[Commlist] MoneyLab #7: Outside of Finance

The Institute of Network Cultures presents:

MoneyLab #7: Outside of Finance
14-15 November 2019
Amsterdam

On feminist economics, social payments, corporate crime and the “blokechain”

Tickets and full program: http://networkcultures.org/moneylab7

The social is being monetized left, right and center. From micropayments 
to data trading, new money systems are becoming mainstream overnight. 
What remains of agency in a cashless society? While transactions are 
becoming digital, personal data ownership slips through users’ hands. 
What does it mean when a tech giant like Facebook enters the scene with 
its Libra "currency-for-the-good"? Does the porn industry, once again, 
lead the way in fintech uptake?

Despite dreams of radical shifts, blockchain fantasies overflow with the 
same old male biases. Now that the crypto-hype has become mainstream, it 
is more important than ever to reassert control over the definition of 
money. What will be the result of the regulatory regimes striving to 
“civilize” fintech? How do we hijack the competition between established 
players and new financial elites in markets that are still caught in 
bubble and burst dynamics?

Since 2013, MoneyLab has explored questions around the design of money, 
the democratization of finance, and the new shifts in fintech. At 
MoneyLab #7, we'll be looking beyond the world of libertarian startups 
with their often masculine preoccupations. From hyperlocal 
cryptocurrencies at techno festivals to self-organized exchange systems 
in refugee communities, what are promising design strategies to counter 
the corporatization of money? Can we imagine a crypto economy that 
values care work and focuses on equity and solidarity? Join us at this 
home-based 7th edition filled with workshops, performances, screenings 
and discussions on pressing financial issues. With artists, academics, 
activists and geeks, we explore what roles art, activism and design can 
play in expanding the financial ecology of alternatives.

Speakers:
Balázs Bodó, Thomas Bollen, Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn, Ruth Catlow, 
Silvia Díaz Molina, Eric Barry Drasin, Rachel Falconer, Valeria Ferrari, 
Andrea Fumagalli, Alexandra Giannopoulou, Reijer Pieter Hendrikse, 
Antonia Hernández, Anne Kervers, Alexandre Laumonier, Aude Launay, Micky 
Lee, Andy Morales Coto, Rachel O’Dwyer, Ana Teixeira Pinto, Stephanie 
Rothenberg, RYBN, Brett Scott, Lana Swartz, Gregory Tsardanidis, 
Josephine Wolff, Martin Zeilinger, and more.

Topics:
Prospects from the Outside of Finance | Financial Hacking: From Dark Web 
Smokescreens to White-Collar Crime | Payments and the Platforms: 
Monetization of Social Media | Beyond the Blokechain: the Cryptofeminist 
Agenda | The Antennae of Finance: What's on the Radar? | AltFin: 
Experiments from Prototype to Pilot
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