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'''<big><big><big>Welcome to the HacktionLab Wiki</big></big></big>'''
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<big><big>Organising UK-based activist, agitator, alternative and co-operative tech forums, gatherings, discussions and projects since 2008.</big></big>
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<big>The last HacktionLab event took place in 2023 at Abbeyfield Park, Pitsmoor, Sheffield from 16th to 18th June.<br/>The cost of the event was £20 for two days of talks, workshops and plenty of chances to meet people and swap ideas.<br/>
  
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[https://hacktionlab.org/live Live stream of the Community Room at HacktionLab (could be a bit on and off, but do persevere)]
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[http://www.hacktivista.net/hacktionlabsignup/ Please click here to confirm you're coming to HacktionLab and let us know of your dietary requirements] and also please [http://lists.psand.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hacktionlab sign up to the mailing list]. thanks. :)</big></big>
 
  
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* Date: Friday 13th June 2008 - Sunday 15th June 2008
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Anyone who wanted like to give a talk or lead a workshop or discussion about tech, or any aspect of politics or philosophy that is related to tech, was welcome to do so! If they had an idea for a talk or workshop, they could [https://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/hacktionlab | join our mailing list] and make a suggestion! The mailing list is where all the pre-event discussion happened. Alternatively they could also send suggestions to <strong>sheffield2023 at hacktionlab.org</strong>.
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* Venue: [http://www.highburyfarm.freeserve.co.uk/ Stepping Stones Housing Co-operative, Highbury Farm], located in the Lower Wye Valley on a hill above the village of Redbrook (location of site on [http://tinyurl.com/4celuj Multimap] and [http://tinyurl.com/3spxok Google Maps])
 
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* Contact Email list - http://lists.psand.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hacktionlab
 
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* Contact Email address - [[Image:Hacktionlab_email.png]]
 
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* Info: http://www.hacktivista.net/hacktionlab
 
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* Call-to-action: http://clearerchannel.org/flyers/outreach_hacktivist_gathering.html
 
  
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The aim of HacktionLab is to have a convergence where people interested in and/or working in the areas of alternative media, renewable energy, on-line video distribution, free software and any other form of activism that utilises technology.  
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Here's the [[Workshops_for_HacktionLab_Summer_2023 | list of talks and workshops]].
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The idea for the gathering has come from a number of years of experience gained by activists working for organisations such as Indymedia and includes specific experience from involvement in the camps for climate action in Selby (2006) and Heathrow (2007) as well as the No Borders camp at Gatwick (2007):
 
  
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[[HacktionLab_Summer_2023|Visit this page for more information]].</big>
  
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Per person we will aim that the convergence will require around a '''fifteen pound contribution''', with an upper limit of twenty.  Everyone will be responsible for organising their own transport to the location, except for being collected from Chepstow train station.
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==HacktionLab: Another Technology is Possible...==
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For news &amp; updates about HacktionLab and our events, or to get involved, sign-up to one of our
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[[Mailing_List|mailing lists]]*.</big><br/><small>*Mailing lists kindly provided by [http://aktivix.org Aktivix].</small>
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HacktionLab is UK tech-activist run project that aims to create regular convergence spaces where activists interested and/or working in the areas of alternative media, renewable energy, on-line video distribution, free software or any other form of activism that utilises technology can get together and plan how to better harness the technology (or not) to support grass roots social movements.
  
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==Audience==
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Since 2008, we've held the successful [[BarnCamp]] rural skills-sharing gathering, the [[Hacktioncamp 2022|HacktionCamp 2022]] hybrid rural-urban get together, and the [[HacktionLab_Autumn_2015|HacktionLab]] and [[Tech Tactics for Social Change Oxford 2017|Tech Tactics for Social Change]] urban gatherings.  We have also helped to nurture and launch several projects supporting activists and social change mavens, such as [https://network23.org Network 23].
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[[File:2013-barncamp-ltsp-lomo.jpg|300px|left]] [[File:Shamanic laptop 4.jpeg|300px]]
  
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The convergence is primary aimed at folk who need to learn or share info on doing mobile media access and video work in situations like G8 and climate camp convergences.
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== HacktionLab latest news ==
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===Hacktioncamp 2022===
  
