Hello all, sharing an event coming up at the end of the month in Vancouver, BC just after the IETF120 meeting-- It's a mix of community networks, local-first software, solar servers, right to repair, and more! --- *Our Networks 2024: Does not (cloud) compute* July 27, 2024 312 Main, Vancouver, BC Register: https://ournetworks.ca/#register or on luma: https://lu.ma/r3afi0b0 .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~* What does collaboration and presence look like when a network is optional? What connections are possible when we leave our data at the door and spend a day on local networks? What new metaphors will help us create spaces for meaningful and different relations partially online? Last year provided an opening up a decade after platforms foreclosed on a sense of possibility of an earlier web. Turmoil on social media was the backdrop for creative experimentation with protocols and in networked spaces. Yet despite these new avenues, the myriad problems of being online haven’t been adequately addressed. The internet is dead, long live the internet. Before the previous web took shape and before an “always-on” and powered present, there were multiple ways to connect across boundaries and scales. Data moved by foot or mail across sneakernets, computing was time-shared so multiple users could access scarce resources, and ad hoc networks emerged from transitory LAN parties. Drawing on practices of local-first , solar-powered servers , folk software , and permacomputing , Our Networks 2024 explores transitional technologies and forms of computing that break from always-on connectivity. Over the course of the event, we will investigate histories, tools, and approaches like these that allow us to reframe what computing could mean when the internet, and the cloud, are optional. .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~* *Presenters and Program* Over the course of a day we will cover the past, present, and future with short keynote talks, workshops, and activities on the local network. Presenters include: - Lori Emerson will speak about other networks (https://othernetworks.net/) that exist outside of what is now called "the internet" - Joni Schinkel at Small File Media Festival (https://smallfile.ca) will workshop approaches to small footprint web art - Indie Researcher Brooklyn Zelenka will talk to us about the present state of local-first computing - Michelle Kaczmarek from the Share Reuse Repair Initiative (https://www.sharereuserepair.org/) will lead a conversation into computing repair culture - Esther Jang from Seattle Community Network (https://seattlecommunitynetwork.org/) will talk about the possibilities of community-run cellular internet access networks View the program: https://ournetworks.ca/program/ `\\//`,.\|/|//.|/\\|/\\|,\|/ //\|/\|.\\\| // \|\\ |/,\|/\|\\ *Register* Registration is now open for Our Networks 2024: https://ournetworks.ca/#register (suggested $60, sliding scale from $30-120) The event will take place at 312 Main in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Venue info: https://312main.ca/#contact-us Map: https://osm.org/go/WJQrPYERu?m=&way=295876023 --..,___.--,--'`,---..-.--+--.,,-,,..._.--..-._.-a:f--..-.-- /<3 orga@ournetworks.ca/