Here’s what we’ll be discussing and watching over the next few months. As usual, it’s a work in progress and subject to change. The best way to keep up with changes is to check the Events page or subscribe to our iCal feed.
Saturday October 20, 2018 from 11am – 1pm – Surveillance/Death/Power Brooklyn Central Library – Infocommons Room 6 To Read Ahead: In the Wake by Christina Sharpe (Chapter 1) https://www.dukeupress.edu/Assets/PubMaterials/978-0-8223-6294-4_601.pdf To Watch Together: “How We Became Machine Readable” Mimi Onuoha – https://vimeo.com/233011125Saturday November 24, 2018 from 11am – 1pm – Theme: Maintenance/Sustainability Location: Brooklyn Central Library – Infocommons Room 2 – CANCELLED To Read Ahead: “Resource Scarcity and Socially Just Internet Access over Time and Space” http://acmlimits.org/2017/papers/limits17-pargman.pdf To Watch Together: The Moderators https://vimeo.com/239108604 December 2018 – BREAK (or dinner) Saturday January 19, 2019 from 11am to 1pm – Theme: Data and Social Justice (Podcast / Reading) Location: TBA To read ahead: “Odd Numbers” http://reallifemag.com/odd-numbers/ To listen to ahead: https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/the-algorithms-around-us/ February 2019 – Dinner/ Theme: Location: TBD March 16, 2019 from 11am to 1pm- Theme: The Digital Divide – Crown Heights Library Location: TBA To read ahead:
“On the wrong side of the digital divide in Cleveland, OH” – http://beltmag.com/wrong-side-digital-divide/
“Organising Silicon Valley’s Shadow Workforce” – http://notesfrombelow.org/article/organising-silicon-valleys-shadow-workforce April 20, 2019 from 11am to 1pm – Theme: Permaculture – session/ visit community gardens? Location: TBA May 18, 2019 from 11am to 1pm – Theme: System Change To read ahead: Leverage Points, Places to Intervene in A System – http://donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-to-intervene-in-a-system/ June 2019: Dinner/Theme: ? Location: TBD ***July 2019 – September 2019 – CoLET Summer Break *** (artwork by Cornelia Parker)