[spectre] HACKING ALIENATION - Migrant Power, Art & Tech, Sept 21-22 Berlin

[Tatiana Bazzichelli]

Dear spectre List,

I would like to invite you to our 33rd conference Hacking Alienation: 
Migrant Power, Art & Tech at Kunstquartier Bethanien (Berlin and 
streaming), September 21-22, 2024.

Hacking Alienation explores how art and technology can enhance the 
political agency of those who lack citizenship rights and experience 
systemic alienation due to war, political conflict or other sources of 
oppression.
With Hacking Alienation, we are intervening in the public debate at a 
time of a political  hift to the right in order to emphasize 
emancipation instead of alienation, self determination instead of 
repression, community instead of isolation.
https://www.disruptionlab.org/hacking-alienation

We have as usual a chat active for remote questions, and I hope you will 
be there if you cannot be present in person.

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## Full Programme

# Saturday, September 21 - 14:30–20:00

14:30–14:40 · OPENING
Tatiana Bazzichelli (Artistic Director, Disruption Network Lab, IT/DE)

14:40–16:10 · KEYNOTE: My Name Is "Subject to Immigration Control”
Keynote with Anna Titovets Intektra (Artist, Researcher and Curator, 
RU/PT). Moderated by Tatiana Bazzichelli (Artistic Director, Disruption 
Network Lab, IT/DE).

Anna Titovets [Intektra], an interdisciplinary artist, curator and 
researcher at the intersection of art, tech-nology and society, will 
focus on practical survivalist strategies, community-building 
approaches, and challenges in the process of fighting for social 
equality, searching for a sense of (digital) belonging, reshaping 
identity, and protecting social rights with digital means and technologies.

16:30–18:00 · PANEL: Decolonising AI
Panel with allapopp (Digital Media and Performance Artist), Milagros 
Miceli (Sociologist and Computer Scientist, DAIR Institute, AR/DE), 
Marwa Fatafta (Researcher, Policy Analyst and Digital Rights Expert, 
PS/DE). Moderated by Walid El-Houri (Researcher and Editor, LBN/DE).

In migration contexts, digital technologies and big data collection are 
too often programmed to be used for tracking, surveillance, and 
profiling. allapopp, Milagros Miceli, Marwa Fatafta and Walid El-Houri 
will talk about the importance of decolonising AI. They will discuss the 
power asymmetries embedded in the design, production and development of 
machine learning, digital surveillance, data generation and labelling.

18:30–20:00 · PANEL: Subverting Alienation
Panel with  Stella Nyanzi (Activist, Poet and Digital Rights Defender, 
UG/DE), Nyima Jadama (Activist & Moderator, GM/DE), Moro Yapha 
(Migration and Human Rights Advocate, GM/DE). Moderated by Mo R. 
(Project Lead, Tactical Tech, EG/US/DE).

Stella Nyanzi, Nyima Jadama, Moro Yapha and Mo.R. will present 
individual stories of empowerment and agency through the conscious use 
of media in the struggle for equal rights and justice for all, drawing 
on their direct experiences as activists, human rights advocates, 
writers and migrants in Germany.

# Sunday, September 22 - 12:30–16:00

Deconstructing Tech Futures: A Workshop on Critical Imagination
Workshop with allapopp (Digital Media and Performance Artist), Dinara 
Rasuleva (Writer, Poet_ess).
Eligibility criteria: FLINTA* (Femme, Lesbians, Intersex, Non-binary, 
Trans, Agender and other*) only.

In their imaginatory workshop, allapopp and Dinara Rasuleva address from 
a situated perspective the need to deconstruct and shift the rather 
homogeneous dominant narratives of technological futures as acts of 
self-empowerment and possibilities for political participation and change.

More information:
https://www.disruptionlab.org/hacking-alienation#programme
GET TICKETS: https://tickets.disruptionlab.org/hacking-alienation/

-- Check also our upcoming conference:
Investigating the Kill Cloud: Information Warfare, Autonomous Weapons & 
AI · 10 Years Disruption Network Lab
29.11–1.12.2024
https://www.disruptionlab.org/investigating-the-kill-cloud

I am looking forward to seeing you!

All the best,

Tatiana
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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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