Latest episode of #CommunityNetworks podcast https://www.apc.org/en/podcasts/routingforcommunities/1-what-changes-when-internet-connection-centred-communities
#CommunityNetworks
>> What changes when connectivity is centred on the community? Hear local voices in the new season of our podcast:
---> Episode 1 features community-centred connectivity as a strategy that communities have developed for bridging the digital divide.
WEBCAST – NYC Mesh Org Meetup – April 22 2025
On Tuesday April 22, 2025, at 7pm EDT (23:00 UTC) NYC Mesh will hold its monthly Monthly Org Meetup.
PROGRAM
James - automating configuration (IaC)
Willard - a new tool for managing rooftop panoramas
Brian Hall - current mesh topics
LIVESTREAM | MEETUP
X @nycmesh #growinternet #communitynetworks |
Satellite internet projects like Starlink claim to solve the digital divide while privatizing the commons of orbital space. Communities are building their own internet infrastructure through municipal broadband and cooperative networks instead of waiting for billionaire saviors. #CommunityNetworks #CommonsNotCorporations
>> Interview with Adriane Gama: An Amazonian woman's reflections on community networks
"Lack of education and awareness contribute to the isolation of women in collective activities in their territories. Male hierarchy in decision making, machismo and individualism are other challenges that women can still face inside and outside the home."
--> Read more: https://www.apc.org/en/node/40644/
#CommunityNetworks #Amazon #Amazonia #Women #DigitalInclusion
WEBCAST – NYC Mesh Org Meetup March 25 2025
On Tuesday March 25, 2025, NYC Mesh will hold its monthly Monthly Org Meetup.
PROGRAM
SN11 / VPP Update - Zach Giles
Panorama Database Analysis - Dustin Freeman
New Mesh Room / Automation - Dan Miller
LIVESTREAM https://youtu.be/EEGaBQ8zoeY
MEETUP https://www.meetup.com/nycmesh/events/306160460/
TWITTER @nycmesh #communitynetworks | MASTODON | BLUESKY | INSTA
The various #CommunityNetworks should federate to launch a nationwide MVNO such that when their members are outside of their WiFi, they automatically roam on the MVNO https://techcentral.co.za/easier-to-launch-an-mvno-in-south-africa/260261/
Digital inclusion in action: Zenzeleni’s vision for Mgcibe and Ntshilini https://www.48percent.org/blog/digital-inclusion-in-action-zenzelenis-vision-for-mgcibe-and-ntshilini/ #CommunityNetworks #SouthAfrica
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> This week: Lessons from grassroots communities in times of #internetsetbacks
- You can subscribe to get monthly updates on local access and community networks https://crm.apc.org/content/local-access-subscription
From Anisacate, Argentina to Çatalköy, Cyprus: A journey of #MeshNetworks
> This journey by APC member Altermundi was fuelled by a mission to make #communitynetworks more accessible and resilient.
- AlterMundi, with its extensive experience in projects like @libremesh, works with communities through decentralised technology.
However, challenges like network diagnostics and maintenance for non-technical users demanded innovative solutions.
Read more. https://www.apc.org/node/40487
@BrendaAnna @czauner @gadgetgav @molly0xfff
Even if you have a domain name, it can be taken away.
Use #tor to make an #onion domain as alternative to access your website
#OwnTheEndNodes #SelfHosting #CommunityNetworks
#Tor #Onionize #CommunityClouds
#DigitalSovereignty
VIDEO – Naveed Haq Keynote at IEEE CTU Summit 2024 – Everest Community Network
> People throughout the world are facing unprecedented challenges, from repression of human rights to unfettered consumption of digital and environmental resources.
- In this #SeedingChange recap, APC features our network’s achievements and nurture the seeds we have planted
https://www.apc.org/node/40466
#HumanRightsOnline #FeministInternet #LocalAccess #CommunityNetworks
ISOC-NY TV: NYC Mesh – Hub Updates + 2024 Year in Review
On Wednesday December 25 2024 at 2pm the ISOC-NY TV show features presentations from NYC Mesh's November Meetup. Learn about the latest infrastructure upgrades in North America's largest community-owned Internet access network.
SPECTRUM 56 / 1996 | RCN 83 | FiOS 34
The term #CommunityNetworks has become a catch-all description of a wide range of activities at the community level.
> But what are the different types of community-centred connectivity initiatives?
APC and Rhizomatica present:
- A set of 13 principles that capture the ethos of community-centred connectivity
- A typology of community-centred connectivity initiatives developed through a combination of research and direct experience :
"If we’re all working away in the citizen assemblies of the digital economy, shouldn’t we go one step further and start demanding a meaningful share of its spoils?
It can be difficult to imagine the real viability of deepening the practices of democracy online in a world that feels more divided than ever. It’s even harder when one considers the multiple ways in which the current Big Tech model — the need for an incessant upward march of tech valuations, the constant creation of new hype cycles — has become systemically important for the ongoing viability of the global economy. Nonetheless, such intellectual work remains a vital long-term goal, more crucial today than ever. We should not shy away from the potentially utopian project of meaningfully governable computational “stacks,” even if, as James Muldoon has written, the odds are against us, and “it has become easier for us to imagine humans living forever in colonies on Mars than exercising meaningful democratic control over digital platforms.”
Through organizing, advocacy, and, yes, new and imaginative sociotechnical institutional forms, we might one day be able to finally escape the sharp gravitational pull of the internet’s implicit hierarchies."
https://jacobin.com/2024/12/internet-democracy-musk-zuckerberg-profits/
#SocialMedia #SocialNetworks #Decentralization #CommunityNetworks #NetworkDemocracy #ContentModeration
From village roots to digital dreams: How women are transforming rural connectivity and driving community change
> This article draws inspiration from the story of a remarkable woman from a rural part of #SouthAfrica who empowered her community to take bold steps toward digital transformation.
- By Harira Wakili, from Nigeria's Centre for Information Technology and Development: https://www.apc.org/node/40441
APC is looking for a contract grants administrator for the #LocalNetworks initiative.
Deadline is this Friday, 29 November 👇
> Call for applications
- Contract grants administrator for the Local Networks initiative:
What does it mean to consider meaningful connectivity through a community-oriented perspective?
Read this chapter in the #GISWatch 2024 special edition, available in multiple digital formats 👇
https://giswatch.org/en/internet-governance-civil-society-participation-internet-rights/what-does-meaningful #digitaljustice #CommunityNetworks
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