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From Open Source to Community Source: Collaboratively Created Tech for Movements

From Open Source to Community Source: Collaboratively Created Tech for Movements
[ CT ] » Session Block 7 » Room 1515 (Law Classrooms)
workshop | Not interesting for kids | #AMC2011 #mvtech
  • Jack Aponte, Palante Technology
  • Josué Guillén, Progressive Technology Project

The daily choices we make around technology, storing and sharing data, and communications have political implications for issues important to our movements: privacy, self-determination, labor and economic justice, corporate control, amongst others. Our session will address such issues, including strategies for reclaiming control of our technology, and ways we can shape it to serve our movements. We will explore how "free" software often demands risky compromises, how open source can help avoid those compromises, and how community organizations and activists can and must be involved in shaping open source. We will us ourpowerbase.net and letsduwthis.org as examples of community source tech developed by and for our movements.

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JackAponte
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The PiratePad for notes from this session: http://piratepad.net/1Pn186eou0

We'll also be posting resources mentioned during or related to our session in that PiratePad.

Looking forward to seeing folks tomorrow!

Posted by JackAponte on Fri, 06/24/2011 16:27
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JackAponte
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More on VozMob: "Mobile Voices (VozMob) is a platform for immigrant and/or low-wage workers in Los Angeles to create stories about their lives and communities directly from cell phones. VozMob appropriates technology to create power in our communities and achieve greater participation in the digital public sphere."

It's even built in Drupal!

http://vozmob.net/en

Posted by JackAponte on Fri, 06/24/2011 16:28
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