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Please come if you have experience(s) to share will others in order to encourage the amount of shared knowledge in the UK-wide media, free software and alternative technology activist network. The weekend is most suitable for activists using media, geeks and hackers (as opposed to crackers) but would also be of interest to anyone else that is interested in attending is most welcome.
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[[File:Makery.png|170px|left]] [[File:Camping.jpg|250px|right]]  Hacktionlab was back with a new event in 2022! '''[[Hacktioncamp 2022]]''' took place in '''Todmorden, UK''' on the '''10th, 11th and 12th of June 2022''' (camping from the Thursday night)!  Soon to be announced is an urban gathering in mid-June 2023. Watch this space!!
  
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==Organisations involved==
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It was a HacktionLab / BarnCamp Reunion - featuring discussions on alt-media, radical tech collectives, right-to-repair, free and open source software, the maker mentality, and the old hacker ethic.
  
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This convergence is being proposed and attended by Bristol Wireless, Indymedia UK, Schnews and Clearer Channel.
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There were talks and workshops at Todmorden Makery, plus time to hang out and socialise. See [[Hacktioncamp 2022|the HacktionCamp 2022 page]] (work in progress) for workshop ideas, logistics etc.
  
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[[ToDo list]]
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===Older news===
  
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==Date==
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[[List of previous HacktionLabs|Visit this page for more details of and links to all our previous events and collaborations]].
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* Our last event was [[Hacktioncamp 2022]], which took place in Todmorden, Yorkshire/Lancashire, England in June 2022.
  
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Evening Friday 13th June 2008 to afternoon Sunday 15th June 2008.
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* [[Barncamp 2019]] was sadly cancelled :-(
  
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Would recommend that crew arrive Friday morning (or Thursday evening) to set-up some of the infrastructure, and anyone who wishes should be encouraged to be involved in this, as the set-up forms part of the skills sharing.
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* [[Tech Tactics for Social Change Oxford 2017]] at Oxford Hackspace on Sat 21st and Sun 22nd October 2017.
  
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==Interesting Links==
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* The gathering before that was [[BarnCamp 2017]] from 7th to 12th June 2017 in the Wye Valley.
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* [http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/FieldIMCHowTo Stirling Indymedia - Field IMC at Horizon Ecovillage during G8 protests]
 
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* [http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/BcnHOWTOMediaCenter Indymedia: HOWTO Mount a Media Centre]
 
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* [http://flakey.info/hesfes05/ Bristol Wireless LTSP suite]
 
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* [http://www.escapegoat.org/2007/9/22/noborders-indymedia-center-tech-review No Borders Mobile tech set up]
 
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====Friday 13th====
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* And before that [[HacktionLab Autumn 2015]] in Hebden Bridge and Todmorden which took place on the 5th and 6th of 2015. [[HacktionLab Autumn 2015|Go here for more details]].
  
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* Forward crew arrive in the morning to set up mess tent and other core infrastructure
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* The 2015 outing of [[BarnCamp]] took place in the Wye Valley on the 19th, 20th and 21st June - More information on the [[BarnCamp 2015]] page and at [https://barncamp.org.uk  the BarnCamp web site]. 
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* We did a [[Bristol Anarchist Bookfair 2015 Talk|talk on Linux and Anarchism]] at the [http://www.bristolanarchistbookfair.org/ Bristol Anarchist Bookfair] on Saturday 25th April 2015.
  
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* 1in12 Club Bradford HacktionLab gathering.  15-16 November 2014. [[Winter_2014_Hacklab|More info]].
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* We returned to the [http://www.bristolanarchistbookfair.org/ Bristol Anarchist Bookfair] on Saturday 26th April at 1pm to give an abridged and updated version of our talk on in '''Privacy and the Dark Side of the Net''' to a packed room of people (the room was pretty small and there were quite a lot of people). 
  
