(Archive) White Papers on Dissent

Blockchain

White Papers on Dissent is a public programme on the politics and poetics of Blockchain as a tool for radical imagination. Through panel discussions, artist talks, participatory events, and a podcast White Papers on Dissent aims to collectively practice the making of the world otherwise. By thinking through the technology it rehearses new social and political imaginaries.

White Papers on Dissent intends to move away from the economic discourse surrounding blockchain to understand technology as a social apparatus. It investigates how technology can re-address power structures, create alternative forms of governance, and generate new forms of digital activism supporting commons-oriented ecosystems.

CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS
Geert Lovink, Emiliano Treré, Black Swan (Penny Raffety, Laura Lotti, Calum Bowden ), Larisa Blazic, Balázs Bodó, Daphne Dragona, Shintaro Miyazaki, Christopher Kulendran Thomas (RadicalXMarkets), Yin Aiwen, Allie Rutherford, Maksym Rokmaniko (DOMA), David Rozas (P2P Models), Julio Linares (Circles UBI).

Programme

Friday 22nd of October
14.30 - 15.00: Introduction - Blockchain for Social
15.00 - 15.30: Artist Talk - ReUnion
15.45 - 16.15: Artists Talk - Black Swan
16.30 - 18.00: Panel Discussie - Blockchains & Governance

Saturday 23rd of October
13.30 - 14.15: Talk - Welcome words + Recorded interview - Blockchains & Affects
14:30-16:00 Panel Discussion - Blockchains & Commons
16.00 - 16.30: Artist Talk - Allie Rutherford
16.30 - 18.00: Panel Discussion - Blockchain & Digital Activism

Sunday 24th of October
12:00-14:00 Workshop String Figures
14:00-18:00 Game - Lilies on the Water: What does a decentralised, caring society look like?

Register at https://www.whitepapersondissent.xyz/registration