CIM Events

A server is not only this technically facilitated node on the network, it is also an (online) space that we enter "as inhabitants, make contributions to, nurture as a safe space and a place for expression and experimentation, a place for taking a role in hacking heteronormativity and patriarchy. A server is a place on the internet that we can share with our intersectional, queer and feminist communities, a place where our data and the contents of our websites is hosted, where we are chatting, storing our stories and imaginaries, and access the multiple online services we need to get organized (mailing lists, calendars, notes,…). To do so we use Free and Open Source Software. However, serving, and becoming a server is not just a neutral relation between two or more computers, ¬it is tied to politics of protocols, of infrastructure, power responsibilities, dependencies, labour, knowledge, control, etc. What are the politics of self-hosting and being addressable on the internet? Can we subvert our dependencies on commercial services? Which layer of the internet network we want to dismantle. Who can become a server, who is being served?

We meet at 12-1pm for an introduction on feminist servers, and in the afternoon between 2-5pm we conduct a techno-critical hands on session with our peertube live streaming and video platform [tube.systerserver.net]. Noobs, technical experts, media critics, .. all welcome. Bring your laptop!

Before coming to the work session, we want you to watch the video essay by feminist ninja - https://tube.systerserver.net/w/vFDmRpiQjyDcChUfVBnX2sLink opens in a new window and read the transfeminist wish list - https://hub.vvvvvvaria.org/rosa/pads/transfeministservers.raw.htmlLink opens in a new window