[ecrea] CFP - The Political Economy of Hacking

*The Political Economy of Hacking – Accelerate, Augment, or Abolish the 
Markets?*

*Circle 6: Appropriating Technology for Societal Change*

/26th of July - 2nd of August, Saulkrasti, Latvia/

/Deadline for applications: /*/sun /**/1/**/4/**/^t /**/^h /**/of May/*

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*Theme of the symposium*

Technology disrupt markets. It is open to debate, however, what this 
implies for the future of the market economy. Some hackers and activists 
look forward to the day when technological progress has abolished the 
need for market exchanges. For instance, self-acclaimed pirates strive 
to make intellectual property unenforceable with file sharing protocols. 
Hobby-engineers develop self-reproducing 3D printers under the slogan: 
“wealth-without-money”. The digital currency Faircoin has been launched 
as a more equitable alternative to the existing monetary system. Peer 
production, exemplified in free software development, is showcased as a 
non-coercive model for organizing work. Towering above these initiatives 
is basic income as a redistributive principle, arguably better adjusted 
to the age of full automation.

The post-capitalist future envisioned by some hackers and activists 
contrasts with the “accelerationist” vision. According to the latter 
viewpoint, it is not markets but monopolies, guild privileges, and state 
regulations that are unsettled by technological breakthroughs. Virtual 
reality paves the way for “augmented property”, block-chain technology 
unlocks new areas of the lifeworld to just-in-time monetary flows, and 
computerization allows work to be parceled up in ever finer tasks and 
micropayments. Whose utopia will carry the day – you are invited to take 
part in the discussion!

Relevant themes for presentations may include, but is not limited to, 
the following questions:

·Is peer production still on the agenda after the rise of the “sharing 
economy”?

·Is basic income the answer to automation and jobless growth?

·What are the identities of future workers: employees, turkers, makers?

·How is wealth distribution affected by platform capitalism?

·What new avenues of marketization will be opened-up with block-chain 
technology?

·Can alternative currencies be designed to fix the monetary system?

·Historical perspectives on the rise of peer production/platform 
capitalism/sharing economy

·Theoretical perspectives at the intersection of hacking, high-tech 
markets, and labour**

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*Format of the presentation *

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/Presentation of work: /

We wish to facilitate debates and therefore encourage free oral 
presentation rather than reading from a paper. A presentation should aim 
for 20-30 min., leaving time for discussions.

/Text: /

You can offer to present a text (own writing or a published text) which 
has been distributed beforehand to the participants. The text should not 
exceed 25 pages. The presentation must give a short introduction of the 
argumentation allowing participants to engage in discussion.

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*Submit via email. Deadline, 1**4th**of May, 2017: *

1. A written proposal *(ca 350 words) *with a title, its format its 
duration.

2. A short bio *(ca 100 words)*.

Submit to: (johan.soderberg /at/ sts.gu.se) 
<mailto:(johan.soderberg /at/ sts.gu.se)>and (gustav.eek /at/ fripost.org) 
<mailto:(gustav.eek /at/ fripost.org)>

If you would like to attend the symposium without presenting, please 
email a short bio. Participants with presentations will be given 
priority. Preliminary program will be announced on 15th of May on 
www.nordic.university <http://www.nordic.university>. Late submissions 
will continued to be considered, until the maximum number of 
participants is reached.

*Application process and registration *

The application process has two steps:

(1) Application to coordinators for acceptance of presentation or 
participation without presentation.

(2) After you have been accepted, the next step is registration and 
payments, which *closes on 1st of June*. All registration and payment 
will be done electronically.

Note if you apply for participating late, payment must still be 
completed 1st of June.

*Keynote speakers at NSU*

*/Sigridur Thorgeirsdottir/*, Professor of Philosophy at the University 
of Iceland.

*/Cecilia Malmström Olsson, /*freelance dance researcher, writer, lecturer.

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*Cost and accommodation *

The NSU summer session is held from 26th of July to 2nd of August 2017 
in Minhauzena Unda, Saulkrasti (Latvia)

For more information about the place, please visit: 
https://nsu2017.wordpress.com/

Total cost per adult person, including accommodation and full pension, 
ranges from 200-550 € depending on the accommodation of choice. Grant 
and scholarship are available under certain conditions. See further on 
combination of categories and prices here: https://payment.nsuweb.org/

*To Doctorate Candidates*

Despite its name, Nordic Summer School is not a summer school targeting 
doctorate candidates. It invites participants on all levels of the 
university as well as from outside academia. That being said, doctorate 
student is on request awarded 5 credits for participation and 
presentation at NSU.


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