[Nettime-bold] database systems to enforce control // a call to strasbourg

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[database systems to enforce control]
www.dsec.info | www.noborder.org

[update june 12th, 2002]

                        /\    noborder-camp July 19-28, 2002
                   /\  /  \   strasbourg
                  /  \/____\  www.noborder.org
                 /____\






P E O P L E M O V E --- P E O P L E C O M M U N I C A T E

People move across physical and virtual borders. People push the
electronic
frontiers through digital and physical communication. States and
multinationals
are enforcing control of both flows. Information technology is part of
the
freefloating culture of resistance and a tool to develop a society of
seemless control.
The border camp in Strasbourg is the perfect location to explore these
connections
and link the struggles for free movement and free communication.

L O C A T I O N

d.sec (first call published on http://dsec.info, january 2002) is part
of the
international noborder action camp (http://noborder.org/strasbourg) in
Strasbourg,
July 19-28, 2002. The intention is to create a thread around the issues
of freedom of movement and freedom of communication. The link between
both
is becoming more important with the virtualisation of borders - which
certainly
does not make them softer.

Situated in Alsace, with a French/German border which has shifted 5
times
in the last 5 centuries, Strasbourg is now the location of the Schengen
Information System (SIS), a detention center and many EUropean
institutions.
d..sec will use this thick symbolic space as an experimental field to
better
understand how the virtualisation of borders works, and what to do about
it.

Between 1000 and 3000 people are expected for the bordercamp. d.sec will
take
place on the campsite and in town, with workshops, presentations,
active discussions or chilling out with a notebook and a cup of coffee.

C O N C E P T

d.sec is about reflecting the mechanisms of repression/control in the
fields of
free movement and free communication, the experiences of electronic and
physical bordercrossing. An attempt to integrate cyber-activism and
taking the
streets, and find the relations between social and technical skills. The
wider
objective is to give momentum to an ongoing exploration of technical
potentials
in the resistance against the border regime.

d.sec relies on the diversity of people who will be present at the
Strasbourg
border camp. Some of the activists will be web designers and editors,
sys-ads,
videomakers, code-writers, translators. Some earn a living with this
"immaterial labour",
some just use it in their political work. Others focus on the streets.
Others have
experience with borders and migration.

/*hack the streets. be pink and silver on the net*/

d.sec is meant to become an open structure where activists,
anti-racists, migrants,
hackers, teccies, artists and many more put their knowledges and
practices into self-organised interaction. A space to discuss and
network, for skill
sharing and and collaborative knowledge production. A laboratory to try
out
ways to hack the streets and reclaim cyberspace with crowds in pink and
silver;
experiment with virtual identities, linux and open-source products;
explore
the embodyment of technology, learn about the meanings of physical and
virtual bordercrossing.

F O R U M

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check out the discussion forum on
http://dsec.info/talk (under construction)
This is a space to collect and discuss
articles, images and texts before,
during and after the camp, a pool for information.

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M O D E S

We propose three modes of gettogethers - they are flexible, can take
place
anywhere, each mode can turn into another one if people feel like it.

[presentations] anything from formal presentations to chilled-out
exchange,
inspired by an impulse contribution (film, talk, website, sound).
Might turn into
active discussions. Could be open to the public

[workshops] skill sharing about things like how to secure my PC, Linux
installation, video editing, webradio, websites, diagramme making,
streamingâ

[active discussion] Brainstorms, dreams, theory with a perspective to
develop
into ongoing projects and actions. Can last anything between a few
minutes
and several days and nights.

A C T I O N

d.sec/ is where the multitudes infect each other with subversive
desires and constructive acts. Let's turn projects, questions
and practices into interventions. Bring the tools to cross the
digital borders. Let's be the humans behind the machines.

