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Theory & Practice of Self-Empowerment
in the Age of Digital Control

Programme

On the opening day, the participants will address the main narrative of the conference in three steps. In the Critique of Wakefulness, the conference will take issue with the fight against institutions of a security society. The problem is that the civil sector, demanding more transparency, appears to be reverting to the same security-based means to achieve it. In the Politics of Sleep, the discussion will focus on and illuminate the problematic nature of free and protected spaces where one can withdraw and de-network. And finally, the participants will reassess what Freedom in the Age of the Network and Complete Transparency truly means and discuss ‘security by the people for the people’.

On the second day, the main narrative continues in the form of meta-commentaries, excursus and epilogues based on the slogans Becoming Sleepers and It Is Time for New Openings. In addition to lectures, discussions and panels, the programme includes scenic readings, film presentations and performances. Workshops titled Protecting Private Data, Using Public Data on Saturday and Self-empowerment 24/7 on Sunday will provide participants the opportunity to discuss the issues at eye level.

As space is limited, we kindly ask you to register in advance by email if you wish to participate in the workshops. The conference will be held in German, English and French. The programme in the Sternfoyer will be offered in simultaneous german and english translation. A continuous livestream of the lectures and discussions in the Sternfoyer will be presented in Grüner Salon and online at einbruch-der-dunkelheit.de.

Saturday, 25 January 2014

» Program Sunday

Programme

12:00 to
12:30 pm
Sternfoyer
Opening
Welcoming speech by Hortensia Völckers, Introduction by Krystian Woznicki (berlinergazette.de), German-English
12:30 to
2:00 pm
Sternfoyer
Fight for Rights and a Criticism of Ideology: Self-empowerment in Times of Digital Control
Lecture by Evgeny Morozov (author), Response: Jan Philipp Albrecht (politician), Moderator: René Aguigah (journalist), German-English
2:15 to
3:30 pm
Sternfoyer
Digital Wakefulness and the Right to Forget.
Lecture by Johannes Masing (judge), Response: Anke Domscheit-Berg (politician) and Frank Rieger (activist), Moderator: Philip Banse (media journalist), German-English
3:45 to
5:00 pm
Sternfoyer
Unavoidable Publicity of the Subject?
Lecture by Volker Gerhardt (philosopher), Response: Jens Best (web activist), Moderator: Philip Banse (media journalist), German-English
6:15 to
7:30 pm
Sternfoyer
This Number is disconnected: Strategies for De-Networking
Lecture by Urs Stäheli (sociologist), Response: Eleanor Saitta (security expert), Moderator: René Aguigah (journalist), English-German
7:45 to
9:15 pm
Sternfoyer
Politics of Sleep
Discussion between Marcia Cavalcante (philosopher), Matthew Wolf-Meyer (anthropologist) and
Thierry Paquot (philosopher), Moderator: René Aguigah (journalist), French-English-German
9:45 to
11:00 pm
Sternfoyer
Freedom in the Age of Networks and Surveillance
Lecture by Bruce Sterling (futurist), Response: Mercedes Bunz (cultural studies scholar), Moderator: Philip Banse (media journalist), English-German
11:00 pm
Roter Salon
Reception and Party
With record entertainer Niki Matita and film presentation "Sleep" (Andy Warhol)

Workshops @ Hybrid Workspace

10:30 am to
12:00 pm
Hybrid
Workspace @ Roter Salon
Welcome to the Anonymising Network!
Workshop with Jacob Appelbaum (activitist), Moderator: Sabrina Apitz (berlinergazette.de), (Registration), English
2:00 to
3:30 pm
Hybrid
Workspace @ Roter Salon
Is There Such a Thing as Private Data Anymore?
Workshop with Julius Tröger (data journalist), Moderator: Magdalena Taube (berlinergazette.de), (Registration), German
6:15 to
7:45 pm
Hybrid
Workspace @ Roter Salon
Activism and Anonymity
Workshop with Asteris Masouras (blogger), Moderator: Sabrina Apitz (berlinergazette.de), (Registration), English

Sunday, 26 January 2014

» Program Saturday

Programme

2:15 to
3:15 pm
3. Stock
Minerva’s Curse: The Sleeplessness of Reason Produces Monsters
Lecture-concert by andcompany&Co. (performance collective), German
3:30 to
4:45 pm
Sternfoyer
Light Powers: Visual Maturity and Authority-Free Images
Lecture by Dietmar Dath (author) and Swantje Karich (author), Moderator: Tilman Baumgärtel (author), German-English
3:30 to
4:00 pm
3. Stock
Enscape, or Hide and Sleep in Public
Slide show lecture by Mario Sixtus (blogger, photographer) and Nadia Zaboura (communication studies scholar), German
4:15 to
5:15 pm
3. Stock
Does the Heart of Darkness Lie in Your City?
Lecture by Christoph Hochhäusler (director), Moderator: Cristina Nord (journalist), German
5:00 to
6:30 pm
Sternfoyer
Transparency: What can we learn from Manning, Assange and Snowden?
Discussion with Christoph Bieber (political studies scholar), Micah L. Sifry (sociologist) and Jacob Appelbaum (activitist), Moderator: Tilman Baumgärtel (author), English-German
5:30 to
6:00 pm
3. Stock
House of Hallucinations
Reading by Axel Wandtke (actor) from Lars Popp's Novel „Haus der Halluzinationen“, German
6:45 to
7:45 pm
Sternfoyer
Light Regulation: Top-Down-Visibility to Bottom-Up-Transparency
Lecture by Felix Stalder (media theorist), Moderator: Tilman Baumgärtel (author), English-German
8:00 to
9:30 pm
Sternfoyer
Good Night, and Good Luck – A Conference review
With Christoph Kappes (web pioneer, consultant), Robert Pfaller (philosopher) and Anke Domscheit-Berg (politician), Moderator: René Aguigah (journalist), German-English

Workshops @ Hybrid Workspace

12:00 to
2:00 pm
Hybrid
Workspace @ Roter Salon
The Obscurity of Language
Workshop with Federico Ferrari (philosopher), Moderator: Sabrina Apitz (berlinergazette.de), (Registration), French-German
2:30 to
3:30 pm
Hybrid
Workspace @ Roter Salon
Unlimited Self-Quantification?
Workshop with Heike Hennig (choreographer), Moderator: Sabrina Apitz (berlinergazette.de), (Registration), German
4:00 to
5:30 pm
Hybrid
Workspace @ Roter Salon
Laboratory of Darkness: Melancholia & Code
Workshop with Anwen Roberts (science journalist), Moderator: Sabrina Apitz (berlinergazette.de), (Registration), German