At the
Internet Governance Forum 2019, which will take place from 25 to 29 November in Berlin, we will organise a side event with critical voices, visions and vectors for Internet Governance. In coopperation with the
Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), the
Dynamic Coalition on Gender and Internet Governance (DC-Gender),
netzforma* e.V., the
Gunda Werner Institute and the
Centre for Internet and Human Rights, a short catalogue of visions for an Internet without discrimination was developed and will be published at this event.
The event will be held in English. Please register here if you would like to participate.
Many Worlds. Many Nets. Many Visions.
Critical Voices, Visions and Vectors for Internet Governance
26 November | 6:30 pm | doors open: 6 pm
HIIG | Französische Straße 9, 10117 Berlin
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The Internet is a place of contrasts. Consider this: In 1996 John Perry Barlow wrote in his Declaration on the Independence of Cyberspace, that
“We are creating a world that all may enter without privilege or prejudice accorded by race, economic power, military force, or station of birth.”
A world that all can enter on an equal footing? Without privilege or prejudice? Has such a world emerged? A world where discrimination and fear has no place, where freedom of expression reigns? How can these beautiful words be made to fit the lived experience of so many all across the world?
The Internet we have does not fulfill the emancipatory promise some have ascribed to it: a medium to change the world and end all injustice. The Internet has transformed the world, but it has fundamentally destabilised or even challenged, key societal power differentials. Or has it?
The Internet Governance Forum 2019 in Berlin is committed to „One net, one world, one vision“. We beg to differ. We have invited experts and activists from all over the world, representing all stakeholder groups to present their ideas on how the Internet Governance discussion should be further developed regarding marginalised groups and communities.
Agenda
6.00 pm Doors open
6.30 – 7.00 pm Welcome, introduction and opening statements by Matthias C. Kettemann (Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI) and HIIG), Francesca Schmidt (Gunda Werner Institute), Baldeep Grewal (DC-Gender) and Joanna Bronowicka (CIHR)
7.00 – 8.00 pm Moderated discussion and questions from the audience with Nicole Shephard (Independent), Tatiana Bazzichelli (Disruption Network Lab) and have vale (APCs EROTIC project / DC-Gender).
Chris Köver (netzpolitik.org) will moderate the discussion.
8.00 – 9.00 pm Get-Together
The event will be held in English. For press accreditation, please contact
Florian Lüdtke.
Organisers
The event is organised by the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) and the Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI) in partnership with the Dynamic Coalition on Gender and Internet Governance (DC-Gender), netzforma* e.V., the Gunda-Werner-Institute and the Centre for Internet and Human Rights.
People behind the event
Matthias C. Kettemann – Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI) and Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG)
Katharina Mosene – Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI) and Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG)
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