/*if you know of anyone who might be
interested, please forward this invitation.*/

/*if you want to put your project on the preliminary
programme or need equipment,
mail to contact@dsec.info*/

W H O
This is a choice of projects and groups. Some have already confirmed
that they are coming, others are projects worth looking at for
inspiration. Anyone working on projects related to "freedom of movement
and freedom of information"  pls get in touch!

the voice (www.humanrights.de/voice. migrant's self organisation,
Germany) --- Chaos Computer Club, germany (www.ccc.de, had their first
real space demonstration in the streets a few months ago) --- hacknet
milano (ecn.org, italy) ---  ascii (squat.net/ascii - amsterdam) ---
puscii (squat.net/puscii - utrecht) --- netbase.t0.or.at ---
genderchangers (genderchangers.org  amsterdam/london) --- print
(squat.net/print - dijon) --- undercurrents.org, UK ---
PublixTheatreCaravan, (zone.noborder.org, vienna) --- ak-kraak.squat.net
--- trojan tv (organicchaos.org) --- electrohippies
(fraw.org.uk/ehippies - floodnet, UK) --- www.hacktivism.com ---
indymedia centers (indymedia.org) --- www.haecksen.org --- debian
gnu-linux (debian.org) --- freebsd.org --- no-racism.net ----
syndicatpotentiel.fr.st, strasbourg --- bureau d’etudes
(bureaudetudes@free.fr) --- Kanak Attack (www.kanak-attak.de) --- sans
titre (www.under.ch/SansTitre) --- campware|campfire, Prague (media lab,
campware.org) --- databyte --- rtmark.com --- deportation-class.com ---
electronic disturbance theatre (archive: nyu.edu/projects/wray/ecd.html)
--- noborder.org --- communication guerilla (www.contrast.org/KG)---
theyesmen.org --- fiambrera obrera (www.sindominio.net/fiambrera) ---
old boyz network (obn.org) --- nadir.org --- sindominio.net --- virtual
people smuggler --- deportation-alliance.com --- www.wewearbuildings.cc
…


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d.sec /di:'sIk/, abbr of (a) Database System to Enforce Control.
A database used to restrict the civil liberties of a specific group.
Emerged in late 20th century during transition from democracy to empire.
(b) opp deformed security. A dysfunctional understanding of security.
(c) spec tag of 1st Intern. bordercamp, 2002. EG desecuricise SIS.
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CONTENTS

d.sec/themes/basic
{ The struggles for freedom of movement and freedom of communication are
beginning to interact. To take the solidarity further, we need an
understanding of how both freedoms are being controlled. Demystifying
the SIS and visualising virtual borders could be a practical starting
point. We need to know how IT tools are supporting virtual borders, and
how we can use them for our own purposes. Let‘s talk about how the
machinery of control affects all of us - as migrants, activists, webbies
and crossovers of all sorts.}

[presentations/chillout]
#++ Migration and the Digital Frontier: Crossover and Difference (part
of camp opening event, Sunday 21.7.)
# Learning from the Zapatistas: getting the most out of the web
# Maps of control: an exhibition (Syndicat potentiel/bureau d'etudes)

[active discussions]
# Theatre/performances in public space (noborderZONE)
# IS SIS THE WORLD WE WANT? Info and brainstorm
# „You need a mobile and email to work with us“ (expls: Kanak Attack,
Indymedia…)
# cardreader (ascii)

[workshops]
# mapping the border. active research for a sbourg diagram. (syndicate
potentiel, bureau d’etudes)
Invisible theatre/ surveillance camera play/ checkpoint play/
radio-supported psychogeographic explorations/

d.sec/themes/opensource and free things
{The world of open source is thriving: everything is available for free,
from the Linux operating system to sophisticated cryptography. What’s
the politix of this world? Why should grassroots groops participate and
use it? How to secure your computer? And the idea of free things is not
limited to software…}

