Seminar: Other Networks with Dr. Lori Emerson
For this seminar, we will welcome Dr. Lori Emerson (from the Media Studies Department at University of Colorado Boulder) to give a talk about some of her research that informs her new book, “Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook.” Lori's talk will be facilitated by Val Elefante, Metagov's Community Lead, as well as Nathan Schneider, a Metagov Research Director and President of Metagov's Board of Directors.
Professor Emerson's book documents 80+ networks that preceded or existed outside of the internet. Some of these “other networks” include: microbroadcasting, barbed wire fence phones, and imaginary networks. Emerson’s work highlights the fact that the corporate-dominated internet is “not the network we want not the network we deserve.” Therefore, her work aims to demystify how other networks work and make this knowledge more accessible (especially for people with no background in tech / electronics) “so that we may begin to reimagine what might be possible in the future.”
Questions relevant to the Metagov community might include: how did you get started studying "other networks?" How can we apply what we learn from studying these alternative networks to our present day challenges regarding internet governance? What are some of the most interesting, innovative, effective, inspiring, creative governance systems for these networks?
More about Metagov Seminar: The Metagov Seminar invites individuals working in online governance to present their work to a community of other researchers and practitioners. Seminar topics include, but are not limited to, computational tools for governance, governance incidents and case studies from online communities, topics in cryptoeconomics, and the design of digital constitutions.
The seminar is intended for researchers and practitioners in online governance, broadly defined. We welcome guests and curious members of the public. Note that the discussion is moderated.