Hey all-
Artists Xin Xin and Dorothy Santos will be presenting a workshop for our Experimental Media class on Friday 10/15 from 9am - 12pm and we have 4 extra spots available for anyone else who would like to participate.
Consentful Protocol is a workshop series that activate dialogue and solidarity by envisioning and building a set of protocols we’d like to request when we interact with data, bio-medical, oral history, and sex & intimacy consent. The workshop will host two break out groups which are detailed below. If you are interested in joining us please email kmcwharter@saic.edu!
Group 1: A Study on Bio-Medical and Technological Consent
Facilitated by Dorothy R. Santos (she/they), A Study on Bio-Medical and Technological Consent invites 10 participants to reflect and assess the risks they’ve encountered within the clinical and medical industries. Using Togethernet, we will envision dialogue, conversation, and building community-based practices and knowledge.
The workshop will be guided by the following questions –
- What necessary information must be provided in order to consent to medical care and procedures?
- How might physicians, healthcare practitioners, and scientists reduce mis and disinformation within public and popular media?
- What is your understanding of the relationship between consent and human (patient) rights?
Collectively, we will build a community statement that will be published online after the event is over, serving as a tool to help set intentions and form explicit requests when navigating healthcare needs in our everyday lives.
Group 2: Data Placemaking
Facilitated by Xin Xin (they/them), Data Placemaking invites 10 participants to reflect on their notions of private vs. public space on the internet. When it comes to data, our common sense for protecting privacy is challenged because the software and websites we interface with are largely a black box we can not see into. What happens to our personal photos, messages and other data on the platforms we use? How do we reimagine and create new and intentional forms of public versus private space online? Participants will use Togethernet, a p2p digital archiving software designed to support collective decision-making and consensual dialogues.
The workshop will be guided by the following questions –
- What are examples of public and private spaces on the internet?
- How do we facilitate consent when entering / exiting these spaces?
- What responsibilities do the platform / participants have to maintain the code of consent?
Collectively, we will build a community statement that will be published online after the event is over, serving as a tool to help set intentions and form explicit requests when navigating consent in our everyday lives online.