[workshops]
# Public key cryptography for secure communication: Create your own
keypair! (ascii, amsterdam)
# Installing gnu/linux - why and how (ascii and …)
# A smart artist makes the machine do the work: opensource content
management // campware // databyte
#++ getting free food from the market (sans titre network, daily)
let's talk about debian/ freeBSD/ Gnu/linux/ TCP/IP/ firewalling
# Free parties  the subvertivity of fun
The needs of the "mobile activist"

[chillout]
# Key signing party (ascii, amsterdam) (Friday nite?)
# Yomango: want it? You got it! From civil disobedience
to social disobedience. Shoplifting as fine art
(Yomango, Barcelona, with mobile media unit)


d.sec/themes/electronic.campaigning.disobedience
{Crowds of activists are taking the streets of cyberspace. They practice
the art of internet campaigning, use the tactics of communication
guerilla and have a laugh at the rich and powerful. How do electronic
disobedience and traditional actions/campaigns relate to each other?
Cyberspace is Public Space!}

[active discussions]
#++ Image pollution and tactical embarrassment: let's talk with and
about floodnet/electrohippies, lufthansa online-demonstration, rtmark,
fiambrera obrera, electronic disturbance theatre, yesman,
deportation-class.com, toywar, root@sis# shutdown -h now

[presentations/chillout]
# video screenings about past and present actions (noborderZONE)

d.sec/themes/body
{Some say our identities are liberated through communication technology.
Others feel the need to reclaim their bodies from the machines. Let’s
talk about cyborgs, gender, human interfaces, sexuality in the world of
cyberspace. Let’s talk about the humans behind the machines.}

[workshops]
#++ d.sex: finding questions to answer: chat rooms. sexism.
gender(bending). power. desire ...
# "The teccie" - a gendered identity? (all present teccies, non-teccies
and the majority of crossovers)
# let’s talk with and/or about projects like the old
boyznetwork, haecksen, ascii, indymedia, nadir, sindominio…

[presentations]
# every-body who is there and willing to do one

[chillout]

d.sec/themes/hacktivism
{Tools like SIS specifically aim at the restriction of free movement and
free communication. These database systems to enforce control are bugs,
problems that need to be fixed. Is the hacker community still ahead of
the apparatus of control? Any hacker kid has hacked the pentagon, some
net pirates seized the WEF database at Davos  have they tried to crack
the SIS? And if so, what would it mean? Direct action, free de-bugging
or a risky game? Let’s try}

[active discussion and permanent flowing workshop]
Hacking and ethics - explorations of a concept
"root@sis# shutdown -h now"
#++ how a hacker would see the SIS

d.sec/themes/media activism
{hundreds of media activists will be present at the strasbourg
bordercamp, equipped with webcams, digital cameras, minidisc players and
laptops. What happens to all this footage? What is the function of
videos, webradio etc for „THE MOVEMENT“? For some, media activim is
about counter-information, for others its about interventions in the
public sphere, or both. Time to think about the fascination and
objectives of digital media production}

[workshops]
# the radio stream from everywhere (radio crews at the camp) Producing
and reflecting on webstreams, pirate radios/television ...
# webmagazine for sbourg bordercamp - intro to the editing system

[active discussion]
# Freespeech at all cost  open or edited? Hate the media  be the media?
Debating with and about projects like indymedia, liberinfo.net, nadir,
sindominio, public netbase, a-infos …
# noborderZONE: The PublixTheatreCaravan will bring a bus complete with
mini-cinema, workspace/media lab with computers, internet acces, bar and
stage.

[presentations]
# Liberinfo.net: a news agency for social movements. Working with the
corporate media? (Liberinfo network, Barcelona)
# everyone is an expert mobile bus

[chillout]
# video screenings - viewing (activist) videos: what’s the message? We
are the experts! (videos present at camp)
# performance sounds and borders (name?)
# possibility for gettogether of indymedia activists (if indys present
at camp want to)


/* IS S I S T H E W O R L D W E W A N T ? */

root@sis # shutdown -h now



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