London HacktionLab 2012 – May 4th ,5th & 6th at LARC, Whitechapel, London
Logisics info
All Events are at London Action Resource Centre,
62 Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel, London, E1 1ES.
Map - https://imc.li/v3il0
Contact Email – address@hidden
The event is free, although donations towards the use of the space and future
Hacktionlab events are encouraged.
Come play with technology. We'll learn and share how to make it work for us!
HacktionLabs are learning spaces to experiment and share knowledge. This event
is organised by a network of people with a focus on using communications and
information technology in the name of social justice.
The spring 2012 HacktionLab in London is a weekend of workshops and discussions
with an open invite to all.
The focus of the event is on Free Software, alternative media production and
fighting to protect our digital freedoms. This event also features the launch
of our new website, Tech Tools for Activism, so please do have a look at that:
http://techtoolsforactivism.org
Friday Night 7pm onwards – Welcome night – Social and Film Screening
Come meet other participants at this free film screening and social event.
Includes launch party for Tech Tools for Activism more info at -
http://techtoolsforactivism.org
Saturday Workshops & Discussion
Saturday is aimed at all levels of computer knowledge. The agenda for the day
will be set in the morning, based upon who is there and what people want to do.
This is a day to embrace the most user friendly side of Free Software. No prior
knowledge of tools is assumed and workshops are encouraged to be introductory,
accessible and immediately practical to all.
You are welcome to get in touch to make sure the right resources are available
if you want to deliver a session. See the contact section below.
Some sessions are pre-planned by the organisers. These include how to:
Do live & encrypted communications.
Replace twitter and facebook.
Set up an anonymous blog.
Create your own Internet radio station.
Sunday Workshops, Discussions and Hack sessions
Sunday is aimed to build on any needs and other areas of interest identified on
Saturday. There are many projects that have grown out of the HacktionLab
network including online radio streaming (catalystradio.org), anonymous
blogging (network23.org) & Free Software advocacy and training
(techtoolsforactivism.org). We shall also be taking HacktionLab on the road
again this year and have some bookings for workshops at festivals; we will
discuss how to take this forward.
These are all projects that would welcome your input. Or, maybe you have a
project that you would like to get feedback on? In any case, this day is a
chance to sit down and discuss existing and potential projects in depth. You
will have the option to get cracking on and start collectively working on them.
There will be more of an idea of the exact shape of the day by the end of
Saturday.
Contact and Planning
If you are either thinking about or definitely planning on coming to this
event, please let us know by emailing address@hidden. There is a limit on
the numbers who are able to come and we cannot guarantee that there will still
be space if you just turn up on the day (although we will try our best to
accommodate you).
Additionally, please let us know if you need help finding somewhere to stay
while you are in London. It is not possible to sleep at LARC, but there are
plenty of alternatives available.
Although it is fine to turn up on the day and run a session, we encourage you
to get in contact beforehand to see if anyone on the list can help or suggest
collaboration.
Most of our planning is done on the HacktionLab email list which you can sign
up for by following the link here https://techtoolsforactivism.org/projects
or directly at https://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/hacktionlab
If you want to contact the organisers privately you can send an email to
address@hidden
An emergency phone number for those lost on the way to the venue will be
available closer to the time of the event.