The following is a list of workshop ideas and suggestions for the forthcoming Hacktioncamp 2022 taking place in June in Todmorden, UK. Nerd gag measures how technical and jargony the session might be, from "on tight" being accessible to all, to "ungagged" being no-holes-barred tech talk. In the middle there's "breathing room" and "rather loose".

Types of Sessions

Talk: 30-60 mins - please say if you need a projector / screen etc
Workshops: typically 60 mins - let us know your requirements
Skill Share Sessions: typically 60 mins - hands on in collaboration with others around a theme
Round Table Discussions: typically 60 mins - around a theme
Lightning Talks: typically 5-10 mins - these may be themed together or at random

Reflective

What is HacktionLab and how did we get here?

Format: talk
Proposed by: Mike
Length: 1 hour, maybe shorter
Equipment: projector, speakers
Description: what is hacktionlab, when did it start, why did it start? a potted history of how we got here.
Nerd gag: on tight

Philosophy

Objectivism for Lefties

Format: talk
Proposed by: Mike
Length: 30-40 mins plus discussion
Equipment: projector, maybe speakers
Description: The Russian-Amercian author Ayn Rand was a controverversial character in her lifetime and is still today. Not necessarily a natural bed-fellow of the left, this talk looks at who she was, her novels, such as The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and tries to compare her philosophy of Objectivism with that of Anarchism, Libertarianism, and Socialism.
Nerd gag: on tight

Emergent Technology

Distributed serverless solutions in the Cloud (with AWS)

Format: talk/demo
Proposed by: Mike
Length: 40 mins
Equipment: projector, speakers
Description: we may not like them, but they're the biggest hosting company out there, Amazon make more money hosting cloud services than anything else. What is there offering, how does it work, what does a typical serverless application look list, and what the hell is serverless in the first place? Are they a threat? What can we do about it?
Nerd gag: rather loose

Fediverse

Format: talk/demo
Proposed by: ekes
Length: 40 mins
Equipment: projector
Description: Introduction to diversity of platforms, and content shared, on the fediverse (more than Mastodon and microblogging); a technical description of _how_ this works.
Nerd gag: It will use words like JSON and Linked Data and W3C Spec; they will be explained; and how it works should be understandable even if you don't do JSON and HTTP protocols.

That Tech Is Ours!

Fire DIY

Format: skillshare / demo
Proposed by: Brent
Length: 30 mins approx
Location: at the fireplace (tbc)
Equipment: oxygen, fuel, heat
Description: Bring your fire making skills, tools, odes to Prometheus, marshmallows, etc.
Nerd gag: on tight / breathing room

Navigation fun

Format: skillshare / demo
Proposed by: Brent
Length: 1 hour
Location: in the surrounds
Equipment: map and compass (provided), rescue services (tbc)
Description: we can take a short walk to practice basic map reading/orienteering, and other navigation techniques
Nerd gag: on tight / breathing room

radar.squat.net

Format: skillshare/workshop
Proposed by: ekes & clara
Length: ½ hour or as needed
Equiment: own laptops, projector if there are more folk interested
Description: intro to https://radar.squat.net/ Get your group registered, update broken stuff. Talk about plans and ideas for the shiny new version.
Nerd gag: on tight

I'm not my post code

Format: Round table discussion
Proposed by: clara & ekes
Length: 1 hour or shorter - maybe with a more technical followup
Equiment: maybe a big piece of paper
Description: We combine online information with addresses or dots on maps so that people are able to locate them, but in general that information (such as as street name) is then automatically placed in town/cities and countries. These administrative units do not reflect the space as we experience and use them; instead they create hierarchies and separations. But how could we provide a different structure, for example for listing events in a region? A discussion to throw up some ideas - without the need to come up with something that's technically feasible (even though that would be a bonus).
Nerd gag: on tight

Static Websites for Community Projects

Format: Talk & possible follow-up hands-on workshop
Proposed by: Mick - looking for collaborators
Length: 30 mins - follow up 30 mins workshop
Equipment: projector
Description: I used to love teaching people (and learning) how to do website via static html and uploading via ftp. Then along came php driven sites and Wysiwyg (what you see is what you get) editors and that seemed more empowering. But was it in the end? Like many people I've come back to see the value of static websites. But also the value of teaching people how to maintain simple websites with Hugo and Jekyll and using git. Especially if they used to edit html files and upload via ftp. However, I'm only at the start of this journey really. I'd love feedback on my proposed approach.
Nerd gag: some technical elements but explained.

Other Proposed Workshops - more details tbc

"Cash among the chaos" working in a successful-ish software business that is run on anarchist principles. Naomi
'intro to electronics' - Gareth
https://karrot.world - - Nick
/dev/empathy - exploring the potential of parity checking dialogue (NVC) - Ember
Archiving update - (including how we repaired https://schnews.org/ - a twisted love story of two parts) - Mick

Some rough ideas for other workshops -

The Maker Community workshop Space inside Tod College - a history of the project would be great, and the wider history of the building and what's going on in there.
State of play of Alt Media and Radical Tech Collectives -
LoRa mesh networking. Disaster Radio, Meshtastic, Reticulum - Sam
Scuttlebutt, Manyverse - Sam
Indymedia (optional)- reunion and traditional group therapy session
what is the right to repair movement? what's going on right now? where did it come from and what is it's heritage?
right to repair - and repair culture
green pcs / devices- reuse, low power, ltsp update?,
greener web - static sites, servers
"sustainbility and technology" - see below
Writing / Blogs as self-care and recovery
Software sustainablity - https://software.ac.uk/resources/approaches-software-sustainability
making and drinking chai
Activist film, loosely based round 'Breaking the Spell: A History of Anarchist Filmmakers, Videotape Guerrillas, and Digital Ninjas' https://lists.aktivix.org/pipermail/hacktionlab/2022-May/003990.html

HacktionCamp 2022 Workshops

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