In June, we'll meet at ZeitOnline to talk about weaponised design with Cade Diehm (Tactical Technology Collective), the histories of building inclusive spaces in tech with Anita Say Chan (University of Illinois), and how to survive reporting about IT-security with Hauke Gierow.
Hacks/Hackers is a space to talk about the intersection between technology and journalism. Come and join us!
The lived experiences of digital platform users is at odds with how these systems are designed. Weaponised design – a process that allows for harm of users within the defined bounds of a designed system – is faciliated by designers who are oblivious to the politics of digital infrastructure or consider their design practice output to be apolitical. Despite traumatic events against users with increasing regularity, addressing the weaponisation of design is not yet a priority, and is still to be addressed by the design community.
Cade is a researcher and creative lead from Tactical Tech. His practice critically explores the politics and outcomes of systems and interfaces through his research into weaponised design, protocol governance and the continued emergence of technology and platform dependency.
