UnTechCon 1

Working towards a fairer society using technology, communication, and education.

Geeks for Social Change

A one-day unconference about creating community digital autonomy, challenging big tech, and creating a future worth living in.

<p>A one-day unconference about creating community digital autonomy, challenging big tech, and creating a future worth living in.</p><p><a href="https://gfsc.notion.site/UnTechCon-1-Information-for-Attendees-e12a706e1f7a4e3d81d6beae0b818b32" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><em>Update: information for attendees is now available here</em></a><em></em></p><h2>What is an UnConference?</h2><p>An unconference is a conference where there&#x27;s no preset agenda or speaker list under a loose overall theme. The lines between attendee and speaker are blurred and all attendees are encouraged to give talks, lead discussions, run workshops, etc, with the schedule open for anyone to place their own thing in. You&#x27;re also welcome to come and just listen if that&#x27;s your jam, too.</p><h2>What is UnTechnology?</h2><p>We don’t really know! We just found that anti-technology wasn’t quite right as a lot of us really do like technology - just not when it’s owned by global megacorporations to do evil things. UnTech therefore leaves the door open for creative interpretation whilst letting us be critical of how it’s used in the world today. Maybe we can come up with a better term on the day?</p><h2>How do I join?</h2><p>The conference will be held on the GFSC Discord Server on Sat 10th December, 11-5.</p><p>You must register on Eventbrite to get access.</p><p>If you’re unfamiliar with Discord we are happy to help get you set up - drop emma@gfsc.studio an email and we will be in touch.</p><h2>Possible topics</h2><p>Here’s a list of some concepts to get the creative juices flowing. A special note that we are especially keen to hear case studies of things you’ve actually done!</p><p>(On/offline) Agency | Algorithms / AI / ML | Anarchism | Antiracism | Antifascism | Bleeps | Bloops | (No) Borders | Case studies | Capability approach | Community development | Community technology partnerships | Crypto hate | Distributed networks | Disability activism | DIY repair | DIY HRT | Digital inclusion | FLOSS | Genderhacking | Hardware | Low power computing | Luddites | Military-industrial complex | Permacomputing | Prison abolition | Privacy | Programming socks | Reuse | Salvage | Supply chains | Surveillance capitalism | Sustainability | Technosolutionism | [Trans/glitch/xeno/???] + feminism | Web 1.0 | </p><h2>How much does it cost? </h2><p>UnTechCon is free if you want it to be. As we build creative interpretations for the future of UnTech we’re also engaged with rebalancing the economies that have fuelled and funded tech monopolies. That said, we also want to resist funder-led models that rely entirely on grants to support liberatory tech so if you have the means we would welcome your financial support. If you come and feel moved to donate after, you can also do so on Ko-Fi or Eventbrite, or via direct bank transfer (will share details nearer the time).</p><p>We suggest £0 for unemployed or minimum wage workers or anyone who wouldn&#x27;t come if they had to pay, £3 for low waged, £10 for higher waged, and £100 if it&#x27;s coming out your work conference allowance anyway 😎. Anything left after covering our costs will go into our (currently dormant) <a href="https://opencollective.com/gfscstudio" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">OpenCollective account</a> to fund future projects.</p><p><a href="https://gfsc.studio/2022/11/14/announcing-untechcon.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Full announcement post on our blog</a></p>

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