An Unconference about Art, Design, Technology,
30 May – 1 June 2019
Phygital Project, Nicosia, Cyprus
Technologies,
Arts and the Commons
free libre
PROCEEDINGS
Technologies,
Arts and the Commons
free libre
Unconference Proceedings
© 2020, Nicosia
University of Nicosia Research
Phygital Project, Nicosia, 2017-2020 ISBN 978-9963-711-88-8
INITIAL UNCONFERENCE IDEA:
Chrystalleni Loizidou
UNRF PHYGITAL COORDINATOR:
Evanthia Tselika
UNCONFERENCE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Chrystalleni Loizidou (Chair, hack66/University of Nicosia) Evanthia Tselika (Chair, University of Nicosia)
Helene Black (NeMe.org) Yiannis Colakides (NeMe.org)
Marios Isaakidis (University College London) Eva Korae (Cyprus University of Technology) Thrasos Nerantzis (Future World Centre) Leandros Savvides (University of Leicester) Taipei, Taiwan)
Niki Sioki (University of Nicosia)
Unconference Proceedings Editors:
Evanthia Tselika and Niki Sioki
Unconference Proceedings Editorial Assistants:
Helene Josephides, Jordan Kent, Jenny Dunn
Elisha Cox, Dora Heracleous, Jordan Kent Design: Ioannis Hadjipanayis
The Unconference and Unconference proceedings have been organized and shaped by the University of Nicosia Research
Phygital
In Cyprus, the project’s work is being carried out by the University of Nicosia
Funders:
Lead Partner: Partners: Supporter:
Co-organizer Organizer
Project co-funded by the European Union
Open Technologies Alliance
Greek Free/Open Source P2P Lab
Municipality University
of Nicosia
contents
Evanthia Tselika
DAY 1
DAY 2
our “Bare Art World” from deep inside the Oikos
Grassroots utopias
Federica Matelli
Ruth Catlow Vital vagueness Rose Butler
Harriet Poppy Speed and Lynn Jones
Eva Korae
Jenny Dunn
Horror stories from Digiland Theodotos Andreou 8
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PANEL DISCUSSION:
The future of technology in museums
Johan Söderberg
Silvia Federici
DAY 3
Unconference Methodology
PERSONAL REFLECTIONS Chrystalleni Loizidou
Thrasos Nerantzis
UNCONFERENCE PROGRAMME
BIOS OF AUTHORS AND EDITORIAL TEAM GALLERY OF IMAGES
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Helfrich, 2015). -
the role of technology in these processes.
scope of the research project ,3 looking into the ways -
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(P. M., 1983), these
Delegating management, augmenting the mind: What could be the role for technology in commoning practices?
Selena Savić
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resources exceeds what Earth can regenerate org/our-work/earth-overshoot-day/
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Greta Thunberg in January 2019 at the World
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explores sustainable use and the organisa- -
about the process and project outputs can -
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degrowth. Resources such as living space, water, energy and food are shared and,
Nevertheless, there are topics of interest that can be developed in this context. How
especially given the philosophy of degrowth and sustainability.
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Wired his book
processes coded in our bodies.
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technologies create groups and change history.6
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Bolos ,
topoi koinoi) as infra-
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of the subject and
object see Serres, ,
pp. 47-48.
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Technical infrastructures, their independence and resilience.
Decision note.
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of ownership of one’s own tools.
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project.
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its users who extend the network and grant
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create decentralized
do they envision it develops in the future. We tested this at a workshop with the
convergence of local and global discussion through technology and personal
- discuss rules, opinions, plans, and so on.
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rest and
being free to choose work.
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References
Bollier, D., & Helfrich, S. (Eds.). (2015).
D’Eaubonne, F. (1974).
power.
of Minnesota Press.
Illich, I. (1975).
- P. M. (1983).
Serres, M. (1995).
Virno, P. (2003).
of life
Daedalus, (1), 121–136.
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