Language: English (mozilla)
Digital extractivism is a term that describes how colonial practices used to extract and exploit colonies of valuable resources, is ongoing today through technology. Today digital extractivism is visible in the promotion of neoliberal policies of privatization and commodification, in partnership with governments, much to the detriment of the local economies and populations.
And just like in the past, colonial powers maximised transportation networks which offered the quickest means of removing valuable resources to metropoles, today, Big Tech corporations erect similar virtual and physical structures extracting value in the form of data and often, talent to boost foreign economies.
Today, Africans and citizens of the Global Majority are arising to the impact and significance of this sort of exploitation but more still needs to be done to spread awareness about the issues and the solutions necessary to challenge the status quo.
What?
How can we combat the current state of events, as it relates to exploitation and extractivism being carried out through technology today?
Objectives
To generate and stimulate discussion about the state of technology exploitation today citing case studies from the Digital Extractivism report.
To discuss challenges and opportunities for partnerships between civil society, the government and the private sector working on this topic.
Discuss potential policy and regulatory approaches to digitally-enabled exploitation.
To highlight successful case studies about successful resistance to digital extractivism.
To generate and stimulate discussion about the state of technology exploitation today citing case studies from the Digital Extractivism report.
To discuss challenges and opportunities for partnerships between civil society, the government and the private sector working on this topic.
Discuss potential policy and regulatory approaches to digitally-enabled exploitation.
To highlight successful case studies about successful resistance to digital extractivism.
The space is fitting with our session in that it seeks to explore the invisible harms of historic marginalization, in our case, colonialism, which continues to exert harmful influence on large proportions of the planet today. Our session seeks to explore the means of this extraction and exploitation, and together with MozFest participants, workshop through some tangible recommendations for different stakeholders.
How will you deal with varying numbers of participants in your session? What if 30 participants attend? What if there are 3?:We will share our findings and thoughts on this topic, and discussion will be rich regardless of the number of participants.
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.:We plan to continue building this body of research as well as the discourse and to use MozFest as a means to identify potential partners, thought leaders, and perhaps, even funders.
What language would you like to host your session in?:English