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MIT: HUMAN RIGHTS AND TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE April 29-May 2, 2004<br>
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<i>Using Technology To Enhance The Struggle For Human Rights<br><br>
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DISCUSSION PANELS<br>
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Thursday April 29 5:30-7pm <b>THREATS TO HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE DIGITAL
REALM <br>
</b>Building 66-110, 25 Ames Street
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<x-tab> </x-tab>“Global
Village: Entertainment or Empowerment” - Mark Lloyd, Visiting Scholar,
MIT <br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>“I Sing
the Body Detected” - Bill Staples, Department of Sociology, University of
Kansas<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>“Rise of
the Autonomous Killing Machines” - Chris Csikszentmihalyi, The Media Lab,
MIT<br><br>
Friday April 30 5:00-7pm <b>TECHNOLOGY IN THE SERVICE OF HUMAN
RIGHTS</b> <br>
Building 4-237<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>“Media
Justice Global justice” - Thenmozhi Soundarajan, Third World
Majority<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>“Hacktivism and
Direct Action” - John Sellers, The Ruckus Society<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>“Reclaim the
Airwaves!” - Pete Tridish, Prometheus Radio Project<br>
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For more detailed information:
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2-DAYS OF HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS <br>
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Sat May 1 & Sun May 2<br><br>
- BUILD YOUR OWN RADIO STATION FROM THE GROUND UP<br>
- LEARN HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN AFFORDABLE WI-FI INTERNET NETWORKS<br>
- HACKING AND HIGH PROFILE STUNTS<br>
- USING TECHNOLOGY TO MOBILIZE, ORGANIZE AND ENERGIZE PEOPLE<br>
- DIGITAL WITNESSING FOR DOMESTIC HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS<br>
- CULTURE JAMMING 101<br>
- NON-VIOLENCE TRAINING<br>
- …and a whole lot more!<br><br>
Trainers include: <br><br>
- The Ruckus Society<br>
- Prometheus Radio Project<br>
- Syracuse Wireless<br>
- NYC Indymedia<br>
- Third World Majority<br><br>
Workshop registration begins at 9:00 am, 4th floor, Lobby 7, at the 77
Massachusetts Avenue<br>
entrance. Directions available on the website: <br><br>
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/tac/www/conference/directions.html" eudora="autourl">http://web.mit.edu/tac/www/conference/directions.html</a><br><br>
Discussion Panels sponsored by: The MIT Program on Human Rights and
Justice<br>
Weekend Workshops sponsored by: The Center for Reflective Community
Practice.<br>
The Dougherty Foundation, Design That Matters (DtM), United Trauma
Relief<br>
Special Thanks to: Technology and Culture Forum, The
Organizers<br>
Collaborative and the Bard Human Rights Project<br><br>
YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER ON-LINE TO HOLD A SPACE: <br><br>
E-mail: gangolan@mit.edu<br>
cc: fricks@mit.edu<br>
Phone: (617) 258-7614<br>
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Susan Frick<br>
Program Assistant<br>
Program on Human Rights and Justice<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
E38-277, 292 Main Street<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307<br>
Tel: 617 258 7614<br>
Fax: 617 452 3962<br>
Email: fricks@mit.edu<br>
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/phrj" eudora="autourl">http://web.mit.edu/phrj</a><br>
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