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* Under the guise of [https://www.techtoolsforactivism.org Tech Tools for Activism] we did a talk in the [http://www.shambalafestival.org/act/rebel-soul-2/ Rebel Soul] tent at [http://www.shambalafestival.org/ Shambala Festival] 2013 on the topic of '''Privacy and the Dark Side of the Net''' in light of the revalations by Edward Snowden.  Materials are available: [[upload/5/57/Shambala-2013-crib-sheet.pdf|Click to download a handy crib sheet of useful URLs]] or [[upload/8/87/Shambala-2013-talk.pdf|Click to download a PDF of the slides from the talk]].
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* The 7th, 8th & 9th of June 2013 brought us [[BarnCamp 2013]] with a [[BarnCamp 2013 ideas scratchpad|slew of amazing workshop proposals]].  2013's event was organised in collaboration with [http://www.bristolwireless.net Bristol Wireless] and [http://www.flossmanuals.net FLOSS Manuals].  Check-out the [[BarnCamp Media Page]] for details of what happened.
  
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We have decided upon [http://www.highburyfarm.freeserve.co.uk/ Highbury Farm] located in the Lower Wye Valley on a hill above the village of Redbrook. Highbury Farm is actually located in Gloucestershire, although it should be in Gwent:
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* We ran a one hour [[Bristol_Anarchist_Bookfair_2013|talk-cum-workshop session]] at this year's [http://www.bristolanarchistbookfair.org/ Bristol Anarchist Bookfair] on Saturday 20th April at 1pm in '''The Room With a View''' at the [http://www.3ca.org.uk/ Trinity], Bristol.  We also took time out on the grass in the Sun to have a planning meeting for this year's [[BarnCamp]].
  
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* We're pleased to have squeezed the <strong>second edition</strong> of our booklet, <strong>[https://techtoolsforactivism.org/booklet Tech Tools for Activism]</strong> our of the printer's door. Some pre-release copies were distributed at the [https://network23.org/msg2012/ Movement Support Gathering] in Birmingham and the final version were on sale at the London Anarchist Bookfair, and at <strong>Shared Planet</strong>. If you'd like some copies to distribute or for your locality, please email us at <strong>techtoolsbook _at_ hacktionlab _dot_ org</strong>.
  
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* We ran a stall at [http://peopleandplanet.org/shared-planet-2012 Shared Planet 2012], which took place on <strong>Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th November</strong> at [http://www.shu.ac.uk/ Sheffield Hallam University].  Run by [http://peopleandplanet.org People & Planet], Shared Planet is the UK's largest student activist conference.  We were there with copies of the new <strong>[https://techtoolsforactivism.org/booklet Tech Tools for Activism booklet]</strong>, as well as lots of other information.
  
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* The barn: proposal is to do the workshops in this space as it has adequate weather protection, mains power and is near enough to the farmhouse to be able to run Ethernet from the farm's ADSL connection.
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* We had a stall at the [http://anarchistbookfair.org.uk/ London Anarchist Bookfair] which took place at Queen Mary’s, University of London on Saturday 27th October. It was a lot of fun to meet everyone, faces old and new, and we had a great day.
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* In the summer some hacktionlabbers took part in the [http://oshug.org/event/oshcamp2012 Open Source Hardware Camp] and the [https://network23.org/msg2012/ Movement Support Gathering].
  
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* The Spring 2012 HacktionLab took place at the [http://www.londonarc.org/ London Action Resource Centre (LARC)] over the May Bank Holiday. [[Spring_2012_Hacklab|Go here for more details.]]
  
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The ''workshops'' should be simply facilitated discussions and hands-on skills-sharing activities based around a technology or a way of doing something. The aim is to enable a free exchange of ideas based around a theme, and not too much time should be spend in their planning.
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* Some members of HacktionLab launched the new [https://techtoolsforactivism.org Tech Tools for Activism web site]. And a list of new tools for 2012 [[new tools for 2012]]
  
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* In January 2012 we returned to the brilliant [http://www.1in12.com/ 1-in-12 Club] (Bradford) for the third time and the  [[Winter_2012_Hacklab|tenth HacktionLab]], a gathering of people from various projects that featured a Drupal clinic, and launched '''Tech Tools for Activism''', a new project to provide a co-ordinated gateway into resources for activists in the UK.  More on this very soon....
  
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* We had stalls at the [http://rebelliousmediaconference.org/ Rebellious Media Conference] (8/9 Oct, London) and also at the [http://anarchistbookfair.org.uk/ London Anarchist Bookfair] (22 Oct, London) where we were chatting to people and giving out copies of [[Tech tools for activists]].
  
