Language: English (mozilla)
As a kick-off of FIBER’s Reassemble Lab ‘Natural Intelligence’, this public programme will invite artists, technologists, researchers and policy makers to reflect upon the possibilities of a fossil-free internet based on ecological ethics and regenerative principles.
What role can design, creative coding and artistic research play to envision and prototype a fundamentally different way of adapting our technological demands to natural cycles? What does it mean to learn from, adapt to, and work with natural intelligence, and how to imagine, articulate, practice and connect initiatives towards fossil-free futures?
This first part of the programme will discuss the themes of Energy Literacy and Fossil-Free Imaginaries with Marloes de Valk (software artist, writer and PhD researcher at the London South Bank University), Michelle Thorne (Sustainable Internet Lead at the Mozilla Foundation and co-founder of Branch Magazine), Shayna Robinson (futurist, tech environmentalist, Program Officer for the Internet Society Foundation’s Research and Innovation Programs) and Abdelrahman (Abdo) Hassan (data science practitioner, activist and poet).
Watch the session in the embedded feed. Or go directly to https://www.youtube.com/embed/OOppK1or6RY
If you want to join the discussion via the chat, please access the event via YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOppK1or6RY
This programme will explore alternative internet infrastructures based on earthly dynamics, low-carbon solutions and ecological ethics. What role can design, creative coding and artistic research play to envision and prototype a fundamentally different way of adapting our technological demands to natural cycles? The aim of the programme is to bring together existing practices and knowledge, facilitate conversations, and to form new alliances.
Why did you choose that space? How does your session align with the space description?:-
How will you deal with varying numbers of participants in your session? What if 30 participants attend? What if there are 3?:The programme is the kick-off programme to the Natural Intelligence lab, with +-35 participants who will participate for sure. We're very pleased to combine our audience with the audience of MozFest for the online programme.
What happens after MozFest? We're hoping that many efforts and discussions will continue after MozFest. Share any ideas you already have for how to continue the work from your session.:The four days of the Natural Intelligence lab (including this first public programme) are the start of a long-term effort to bring togehter communities from different disciplines around the question of an internet based on ecological ethics and regenerative principles. FIBER will continue to work on these questions during the upcoming festival, a new lab later in 2022, as well as through events, workshops and publications in collaboration with partners. We would love to continue our collaboration with MozFest as part of this endeavour.
What language would you like to host your session in?:English