Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook

Abstract: 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?

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game theoryhuman-computer interactionsocial and information networkslaw and economics

Audience: researchers in the discipline

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Metagovernance Seminar

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The Metagovernance Seminar invites individuals working in online governance to present their work to a community of other researchers and practitioners. Topics of the seminar 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.

See archived videos: archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Metagovernance%20Seminar%22

The seminar is intended for researchers and practitioners in online governance, broadly defined. We welcome guests and curious members of the public, but please note that the discussion is moderated. Our governance structure is defined here: metagov.pubpub.org/metagov-governance

Please contact a planning committee member (Nathan Schneider, Divya Siddarth, Michael Zargham, Joshua Tan, and Seth Frey) if you are interested in becoming a member of the seminar.

Where available, a direct link to the archived video is linked beneath the video tags.

Join our community to participate in the discussions around this series: metagov.org/join/community

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- Time: every Wednesday at 12:00pm ET (GMT-4). - Meeting Link: us06web.zoom.us/j/89433841305?pwd=lIX1rkSiVfqDd7hwwTUppQS8kDmbno.1

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