MAZI auf der re:publica – digital commons & right to the city
Im Rahmen des europäischen MAZI-Projekts entwickeln common grounds und das Design Research Lab der UdK einen Piloten für ein lokales digitales Netzwerk, das in unterschiedlichen stadtpolitischen Initaitiven genutzt werden soll, darunter in der Nachbarschaftsakademie. In dem Beitrag Digital Commons, Urban Struggles and the Right to the City hatten wir Gelegenheit das Projekt auf der diesjährigen re:publica vorzustellen.
For more information about this DIY network see below or go to berlinmazi.net
The Mazi-Project
Within the European MAZI-network, we seek to support and amplify alternatives to corporate, top-down implemented and centralized internet architectures. We work on the development of counter-proposals, by connecting academia with urban activism in four different pilot studies across Europe.
In Berlin, the Design Research Lab of the University of the Arts is partnering with the asoziation common grounds and the Neighborhood Academy within Prinzessinnengärten. At Berlin‘s Moritzplatz, we are testing how affordable and open hardware together with open source knowledge can act as a toolkit, enabling local communities to create their very own “internet outside the internet”, and to employ network technology beyond the prescribed application of Facebook or Google.