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 As people stay in extended isolation, they are resorting to imaginative ways to organise collective, convivial and political moments. These are just some examples of the ways people are organising sociality and conviviality:
 
 
-# Digital Solidarity Networks
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-[Digital Solidarity Networks](https://pad.vvvvvvaria.org/digital-solidarity-networks) is a shared listing of tools, practices and readings for digital solidarity and conviviality.
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-> Let's chat further on IRC, in the #digital-solidarity-networks channel
-> For access from the web browser, you can use https://webchat.freenode.net/?#digital-solidarity-networks to join the channel (no password needed)
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-To whoever encounters this pad: this is work-in-progress, please join! 
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-This is the start of a listing of some resources regarding mutual aid strategies and social closeness through alternative digital infrastructures in times of physical distancing, remote working or care giving, etc. This pad contains examples of collective digital alternative practices, in a time where everything points to the further consolidation and accelerated normalization of the Big Tech industry (Zoom, Facebook groups, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Skype, etc.). Other attitudes are possible.
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-In such a context, we feel the responsibility to suggest a different approach to technology. One that promotes collective networks of solidarity that don't rely on data extractivist models, reconsider the figure of the user, and can be adapted to the specificities of each situation. Luckily, there are already plenty of kickass, inspiring initiatives doing great work in this arena. With this pamphlet, we hope to share some of them.
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-At the same time, we cannot ignore that it takes effort, and a great amount of privilege, to abandon these corporate tech solutions once and for all. Ease-of-use in times of urgency, network effects, family members whose contact is dependent on the usage of mainstream social networking platforms, complicated political situations where these are sadly the most convenient choice, the need for an online presence in times of structural precarity, etc, are all considerations that should not be discarded and are the reality for most of us. In fact, and precisely because of such considerations, we are not advocating a purist approach. We are all entangled with Big Tech, but we would prefer to critique, limit and eventually abandon our dependencies. However, with this pamphlet we hope to provide a counterpoint to approaches such as https://techagainstcoronavirus.com/, which promote technologies that reinforce capitalist ideals of productivity in situations of crisis (i.e.: "business as usual").
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-So if you are interested in experimenting with alternative digital infrastructures, we invite organisations, collectives and individuals to look closer into these alternatives and support them to the best of their abilities, by either hosting their own versions of the software, therefore diminishing the visitor load, or providing financial compensation for their services.
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-Meanwhile, smaller groups do not have to wait for these organisations to finally put their tech-hearts in the right place .... There are many tools and hosting initiatives to start exploring and engaging.
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-We have curated this list from a similar perspective to those articulated by the tennets of the [Feminist Server Manifesto](https://areyoubeingserved.constantvzw.org/Summit_afterlife.xhtml).
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-The list will perhaps be slowly updated as new projects and groups are announced depending on our energies, how the virus and our governments respond to each other, ... etc etc, no pressure, no productivity claims. 
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 # Web radio
 
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+# Digital Solidarity Networks
+
+[Digital Solidarity Networks](https://pad.vvvvvvaria.org/digital-solidarity-networks) is a shared listing of tools, practices and readings for digital solidarity and conviviality.
+
+> Let's chat further on IRC, in the #digital-solidarity-networks channel
+> For access from the web browser, you can use https://webchat.freenode.net/?#digital-solidarity-networks to join the channel (no password needed)
+
+To whoever encounters this pad: this is work-in-progress, please join! This is the start of a listing of some resources regarding mutual aid strategies and social closeness through alternative digital infrastructures in times of physical distancing, remote working or care giving, etc. This pad contains examples of collective digital alternative practices, in a time where everything points to the further consolidation and accelerated normalization of the Big Tech industry (Zoom, Facebook groups, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Skype, etc.). Other attitudes are possible.
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 # Balconies' get-together
 
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 [Pandemic Dreams Archive](https://archivedream.wordpress.com/blog-2/) is a study on Dreams – Art and Clinic, part of the work “HIJACKED FUTURES X THE ANTI-HIJACKING OF DREAMS” – a methodology focused on creative and speculative processes (science / speculative fiction) developed since 2015 applied in different countries. To learn more, access the text[hijacked futures X the antihijacking of dreams](http://www.senselab.ca/inflexions/popfab/pdfs/Fabi%20edited.pdf).
 
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 # Further reading / resources
 -    [Online tools for the pandemic by the Faces + Eclectic Tech Carnival mailing lists](https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/online-tools-for-the-pandemic)
 - [My Darling Quarantine Short Film Festival, programmed by the international short film community](https://talkingshorts.com/festivals/my-darling-quarantine-short-film-festival?fbclid=IwAR1muJ6ubeX8-LdHakJuQmYWlhOqCiBu7FUu1Xbp7VBSlloakIdbKL8EZds)