[spectre] BEYOND CONTROL: Resisting Digital Oppression & Authoritarianism - April 20-21, Berlin

[Tatiana Bazzichelli]

Dear Spectre List,

I would like to invite you to take part in person or online at our 32nd
conference "BEYOND CONTROL: Resisting Digital Oppression &
Authoritarianism", at Kunstquartier Bethanien (Berlin and streaming),
April 20-21, 2024.
https://www.disruptionlab.org/beyond-control
Tickets: https://tickets.disruptionlab.org

Challenging wartime systems of misinformation, communication monopolies
& anti-democratic propaganda machines.

The conference challenges systematic strategies of repression to advance
political goals, discussing misinformation and information warfare in
the context of right-wing propaganda. The talks expose the monopoly of
communication channels that can shape and distort reality, conceal
abuses and maintain power, and present strategies to circumvent
restricted access to technology and information during wars and conflicts.

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TALKS & WORKSHOPS

Saturday April 20, 2024

16:30 – 16:40 CET · OPENING
Tatiana Bazzichelli (Artistic Director, Disruption Network Lab, IT/DE)

16:40–18:10 CET · KEYNOTE · Unveiling the Depths of Online Racism: Jihad
Van Puymbroeck's Story to Justice
Jihad Van Puymbroeck (Activist & Communication Strategist, BE).
Moderated by Nyima Jadama (Activist & Moderator, GM/DE).

Jihad Van Puymbroeck, a Muslim woman of Moroccan and Belgian descent,
has been active in anti-racist civil society for more than ten years.
Van Puymbroeck is one of the civil parties in the lawsuit against Schild
& Vrienden, a Flemish far-right youth movement that attacked her online.
She won her case after a long agony and will tell her story and expose
the depths of online racism.

18:40 –20:40 CET · PANEL · Gaza, Ukraine & Azerbaijan: Challenging
Network Authoritarianism
Manolo Luppichini (Filmmaker & Author, IT), Arzu Geybulla (Journalist &
Editor, AzNet Watch, Global Voices, AZ/TR), Tetyana Lokot (Associate
Professor in Digital Media and Society, Dublin City University, UA/IE).
Moderated by Tatiana Bazzichelli (Artistic Director, Disruption Network
Lab, IT/DE).

Join us to hear three different stories from Gaza, Ukraine, and
Azerbaijan, documenting the monopoly of communication channels during
wartime. How can we circumvent restricted access to digital
infrastructure in war?

Sunday  April 21, 2024

11:00–13:00 CET · WORKSHOP #1  · Community Girlblogging to Save The Internet
Irma Mastenbroek (Mathematician & AI Researcher, NL/DE)

In times of digital cultural crisis, girls can steer the internet away
from its neoliberal path of self-destruction. Mathematician and AI
researcher Irma Mastenbroek will explore how collaborative coding of
HTML+CSS web pages can help us gain independence from Big Tech and
rebuild community.

14:30–16:30 CET · WORKSHOP #2 · WikiLeaks: Can We Set the Records
Straight and Open the Space to Free Assange?
Raja Stutz & Claudia Daseking (Assange Support Berlin, DE)

Raja Stutz and Claudia Daseking from Assange Support Berlin will discuss
misinformation around the case of Julian Assange and share strategies for
reclaiming public opinion about WikiLeaks' contribution to press freedom
and our right to know.
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More info & schedule:
https://www.disruptionlab.org/beyond-control
GET TICKETS: https://tickets.disruptionlab.org

-- 
Tatiana Bazzichelli // Artistic Director
Disruption Network Lab
https://www.disruptionlab.org/
E-mail for personal messages: tbazz(at)disruptionlab.org
Twitter: @disruptberlin // @t_bazz
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