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=== Week 1: Introduction === | === Week 1: Introduction === | ||
− | * Recording from this week: https:// | + | * Recording from this week: TBD |
− | * Real time lecture: October | + | * Slides from this week: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UuMg4gffBtmypMXyrqwcNnlQO7auwnef/view?usp=sharing |
− | * Welcome everyone! This week, we’ll be getting acquainted with the course, including curriculum, technology, goals, and each other. | + | * Real time lecture: October 4th, 12 - 2 pm Pacific/3 - 5 pm Eastern Eastern on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/9129428892 |
+ | * Welcome everyone! We’re so thrilled to be starting the first LFP Crash Course on Systems and Policies. This week, we’ll be getting acquainted with the course, including curriculum, technology, goals, and each other. | ||
==== Course overview ==== | ==== Course overview ==== | ||
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* Ten weeks, roughly five hours a week | * Ten weeks, roughly five hours a week | ||
* Weekly commitments: lecture, discussion, readings, tasks. | * Weekly commitments: lecture, discussion, readings, tasks. | ||
− | * [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/Main_Page/Crash_Courses/ | + | * [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/Main_Page/Crash_Courses/Systems_and_Policies#Schedule_overview Schedule overview] |
* Weekly meetings are typically one hour of lecture, one hour of discussion, so please be ready to participate each week! Sometimes the discussion will be in small breakout groups, and sometimes it'll be with the whole group. The first hour (lecture) will be recorded each week, but the second hour will not. | * Weekly meetings are typically one hour of lecture, one hour of discussion, so please be ready to participate each week! Sometimes the discussion will be in small breakout groups, and sometimes it'll be with the whole group. The first hour (lecture) will be recorded each week, but the second hour will not. | ||
− | * Tasks are things for you to complete | + | * Tasks are things for you to complete every week. Usually they'll be discussion board prompts, diving deeper into weekly topics that we've covered in readings and conversations. If you have to miss some, that is fine! They're meant to help you engage more deeply in this course, so you'll get back what you put in. |
* Let Alison know if you need to be absent from one of the real-time lectures, or if you need to miss a whole week for any reason. | * Let Alison know if you need to be absent from one of the real-time lectures, or if you need to miss a whole week for any reason. | ||
* Review and abide by the [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_Course_Materials/Code_of_Conduct code of conduct]. | * Review and abide by the [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_Course_Materials/Code_of_Conduct code of conduct]. | ||
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* Zoom video/audio chat/recordings (Zoom meeting ID 912-942-8892) | * Zoom video/audio chat/recordings (Zoom meeting ID 912-942-8892) | ||
* Riseup mailing list: [need to add Crash Course mailing list here] | * Riseup mailing list: [need to add Crash Course mailing list here] | ||
− | * Wiki: libraryfreedom.wiki ( | + | * Wiki: libraryfreedom.wiki (register an account) |
* Vimeo archive of lectures: https://vimeo.com/libraryfreedominstitute | * Vimeo archive of lectures: https://vimeo.com/libraryfreedominstitute | ||
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* [https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/matnat/ifi/INF3700/v17/bakgrunnsnotat/the_surveillant_assemblage.pdf The Surveillant Assemblage, Kevin D. Haggerty and Richard V. Ericson]: this is a foundational piece in the realm of "surveillance studies" that can help ground our understanding of the problem. | * [https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/matnat/ifi/INF3700/v17/bakgrunnsnotat/the_surveillant_assemblage.pdf The Surveillant Assemblage, Kevin D. Haggerty and Richard V. Ericson]: this is a foundational piece in the realm of "surveillance studies" that can help ground our understanding of the problem. | ||
− | * [https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace] A text written in 1996 by John Perry Barlow, which has been enormously influential in the cyber-libertarian ideology that has dominated the development of the internet, which critics | + | * [https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace] A text written in 1996 by John Perry Barlow, which has been enormously influential in the cyber-libertarian ideology that has dominated the development of the internet, which critics say has led to many of the problems with Big Data that we face today. |
* [https://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/californian-ideology The Californian Ideology] A critique of the cyber-libertarian ethos, written in 1995. | * [https://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/californian-ideology The Californian Ideology] A critique of the cyber-libertarian ethos, written in 1995. | ||
* [https://gist.github.com/kolber/2131643 Pandora's Vox] Another view of the early internet (1994), and a warning about what it was to become, from Carmen Hermosillo aka humdog. | * [https://gist.github.com/kolber/2131643 Pandora's Vox] Another view of the early internet (1994), and a warning about what it was to become, from Carmen Hermosillo aka humdog. | ||
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===== Discussion board prompt ===== | ===== Discussion board prompt ===== | ||
− | * What brings you to LFP? What are your personal goals for this course? | + | * What brings you to LFP? What are your personal goals for this course? https://libraryfreedom.chat/t/cc-2-week-1-introductions/875 |
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===== Tasks ===== | ===== Tasks ===== | ||
* Create a libraryfreedom.chat account | * Create a libraryfreedom.chat account | ||
* Post your discussion board response to libraryfreedom.chat | * Post your discussion board response to libraryfreedom.chat |