Half-way through reading this, following years of work in libre technology which culminated in a recent research stint in information ethics and child computer inter-action research in educational settings, I think I’m ready to skip out on this nightmare, invest in a tech-free livelihood, and hope that things will straighten themselves out with no further […]
Building on my background in Education through Art, I’ve been informally studying and practicing* elements of Montessori pedagogy, Reggio Emilia, and Forest School without seeking certification. At the same time I’ve been formally training in Steiner pedagogy (nature-focused, mindfulness-, freeplay- and observation-based, radically inclusive, and community-embedded –at least in its ideal forms) which has vastly deepened my […]
I am very interested in educational technology on the level of policy. I see educational technology as part of the public sphere. I would like to see its architecture approached the same way we approach the architecture of any civic / educational construct, anything intended as a learning environment with the fundamental social function of fostering conflict […]
Untitled draft by Sylvat Aziz (2018). Pencil on light paper print. Image of the Mammari Buffer Zone. | Άτιτλο προσχέδιο της Sylvat Aziz (2018). Μολύβι σε ελαφριά εκτύπωση σε χαρτί. Εικόνα της Νεκρής Γραμμής, Μάμμαρι. This circle was initially conceived as a lecture entitled “Theodora’s freedom: Notes on Foucault’s governmentality, Haraway’s ‘staying with the trouble’, and […]
I wouldn’t say that issues of racism and sexism are out of place or that they don’t belong in the free software movement, or that they are separate from it. I would say that the free software movement is connected and complementary to struggles against systemic oppression and exploitation, by focusing on the computing field […]
I wonder about the assisted reproductive technology industry and whether anyone is looking into how free or unfree their practices might be. I got rid of my smartphone which means an entirely different workload and relationship with labour. With Jano now three years old and roaming, it’s counterproductive to carry a laptop, and creating computer […]
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