Most of my work is informed by field research on the use of everyday technologies under extraordinary circumstances. ... I am currently working on the development of anarchist technologies for the Rojava Revolution in North-East Syria (more info on my Telegram channel: @rojavatech).
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Well I seemed to have missed the boat on this one but there is some rad shit going down with the RCDT!
The Rojava Center for Democratic Technologies is formed by a fluid group of artists and engineers working in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES). It was initiated by Dutch artist and cultural critic Dani Ploeger in 2022. Combining art and engineering, the centre investigates and develops visions and practices for a postcolonial technological culture that builds on the principles of democratic confederalism. Democratic confederalism is a form of libertarian socialism that constitutes the backbone of the Rojava Revolution. It is based on decentralized, stateless governance, gender equality, cooperative labour, ecology and direct democracy.
i'm at the bit where local hackers have created an artisinal electronics company called GOAT (with a goat logo) and are building a traffic lights system for the city which has an offline maintenance app.... inspo!
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