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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Engaging in Activism for Social Change in Tech
UAL Creative Computing Institute
In Week 1 you explored what activism means to different people engaged in tech justice work, discussed forms of activism that resonate with you, and began to plan a tech justice campaign using power mapping. In Week 2 you developed your campaign, identified SMART Objectives, created a self-care plan and built up to launching your campaign.
2 weeks, 4 hours per week
Dr Charlotte Webb
Senior Lecturer, Creative Computing Institute; Co-founder, Feminist Internet
UAL Creative Computing Institute
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explore what online and offline activism means to different activists
- Discuss forms of activism that resonate with you and that you can apply in your context
- Investigate examples of activism challenging power structures such as White supremacy, patriarchy, colonialism, and racial capitalism
- Experiment with planning an activist campaign
- Identify allies and funding to support your campaign
- Develop a campaign of your own
- Contribute to ongoing activist tech communities and campaigns
Syllabus
- How power structures such as white supremacy, patriarchy, colonialism, and racial capitalism manifest in information technologies
- How activism can challenge these power structures
- How you can build a practical online activist campaign
- How to contribute to ongoing activist tech communities and campaigns
Issued on 29th August 2022
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