Post #899796
2026-03-16 10:49 UTC
In the context of the @DigitalCoup and #AuthoritarianTech, can we find an answer in #DemocraticTech? Something that goes beyond mere free/libre open source software, and combines #cooperativism and #commoning. Communities who govern their shared resources, and commit to shared responsibility.
I wrote an article about it, tracing the intellectual origins of the term "democratic technology", connecting to various intersectional critiques of the currently dominant model of surveillance capitalism from feminist, ecosocial perspectives.
Here's the article: https://freeknowledge.eu/democratic-technology-building-alternatives-to-techno-auhtoritarianism
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@Wtebbens@social.coop 2026-03-16 10:54
We can appreciate 3 interpretations of #DemocraticTechnology 1) democratisation of access to tech 2) democratic governance of tech 3) e-democracy and civic tech at the @fkinstitute we take the position of 2) - the democratic governance over shared resources, which involve technology, but first and foremost are about commoning: people sharing responsibility, knowledge and productive work, over a shared resource system.