[Mitai-announce] Human Rights and Technology Conference- starts Thursday!

[Susan Frick]

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MIT: HUMAN RIGHTS AND TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE April 29-May 2, 2004
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Using Technology To Enhance The Struggle For Human Rights

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DISCUSSION PANELS
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Thursday April 29 5:30-7pm ­ THREATS TO HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE DIGITAL REALM
Building 66-110, 25 Ames Street http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg
         “Global Village: Entertainment or Empowerment” - Mark Lloyd, 
Visiting Scholar, MIT
         “I Sing the Body Detected” - Bill Staples, Department of 
Sociology, University of Kansas
         “Rise of the Autonomous Killing Machines” - Chris 
Csikszentmihalyi, The Media Lab, MIT

Friday April 30 5:00-7pm ­ TECHNOLOGY IN THE SERVICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Building 4-237

         “Media Justice ­ Global justice” - Thenmozhi Soundarajan, Third 
World Majority
         “Hacktivism and Direct Action” - John Sellers, The Ruckus Society
         “Reclaim the Airwaves!”  - Pete Tridish, Prometheus Radio Project

For more detailed information: http://web.mit.edu/tac/www/conference
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2-DAYS OF HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS
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Sat May 1 & Sun May 2

- BUILD YOUR OWN RADIO STATION FROM THE GROUND UP
- LEARN HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN AFFORDABLE WI-FI INTERNET NETWORKS
- HACKING AND HIGH PROFILE STUNTS
- USING TECHNOLOGY TO MOBILIZE, ORGANIZE AND ENERGIZE PEOPLE
- DIGITAL WITNESSING FOR DOMESTIC HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
- CULTURE JAMMING 101
- NON-VIOLENCE TRAINING
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and a whole lot more!

Trainers include:

- The Ruckus Society
- Prometheus Radio Project
- Syracuse Wireless
- NYC Indymedia
- Third World Majority

Workshop registration begins at 9:00 am, 4th floor, Lobby 7, at the 77 
Massachusetts Avenue
entrance. Directions available on the website:

http://web.mit.edu/tac/www/conference/directions.html

Discussion Panels sponsored by: The MIT Program on Human Rights and Justice
Weekend Workshops sponsored by: The Center for Reflective Community Practice.
The Dougherty Foundation, Design That Matters (DtM), United Trauma Relief
Special Thanks to:  Technology and Culture Forum,  The Organizers
Collaborative and the Bard Human Rights Project

YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER ON-LINE TO HOLD A SPACE:

E-mail: gangolan at mit.edu
cc: fricks at mit.edu
Phone: (617) 258-7614

Susan Frick
Program Assistant
Program on Human Rights and Justice
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E38-277, 292 Main Street
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
Tel: 617 258 7614
Fax: 617 452 3962
Email: fricks at mit.edu
http://web.mit.edu/phrj
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