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Politics & Society
Reflections on the change of societies and political dynamics due to digitization are at the core of the re:publica programme. We are interested in shifting power balances, in societal change and civic digital action. At re:publica we want to talk about what we need to do for a free and open Internet and its relation to the shifting political paradigms on the continent. We want to explore the intersections of technology with politics and society.
In this track we will discuss surveillance technologies, data and privacy protection, e-privacy, Internet shutdowns and net neutrality. We will look at community networks, the effects of AI on society, digital disobedience, as well as new governance models aided by digital technologies.
We invite activists, civil society representatives, researchers and all persons with experience in these topics to help us examine the interplay of technology and society on a philosophical level as well as on the day-to-day basis. We’ll explore the opportunities of civic tech and debate the state of Internet freedom - based on your contributions. Questions we would like to see tackled e.g. include: How do social media platforms influence the shaping of political opinions? How are movements and communities for Internet freedom, digital democracy and open data developing? What social and legislative processes should be initiated to regulate an ever accelerating automation? Can the blockchain deliver on its promise of revolutionizing governance processes?
- Politics & Society-Machtstrukturen werden im Allgemeinen als Mittel zur Durchsetzung von Interessen betrachtet. Aber sie basieren auf angeborener sozialer Intelligenz, dienen der Vermeidung von Konflikten und ermöglichen gesellschaftliche Kooperation.
- Politics & Society-Die überwältigende Anzahl sozialer Phänomene ist dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass Menschen Absichten und Überzeugungen miteinander teilen, mit vereinten Kräften handeln und gemeinsame Praktiken sowie soziale Institutionen etablieren. Seit etwa zwei Jahrzehnten werden die begrifflichen Grundlagen und Besonderheiten dieser Phänomene unter dem Stichwort »Kollektive Intentionalität« zusammengefasst und zunehmend interdisziplinär diskutiert.
- Politics & Society-Das Internet ist kein rechtsfreier Raum, es basiert auf normativen Grundlagen und Prinzipien. Vor diesem Hintergrund konstruieren sich die Grundlagen für die Herausbildung der normativen Ordnung des Internets und dessen Implikationen neu.
- Politics & SocietyParticipatory Paradise-There is a great number of activists, initiatives, organizations and people who dare and are working on Europe's future society, its media landscape and participation processes - digital as well as analog. But what are they all up to?
tl;dr - We welcome you to a crisp and compact session in the world of cucumbers, politics and their innovative forms and aim to give an insight into what is happening and can be done for our future in Europe. - Politics & Society-Die Digitalisierung ist mehr als eine Technologie, sie ist ein Ideologisch-Imaginäres eines Kapitalismus, der sich neu erfindet. Der Kapitalismus brauchte von Beginn an eine außerökonomische ideelle Triebfeder, einen Geist. Im digitalen Zeitalter ist ein neuer, polytheistischer Geist des Kapitalismus entstanden, der im Silicon Valley geboren wurde. Dieser Geist ist ein transnationales Phänomen, das die digitale Transformation von Wirtschaft und Lebensführung antreibt und sich lokal auswirkt.
- Politics & SocietyExpress Yourself-Sigi Maurer hat sich gegen sexistische, erniedrigende Hassnachrichten gewehrt, indem sie einen Screenshot davon inklusive Profil-Namen gepostet hat. Dafür wurde sie verklagt und verurteilt, mittlerweile wird der Prozess neu aufgerollt. Auf der republica:19 erzählt sie ihre skurrile Geschichte und zeichnet an den Reaktionen nach, welche patriarchalen Muster im Kampf gegen den Frauenhass weiterbestehen – oder sogar verstärkt werden.
- Politics & Societytl;dr-Dieses Gefühl, die Welt sei in den letzten Jahren irgendwie aus den Fugen geraten – dem habe ich nachgespürt. Der Vortrag handelt davon, wo und wie das stimmt und wo nicht und was das eigentlich bedeutet.
- Politics & SocietyEmanziTech-How do we build joyful futures? Who gets to imagine and invent them? And what can hacking a Breast Pump teach us about designing for equity?
I’ll share what my team is doing to change how institutions undertake innovation work by reimagining the hackathon—a staple in technology spaces—as a path to equitable design. In our work, making space for joy and play helps people and institutions come together with a generative spirit to build relationships across lines of difference. - Politics & Society-Join Berhan Taye in an Ask Me Anything about Digital Exclusion - a session aimed to talk and discuss the relationships between corporate and government censorship and surveillance.
- Politics & SocietyExpress Yourself-Activists, journalists, dissidents, and ordinary citizens are censored and surveilled by repressive governments. However, in the digital age where telecoms control our access to the internet, social media platforms monopolize our digital engagement and activism, and where surveillance tech companies have untamed power, censorship and surveillance is no longer the sole business of governments. This session dissects the relationship between corporate and government censorship and surveillance.
- Politics & SocietyParticipatory Paradise-Surveillance capitalism isn't "rogue capitalism," it's *monopoly* capitalism: data-collection doesn't let Big Tech control our minds, but monopolies on search results and app stores do. But surveillance isn't harmless: it's deadly toxic, and has the power to destroy our lives, and it's precisely *because* data produces such poor returns to advertisers that they end up collecting so much of it.
- Politics & SocietyParticipatory Paradise-Surveillance capitalism isn't "rogue capitalism," it's *monopoly* capitalism: data-collection doesn't let Big Tech control our minds, but monopolies on search results and app stores do. But surveillance isn't harmless: it's deadly toxic, and has the power to destroy our lives, and it's precisely *because* data produces such poor returns to advertisers that they end up collecting so much of it.