Calling all interested university educators and participants for the
Wikipedia Education Program in the NYC area during the Fall 2015
semester!
Together, these programs help students to learn about important and
undercovered topics while simultaneously sharing their knowledge in
writing Wikipedia articles and improving a common public resource.
New this year, we are offering specialized thematic programs with
additional in-person support from Wikipedians working with partner
institutions in these areas: (1) Public health / medicine, (2) the
African diaspora and (3) the Guggenheim Museum collections and
exhibitions, as well as their Women in Architecture edit-a-thon on Oct
15.
Please share with colleagues and friends at NYC area universities, and
feel free to ask questions in the 'Other thoughts from you' box!
I've invited you to fill out the form Wikipedia Education Program NY-NJ
Recruitment for Fall 2015. To fill it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14OKsA_ZV9HFyI-vrpDyZ6FWe7XGmREv5cuMbpk3eqG…
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Calling all interested university educators and participants for the
Wikipedia Education Program in the NYC area during the Fall 2015
semester!
Together, these programs help students to learn about important and
undercovered topics while simultaneously sharing their knowledge in
writing Wikipedia articles and improving a common public resource.
New this year, we are offering specialized thematic programs with
additional in-person support from Wikipedians working with partner
institutions in these areas: (1) Public health / medicine, (2) the
African diaspora and (3) the Guggenheim Museum collections and
exhibitions, as well as their Women in Architecture edit-a-thon on Oct
15.
Please share with colleagues and friends at NYC area universities, and
feel free to ask questions in the 'Other thoughts from you' box!
I've invited you to fill out the form Wikipedia Education Program NY-NJ
Recruitment for Fall 2015. To fill it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14OKsA_ZV9HFyI-vrpDyZ6FWe7XGmREv5cuMbpk3eqG…
People on this list might be interested in submitting a talk or proposal
to the call for submissions of this upcoming conference in Brooklyn:
Radical/Networks October 24-25, 2015
NYU Poly, Brooklyn, NY
http://radicalnetworks.org/about/index.html
>From mass surveillance to the over-commercialization of the Internet, the
technology that we depend upon for community and connection is being
compromised. The recent accessibility of networking technology through
devices such as the Raspberry Pi and software such as BATMAN Adv has made
it affordable and possible for everyday citizens to learn how to design
their own web servers and networks.
GOALS
- To understand how the technology can be used as a method of control
and how to subvert that.
- Teach people how to use networking technology for themselves.
- Encourage creative and social exploration with computer networks.
IDEALS
- Promoting free and open networks built with free and open hardware and
software.
- Decentralizing the control of where networks exist and what and whom
are served by them.
- Maintaining control of our own content, hardware, and means of
deployment.
- Community and free expression first.
*SEEKING SPEAKERS *
We are seeking speakers, panel proposals, demos, and workshop leaders who
would like to teach or present their ideas on computer networks. Some
possible topics include:
- offline networks
- mesh networks
- local networks for community
- experimental application of computer networks
- networks for political activism
- network security for ordinary citizens
- artistic use of computer networks
- personal networks
- bringing connectivity to rural areas
- experimental social networks
- control and ownership of networks
- ethical hacking
- ... and anything else that takes a fresh or critical look at how
networks are used!
Submissions are *due by August 15, 2015 at 11:59p, in whatever timezone
you're in*. To submit your talk, panel, demo, or workshop, follow the
instructions below for adding your proposal to our github repository.
Accepted proposals will be *notified by August 20th, 2015.*
The call for participation is open to all! We encourage women, people of
color, LGBTQIA, and differently-abled folks to apply!
--
Dorothy Howard