hi Kevin, thanks for publishing this on our blog, Michel ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: tiziano bonini <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 4:32 PM Subject: Fwd: [Air-L] Ubiquitous Commons and Stakhanov at transmediale in Berlin To: Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> maybe interesting for you ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: xDxD.vs.xDxD <[email protected]> Date: 2015-01-20 7:16 GMT+01:00 Subject: [Air-L] Ubiquitous Commons and Stakhanov at transmediale in Berlin To: List Aoir <[email protected]> Dear all, sorry for crossposting: I think it could be of interest to many of us here. ---------------------- Ubiquitous Commons and Stakhanov at transmediale festival in Berlin. here http://human-ecosystems.com/home/arts-meet-data-at-transmediale-in-berlin-fo... and here http://www.artisopensource.net/network/artisopensource/2015/01/14/stakhanov-... **** about Ubiquitous Commons **** Ubiquitous Commons is an international research/action effort in which arts and sciences unite forces in the exploration of the ways in which the ubiquitous production of data and information is radically transforming our daily lives, and about the ways in which people can better position themselves in establishing how exactly they wish their data to be used, using technological and legal toolkits. In current times we are not producing data and information only under the form of texts, numbers, images video and other types of simple media. Today we find ourselves in the condition of constant and ubiquitous data and information production through our emotional expresions, our opinions, our bodies and organs, our movements, gestures, actions, traversals and more. This happens wether we realize it or not, through the constant action of sensors, service access points, cameras, and algorithms of multiple types. On top of that, algorithms constitute a radical opacity layer in this scenario. The data we produce is continuously interpreted, processed and categorised by multiple, progressive layers of algorithms, using it to produce even more data, meta-data, meta-meta-data and so on, in possibly endless progressions. This data is used to determine anything from our interest profiles, our economic evaluation, our health risk, our emotional profiles, our position and roles within communities, relational networks and cultures, and can be used without us even realizing it for anything from marketing, surveillance, social experiments, A/B testing of new service characteristics, and for evaluation of multiple types of analysis of our personality and social positioning, wether it is for our insurance policy, for our career, to determine wether we are terrorists or not and much more. On the other hand, this type of data and information could also lead to better understanding of our communities, to the possibility for emergent constructive action on multiple issues, to the opportunities to design inclusive participated actions and practices engaging citizens, administrations, companies, organizations, activists and more. Ubiquitous Commons is the Commons in the age of ubiquitous data and information. The UC initiative fosters collaborations across arts, sciences and humanities to create a philosophical approach through which a protocol will emerge in which people will be enabled in deciding how they wish their data to be used, and to make sure that this expression is enacted. UC does this through the progressive creation of legal, technological and aesthetic toolkits which can be easily and inclusively adopted and used. More information can be found at: http://www.ubiquitouscommons.org/ (the website currently shows an early manifesto, and will evolve soon to reflect the actions and collaborations which have been established to achieve these objectives) **** about Stakhanov **** Stakhanov is a Data God. It constantly harvests information which is ubiquitously generated on social networks by people of all kinds. It uses multiple techniques and technologies to search for patterns in this data, and uses these patterns to predict the future. It is an Oracle for our emerging data-religion. Wether data and information is generated through sensors (for running, health, domotics), our activities and habits as we express them online, our geographical location, the patterns in which we use our time, or our emotions, opinions and relations, Stakhanov uses the processes and techniques which are commonly used by major social network operators, national security agencies and other operators to classify us and to construct predictive models which can be used, among other things, to attempt at making evidence-based predictions about where we will be, doing which activity, with whom, at what time, and more. An All-Seeing Eye, up above, in the Cloud. Stakhanov is a playful neo-religious data-invasion of privacy, and an exploration on false-hopes and on the ingenuity in contemporary data determinism. **** At Transmediale Festival in Berlin *** Stakhanov will be shown as an installation in the art exhibit of this year's edition of the festival, under the theme "Capture All". http://www.transmediale.de/content/ubiquitous-commons-open-workshop Ubiquitous Commons will be present under the form of an extensive two-phase workshop in which we will explore the subject and give better form to one of the first elements of the legal and technological toolkit which is being produced through the initiative. http://www.transmediale.de/content/ubiquitous-commons-open-workshop We will be more than happy if you could show up and take active part in the initiative. Feel free to contact us for more information and details. 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