I enjoy being able to go back in my research archive and hear people in their own voices. This is part of an off-the-cuff conversation I had with Hvale, a member of the Association of Progressive Communications, about the evolution and meaning of the Feminist Principles of the Internet. (Recorded at the Internet Governance Forum in Paris, 2018)

More info: https://feministinternet.org

The Feminist Principles of the Internet - with Hvale at IGF (Paris, Nov 2018)

From a collection of off-the-cuff interviews I did at the Internet Governance Forum in Paris in 2018. For more info about Nico's organisation, Alter Mundi, visit: https://altermundi.net

Connecting the unconnected in Argentina - with Nico Pace at IGF (Paris, Nov 2018)

From a collection of off-the-cuff interviews I did at the Internet Governance Forum in Paris in 2018. For more info about Loreto's organisation, Rhizomatica, visit: https://www.rhizomatica.org

The right to communicate - with Loreto Bravo Muñoz at IGF (Paris, 2018)

From a collection of off-the-cuff interviews I did at the Internet Governance Forum in Paris in 2018. For more info about Nic's work, visit: https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=qt9E_A8AAAAJ&hl=en

Access isn't everything - with Nic Bidwell at IGF (Paris, 2018)

Part of a special issue of GenderIT.org on "Infrastructures of Resistance: Community Networks Hacking Global Crisis"

During the pandemic, communities in Lancashire banded together, using human networks they had developed while building the internet network for B4RN(link is external). They also ran an online “Computer Club” via Zoom to stay connected and offer technical support to B4RN members. The focus of this podcast is the online Computer Club – how it has evolved from the in-person Computer Club that B4RN hosted every Friday at their headquarters in Lancashire, and how it facilitates vital knowledge-sharing alongside the technical hardware that makes internet connectivity possible.

As the conversations in the podcast illustrate, the Computer Club offers a lot more than simply technical advice. It’s a community space, where people have developed friendships and cultivated a language for talking about the digital world that is accessible to their communities. You might say their unofficial motto is “if I can do it, you can do it.”

GenderIT.org: genderit.org/articles/broadband-rural-north-b4rn

Music: Conor Molloy (conormolloymusic.com)

Kira Allmann