</A>. 
 
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

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