Blink

[divyasriy]

name: Interpretations of surveillance practices
about: The session aims for an engagement with the topic: privacy in the digital space– through conversations and other media resources
title: Blink
labels: virtual, hangout, 24 hours, surveillance, privacy
assignees: y divya sri

Description

Edited version: Blink is an virtual hangout session. Interested set of peers in groups of 2-3 begin their hangout as per a schedule that goes on for 24 hours. Attendees are welcome to join in anytime/ hangout with any one you like when the room is free. All can contribute to the compilation of lists of writings and resources.

Pointers for interested participants:

• Blink aims to be a hangout space for an engagement with the topic: privacy in the digital
• Participants can take part in a conversation, screen share their desktop activity if they like, and collaborate on HackMD
• They can either turn the audio on or screen sharing on. Not to use both as the output quality will be bad
• Whoever chooses to screen share needs to be assigned as a 'presenter'

Proposed version: 24 volunteers/ participants from Divya's social network will hangout in groups of 3-5 till all have participated once. It is a curatorial attempt to involve people living in different timezones ( UTC-12 to UTC+12 ) to virtually hang out in their respective 5-6 pm slot (the attempt hasn't manifested for this program). The session is divided in 2 parts- 30 mins to talk and 30 mins to browse. In one session, participants will be given a prompt to talk about, with regards to surveillance and privacy and in the other, they will archive, after browsing, 3 selected webpages which also address issues of surveillance. The prompts will be inspired from instances of privacy breaches in the 21st century.

Type: virtual hangout session
Length: 1 day
Date: 12 September, 2020 EST
Duration: 24 hours
Language: English

Objective

• to bring together people from different demographics
• to compile discussions/ conversations and create awareness of being under surveillance
• to connect with each other in these uncertain times

Material and Technical Requirements

Platform: audio-video call | web collaboration and archiving (BBB & HackMD)
Technical considerations: laptop/ PC | internet connection (owned and arranged by the participants)

Presenter

Name: Y Divya Sri
Email: divyasri.xyz@gmail.com
Url:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DivyaSriY
GitHub:

Presenter Bio

Divya is an artist based in India. She completed her bachelor studies in 2018, with a major in contemporary art practices, from Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore, India. Guided by a process of critical and contextual engagement, Divya likes to experiment with various media in her works. Her interests lie in theories of internet and consumer cultures, surveillance practices and gender studies.

[ana0]

Commenting here in case you have notifications on, Y Divya Sri. We've tried to reach you at the provided email and it's bouncing back/undeliverable

[divyasriy]

Hello Ana. Oh no, the correct ID is divyasri.xyz@gmail.com.