alt.olympics
is a research and interaction design programme of the Alternative
Learning Tank for students of the I/M/D department of the Royal
Academy of Art focusing on creative (de)construction of the
protocols of sports and a critical analysis of their political,
social and technological aspects in relation to such topics as:
gender, sexuality, psychology, robotics, ethics and (post)digital
culture.
For
the occasion of the Occupying
the Border project
at Drielandenpunt, Alternative Learning Tank is creating a
comprehensive media platform called
"Support
Bundle" that
will empower its users to become their own media. Developed
in dialogue with the collectives of Oranienplatz in
Berlin, Lampedusa in
Hamburg, members
of the different sans-papiers
collectives in Brussels
and We Are Here in
Amsterdam.
alt.exit
is a device hosting a Tor Access Point that creates a new
wifi connection named "alt.exit" from which the students,
teachers, staff and anyone else visiting the academy can
enjoy anonymous access to internet. The device runs an exit
relay server that contributes to the security and diversity
of users of the Tor Network worldwide. To further empower
the anonymity of the users of the access point, it merges
their traffic with the traffic of the external users of the
Tor Network.
We
confer a very special status to technology in our lives. New
technologies get adopted at a very fast pace and the general
perception is that technology is good, it makes us more efficient,
it makes new forms of communication possible and allows for
convenience. But does it really? In this course you will be exposed
to other takes that explore the darker side of technology and reveal
the threats that come hand in hand with every innovation. We will
look at specific technologies that have transformed our ethical and
socio-political outlooks, from the atomic bomb to the smartphone.
The Critical Art Ensemble stated that any technology that is
unavailable to the masses is an instrument of control and
domination. It would therefore be desirable for the powers that be,
if these technologies were invisible or ignored.
Wiki Critical Approaches to
Technology
