How are communities and activists in New York City using, misusing, and inventing technologies to confront social injustice and structural inequality? This event will bring together local organizers, technologists, and scholars working on mesh and alternative networking, cryptography, and practical privacy to discuss strategies, tactics, and shared challenges and opportunities in DIY and ground-up communication and organizing.
How are communities and activists in New York City using, misusing, and inventing technologies to confront social injustice and structural inequality? This event will bring together local organizers, technologists, and scholars working on mesh and alternative networking, cryptography, and practical privacy to discuss strategies, tactics, and shared challenges and opportunities in DIY and ground-up communication and organizing.
Dabriah Alston, Red Hook Wifi
Finn Brunton, New York University
Grey Cohen and Sam DiBella, CyPurr Collective
James Grimmelmann, Cornell Tech; Cornell Law School
Brian Hall, NYC Mesh
David Huerta, Freedom of the Press Foundation
Matthew Mitchell, CryptoParty Harlem
Dhruv Mehrotra, Eyebeam; Courant Institute for Applied Mathematics
Dan Phiffer, Artist
For more info, and to register, see the NYU website.