On November 13 and 14, the New School in New York City will host a coming-out party for the cooperative Internet, built of platforms owned and governed by the people who rely on them. This is your chance to get on the ground floor of the next Internet, and to help make it a reality. D-CENT Project Coordinator Francesca Bria will be one of the speakers at the event. 

The program of Platform Cooperativism:  The Internet, Ownership, Democracy event will include discussion sessions, screenings, monologues, legal hacks, workshops, and dialogues, as well as a showcase of projects, both conceptual and actual, under the purview of celebrity judges. We’ll learn from coders and worker cooperatives, scholars and designers. Together, we’ll put their lessons to work as we work toward usable apps and structural economic change.

Platform Cooperativism is convened by Trebor Scholz (The New School) and Nathan Schneider (University of Colorado Boulder).

The event is free of charge but requires registration: http://platformcoop.net/register

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