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.

Blockchain For Social Good

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.

• Hackathon Dinner – The Assets

Black Swan invites local cultural workers and arts organisations to a performative dinner reflecting on the forms of artistic value created by their work. The hackathon aims to facilitate dialogue about the ontologies of art present in existing practices. The learnings will later inform the development of Black Swan DAO, an open-source tool-kit for artistic collectives.

If you want to participate, register here: https://www.whitepapersondissent.xyz/registration-black-swan

• String Figures – Ailie Rutherford

String Figures is a workshop intended to reveal the interdepencies that constitute an economy and, in this way, continues the research of White Papers on Dissent, exploring value on a non-capitalocentric manner. This workshop unveils the multiple connections between all the components of an economy, usually these features are hidden as they are not conmensurable in a neoliberal society.

If you want to participate, please write a short motivation (max.300 words) and apply through this registration page.

• Liquid Dependencies – Yin Aiwen

Liquid dependencies: What does a decentralised, caring society look like? is a Live Action Role-Playing game that works both a life simulation and a collective generative social experiment. The goal of this game is to build a commons-oriented society based on care values through long-term relationships, as response to the challenges of the nuclearized, aging future.

If you want to participate, please write a short motivation (max.300 words) and apply through this registration page.

Confirmed Participants

Geert Lovink, Emiliano Treré, Black Swan (Penny Raffety, Laura Lotti, Calum Bowden ), Larisa Blazic, Balázs Bodó, Daphne Dragona, Shintaro Miyazaki, Erik Bordeleau,Yin Aiwen, Allie Rutherford, Maksym Rokmaniko, David Rozas, Gary Zhexi Zhang, Saraswathi Subbaraman

Programme

Friday 22nd of October
14.30 - 15.00: Introduction - Blockchain for Social Good
15.00 - 15.30: Artist Talk – Liquid Dependencies Theory
15.45 - 16.15: Artists Talk - Black Swan
16.30 - 18.00: Panel Discussion - Blockchains & Governance

Saturday 23rd of October

10:30-19:00: Hackathon – The Assets – Black Swan
13.30 - 14.15: Welcome words + Recorded interview – Blockchains, Affects & Affordability
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 - Allie Rutherford
14:00-18:00 Game – Liquid Dependencies: What does a decentralised, caring society look like? – Liquid Dependencies Theory