The Technopolitics Unit of the IN3’s Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) research group, in collaboration with the Barcelona City Hall, is pleased to invite to the Decidim Fest 2021 that will take place on October 20, 21 and 22.
Venue
Canòdrom -Ateneu d'Innovació Digital i Democràtica
Concepción Arenal Street, 165
08027 Barcelona
Espanya
When
20/10/2021 - 22/10/2021
Organized by
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Technopolitics Unit of the IN3?s Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) research group in collaboration with the Barcelona City Hal
Program
What's in store at Decidim Fest 2021?
The Decidim Fest 2021 will be developed with free technologies under a format with different types of sessions: face-to-face, at the Canòdrom stage with speakers present, hybrid, at the Canòdrom stage with speakers by videoconference and online.
All face-to-face and hybrid sessions can be followed live via streaming, except those on Thursday 21.
Democracy, Technology and Global Justice
The future faces enormous uncertainty. Not only because of the pandemic and its impact on a global scale, but also because of the multiple scenarios opening up in the midst of the digital society. Technological development is changing the economy, relations of power, models of governance, or our relations with the planet itself as we move towards an increasingly hyper-connected and interdependent society. The design of technologies and how they permeate society unfolds uncertain futures. On the one hand we find sophisticated mechanisms of control and surveillance and complex systems of data mining and exploitation, and on the other practices of resistance, emancipation and collective defence, and even global justice itself.
The debate about the future of technology is the debate about the future of society and how it is organised and governed. If we consider the global dimension, both in terms of the scale on which networks operate and the impacts they have on the planet, these debates are even more urgent in the face of the serious climate crisis. Thus, democracy and technology are presented as two ideas that cannot be dissociated if we want to think of a future where technology is made from and with the people. These are the debates we want to open in Decidim Fest 2021, an opportunity for an open debate on a global scale to address all these issues based on the experience and principles of the Decidim project.
Check the programme here.
Attendance is free and open to anyone wishing to join, although prior registration is required. Registration is already open!