<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Krystian Woznicki</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kw@berlinergazette.de">kw@berlinergazette.de</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 4:49 PM<br>Subject: [commoning] TACIT FUTURES: commons + mass migration<br>To: <a href="mailto:commoning@lists.commons-institut.org">commoning@lists.commons-institut.org</a><br><br><br>Hi,<br>
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the follow-up to UN|COMMONS (<a href="http://berlinergazette.de/uncommons" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">berlinergazette.de/uncommons</a>) is TACIT<br>
FUTURES. In this annual project the Berliner Gazette continues its work<br>
on the commons vis á vis the pressing challenges posed by the ongoing<br>
mass migration to Europe.<br>
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The continent as well as each individual nation state seem incapable of<br>
upholding human rights, social justice and equality. Here, not only the<br>
deteriorating state of our democracies becomes ever more visible.<br>
Moreover, the question of the appropriate democracy model arises anew –<br>
whether democracy can really be confined to national borders or whether<br>
it should be dedicated to global citizen rights.<br>
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Yet, post-Paris and post-Cologne hysteria in politics, media and civil<br>
society suggests something else. The majority seems to agree, that<br>
what's spreading in Europe today is not a humanitarian crisis but<br>
actually a security crisis. And that we should not cry for humanity and<br>
democracy, but instead for a stronger police and more authoritarian<br>
control. In fact, that we should continue buying into the new form of<br>
power, which has been unleashed in the course of the War on Terror.<br>
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A power, that confronts potential as well as projected threats, while<br>
subjecting us to a culture of fear. A power, that operationalises what<br>
is "yet to happen". Ultimately a power, that renders democracy as well<br>
as future in general into the big-data driven child of algorithmic<br>
logistics. However, rather than buying into this new form of power, it's<br>
high time to question and challenge it. Despite or rather because of the<br>
current pogrom atmosphere.<br>
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To begin with, are we ready to expand our notion of surveillance and<br>
understand it as the vehicle of this new form of power? And are we<br>
willing to acknowledge, that today's post-digital surveillance is<br>
reformating not only privacy and citizenship, not only economics and<br>
epidemiology, culture and climate policy, (geo-)politics and<br>
advertising, but all of this at once? Do we need long theoretical<br>
debates or is it enough to sense, that the recognition of refugees and<br>
migrants disrupts the expansion of this new form of power and paves ways<br>
for alternatives?<br>
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Can we use Edward Snowden's disclosures about the<br>
surveillance-industry-state-complex to unlock the collective unconscious<br>
and to nurture counter powers? What does it take for us to imagine and<br>
build a democracy that our global, mobile and post-colonial times<br>
deserve – a "democracy without borders" or a "democracy in movement"?<br>
What is holding us back to renegotiate the very basics of social justice<br>
and sociality in general, when facing the growing number of refugees in<br>
Europe? And when do we eventually begin to work on a common future?<br>
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In 2016 the Berliner Gazette will explore this terrain in practical and<br>
theoretical ways. We launch TACT FUTURES in the context of the<br>
transmediale with a program entitled "Diving into the Snowden Archives".<br>
It is a series of dialogues curated by Berliner Gazette for the<br>
transmediale 2016.<br>
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Here comes the intro, followed by the links to the program module:<br>
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The Snowden archives encompass documents leaked by former NSA<br>
subcontractor Edward Snowden and then published in part by major<br>
newspapers including the Guardian, the New York Times, the Washington<br>
Post, and Der Spiegel. These revelations initiated a global debate about<br>
the role of secret services in democracies, citizen rights in the age of<br>
digital networks, and big data and the industries of prediction.<br>
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By disclosing the inner workings of a clandestine<br>
government-industry-nexus, the Snowden archives represent a kind of<br>
collective subconscious: something that society was never meant to learn<br>
about itself, its past, present, and future. In that sense the Snowden<br>
files can be seen as a message from "children from an era that is yet to<br>
be received," as Kim Ki-Duk has said. Yet the interpretations of even<br>
the published documents remain unfinished, due to their cryptic language<br>
and specialized information. And only a small percentage have been<br>
published. We can expect more revelations to emerge in the near future,<br>
though it may take decades before they all enter the public domain.<br>
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In this sense, the Snowden archives not only represent a repressed<br>
awareness of the design of our social and political present, they also<br>
represent an awareness yet to come, provided we can develop the tools<br>
and capacities to decode and share them. How can we render this<br>
awareness and knowledge common and incorporate it as a vital part of our<br>
common history and common future?<br>
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"Tacit Futures: Diving Into Snowden Archives" is the follow-up to<br>
UN|COMMONS and a cooperation between Berliner Gazette and transmediale<br>
in the context of the "Tacit Futures" project by Berliner Gazette.<br>
Guests include Andrew Clement (The Snowden Digital Surveillance<br>
Archive), Sandro Gaycken (Digital Society Institute / <a href="http://dsi.esmt.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">dsi.esmt.org</a>),<br>
Evan Light (Snowden Archive-in-a-Box), Geert Lovink (Institute for<br>
Network Cultures), M. C. McGrath (The Snowden Document Search /<br>
Transparency Toolkit), Deborah Natsios (Cryptome.org/The Tally Update),<br>
Pit Schultz (<a href="http://nettime.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">nettime.org</a>), André Rebentisch (meshcon), Maria Xynou<br>
(Surveillance without Borders), John Young (Cryptome.org/The Tally Update).<br>
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Panel "Tacit Futures #1: Building Snowden Archives". Info:<br>
<a href="http://2016.transmediale.de/content/tacit-futures-1-building-snowden-archives" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://2016.transmediale.de/content/tacit-futures-1-building-snowden-archives</a><br>
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Workshops "Tacit Futures #2: Connecting Snowden Archives". Info:<br>
<a href="http://2016.transmediale.de/content/tacit-futures-2-connecting-snowden-archives" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://2016.transmediale.de/content/tacit-futures-2-connecting-snowden-archives</a><br>
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What we also plan to do:<br>
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The Berliner Gazette is now working on a special section in its online<br>
newspaper. Around 40 reports, essays and interviews will be published<br>
throughout the year. Creative types of all sorts will get a chance to<br>
speak about the key questions relating to TACIT FUTURES. All texts will<br>
be contributed on a voluntary basis and published under a Creative<br>
Commons license.<br>
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In parallel, the Berliner Gazette will organize more than 20 meet-ups,<br>
serving as the project’s cooperative platforms for dialogue about ideas<br>
and projects. Moreover, the Berliner Gazette plans to organize various<br>
partner-events. The TACIT FUTURES project will culminate in the<br>
international Berliner Gazette conference scheduled for October/November<br>
2016 in Berlin.<br>
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Please spread the word about! We truly hope, that there will be a way to<br>
wire our ambitions and to embark upon a fruitful exchange.<br>
<br>
Best wishes,<br>
<br>
Krystian<br>
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Projects, papers, recordings, photos and videos from the<br>
international conference on the fight for common wealth:<br>
<a href="http://berlinergazette.de/uncommons" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://berlinergazette.de/uncommons</a><br>
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Projekte, Positionspapiere und Videos von der<br>
internationalen Konferenz zum Kampf um Gemeineigentum:<br>
<a href="http://berlinergazette.de/deutsch/uncommons" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://berlinergazette.de/deutsch/uncommons</a><br>
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