POWER + RESISTANCE

An art & creative tech mini-course + privacy/surveillance/smart cities series

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An open research project about Google's smart city neighbourhood in Toronto. Monday nights starting March 18th, 5:30 – 8:30pm at the Waterfront Neighbourhood Centre.

We have a code of conduct and four lightweight social rules to create a safe and inclusive environment for everyone.

Series showcase: Art! Snacks! Connecting with people! Come celebrate our 4-week series on smart cities!
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What is a “smart city”? We're going to learn, discuss, make art, and share as much of it as we can! Each week on Monday we'll have an evening structed like this:

In addition, each week we'll organize some (totally optional) visits to studios and organizations across the city, like the Toronto Tool Library and InterAccess.

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We don't know exactly what will happen! We have a structure, a space, a topic, and some wonderful guests planned. The rest will emerge once you arrive :)

Schedule

March 18: What is a smart city?

Workshop: circuits!

March 25: Maintenance and repair

Discussion facilitated by Hillary Predko

Workshop: the fundamental elements of electricity!

April 1: Class choice!

Participants will decide on a theme and organize facilitation for the third week's discussion

Workshop: make noise and break things!

April 8: Art jam

Unstructured time for participants to explore the topics and apply workshop skills

April 11: Showcase

We'll open our doors to the public one last time to share all the art we made and things we learned.

Showcase RSVP Come celebrate our 4-week series on smart cities!
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Details

Registration is now closed
Keep an eye out for our public discussion events!

Presented for free thanks to support from the Digital Rights Community Grant Program, a partnership between Digital Justice Lab, Tech Reset Canada, and the Centre for Digital Rights.

Organizing team: Galen Macdonald, Hillary Predko, Justice Thélot, Krista Barleta, Miranda Shou, Phil Schleihauf, and Sally Walker-Hudecki.


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