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*Some hacktionlabbers have been involved in launching a [https://network23.org new anonymous secure blogging network] using a [[Wordpress network|Wordpress network set up]].
  
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Latest revision as of 10:42, 24 February 2024

Organising UK-based activist, agitator, alternative and co-operative tech forums, gatherings, discussions and projects since 2008.

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The last HacktionLab event took place in 2023 at Abbeyfield Park, Pitsmoor, Sheffield from 16th to 18th June.
The cost of the event was £20 for two days of talks, workshops and plenty of chances to meet people and swap ideas.

Live stream of the Community Room at HacktionLab (could be a bit on and off, but do persevere)

Anyone who wanted like to give a talk or lead a workshop or discussion about tech, or any aspect of politics or philosophy that is related to tech, was welcome to do so! If they had an idea for a talk or workshop, they could | join our mailing list and make a suggestion! The mailing list is where all the pre-event discussion happened. Alternatively they could also send suggestions to sheffield2023 at hacktionlab.org.

Here's the list of talks and workshops.

Visit this page for more information.

HacktionLab: Another Technology is Possible...

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For news & updates about HacktionLab and our events, or to get involved, sign-up to one of our mailing lists*.
*Mailing lists kindly provided by Aktivix.

HacktionLab is UK tech-activist run project that aims to create regular convergence spaces where activists interested and/or working in the areas of alternative media, renewable energy, on-line video distribution, free software or any other form of activism that utilises technology can get together and plan how to better harness the technology (or not) to support grass roots social movements.

Since 2008, we've held the successful BarnCamp rural skills-sharing gathering, the HacktionCamp 2022 hybrid rural-urban get together, and the HacktionLab and Tech Tactics for Social Change urban gatherings. We have also helped to nurture and launch several projects supporting activists and social change mavens, such as Network 23.

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HacktionLab latest news

Hacktioncamp 2022

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Hacktionlab was back with a new event in 2022! Hacktioncamp 2022 took place in Todmorden, UK on the 10th, 11th and 12th of June 2022 (camping from the Thursday night)! Soon to be announced is an urban gathering in mid-June 2023. Watch this space!!

It was a HacktionLab / BarnCamp Reunion - featuring discussions on alt-media, radical tech collectives, right-to-repair, free and open source software, the maker mentality, and the old hacker ethic.

There were talks and workshops at Todmorden Makery, plus time to hang out and socialise. See the HacktionCamp 2022 page (work in progress) for workshop ideas, logistics etc.

Older news

Visit this page for more details of and links to all our previous events and collaborations.

  • Our last event was Hacktioncamp 2022, which took place in Todmorden, Yorkshire/Lancashire, England in June 2022.
  • The gathering before that was BarnCamp 2017 from 7th to 12th June 2017 in the Wye Valley.
  • 1in12 Club Bradford HacktionLab gathering. 15-16 November 2014. More info.
  • We returned to the Bristol Anarchist Bookfair on Saturday 26th April at 1pm to give an abridged and updated version of our talk on in Privacy and the Dark Side of the Net to a packed room of people (the room was pretty small and there were quite a lot of people).
  • We're pleased to have squeezed the second edition of our booklet, Tech Tools for Activism our of the printer's door. Some pre-release copies were distributed at the Movement Support Gathering in Birmingham and the final version were on sale at the London Anarchist Bookfair, and at Shared Planet. If you'd like some copies to distribute or for your locality, please email us at techtoolsbook _at_ hacktionlab _dot_ org.
  • We had a stall at the London Anarchist Bookfair which took place at Queen Mary’s, University of London on Saturday 27th October. It was a lot of fun to meet everyone, faces old and new, and we had a great day.
  • In January 2012 we returned to the brilliant 1-in-12 Club (Bradford) for the third time and the tenth HacktionLab, a gathering of people from various projects that featured a Drupal clinic, and launched Tech Tools for Activism, a new project to provide a co-ordinated gateway into resources for activists in the UK. More on this very soon....
  • There was a gathering of projects involved with HacktionLab in Manchester on the 17th and 18th of September 2011: our ninth gathering at Hacktionlab Manchester 2011.
  • Finally various local HacktionLab collectives are the throes of organising workshop events in their local areas. Get on the list and get in touch if you're interested in organising, giving or attending a workshop.

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