IT for Change and Platform Cooperativism Consortium (PCC), along with Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council (K-DISC) co-organized the conference, ‘Roots of Resilience – Building Platform Cooperatives for Sustainable and Feminist Local Economies,’ which was conducted at the Kerala Arts
After Extractivism conference by Berliner Gazette
After an inspiring local event in Berlin at the Haus der Demokratie und Menschenrechte (https://www.flickr.com/photos/berlinergazette/albums/72177720302975606), the Berliner Gazette has launched the “After Extractivism” conference as an “asynchronous online event” and expansive resource site with video talks, projects, texts, and audios
Guest Article by Kibbs Fortilus: Doubting Dreamers
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom (George Iles) When I first explained my research question to a close friend of mine, she doubted it. My research question, concerning how hybrid organizations are transforming capitalism, was one that
Internship Culture in Berlin
By Katja Avant-Hard [Berlin Internship Justice] When startups are trying to reach the moon whilst paying their interns €300 per month, it is clear – their business model is wrong. They are fooling you by saying “you will have a great
A (self) critique on the WORKAROUND Conference
By WORKAROUND co-curator Kate Martin [Contemporary Art Exchange]. There is definitely something changing about the way people think and talk about work today. In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, a new awareness of how unbalanced, unfair and unjust
Orchideenfach und Pilzbefall
Ein Blogpost über „Von WikiLeaks zu SnowdenGate“ von Gregor Sedlag. Mit den andauernden Snowden-Enthüllungen um den NSA-Komplex erlebt die kritische Öffentlichkeit in der westlichen Welt einen vergleichbar schaurigen Moment der Vermessung eines gewaltigen Parasiten wie einst Forscher im Malheur National
WORKAROUND Fotos
Thank you to all who attended our three-day WORKAROUND event! During this special symposium, workshop and community meeting, we delved into the various models of work organisation and community approaches that ensure life and work quality. For our WORKAROUND Freitagsfrühstück
Working on WORKAROUND
By Jurriaan Pots In preparation of the WORKAROUND event I thought it would be nice to analyse some of the issues that the conference deals with in a blogpost. Rather than going into all the individual ideas and initiatives that will
The Wedding Dress festival & the Brunnenviertel
Each year housing company degewo organizes Wedding Dress – Festival for Urban Fashion and Lifestyle – in the Brunnenviertel. This podcast investigates the strategy and goal in organizing this festival: does it help stimulating the creative atmosphere of the Brunnenviertel
Wir müssen gemeinsam denken
Nachfolgend findet Ihr ein Interview von Creative City Berlin mit Ela Kagel vom SUPERMARKT, Andrzej Raszyk vom mobilen Künstler-Archive und – Netzwerk berlinerpool und Eberhard Elfert vom Wedding-Markt. Das Interview führte Jens Thomas von Creative City Berlin. Wir zitieren den