Course: Engaging in Activism for Social Change in Tech

In this video, you will hear our course contributors discuss what they do to support wellbeing and self-care in their activist work. They also share their advice on self-care. As …

This course has given you an introduction to the world of tech activism, and hopefully you are more confident in how you can challenge power in the tech sector. However, …

In this video our course contributors discuss the kinds of emotions they have experienced whilst undertaking their activist work. They also share advice that can help you build confidence in …

In this video you will hear our course contributors discussing whether they have made sacrifices for their activism. They also share how they assess their own capacity to take on …

In the last step, you heard from the course contributors about some broad approaches to planning. In this step we will look at planning in more detail. Now that you …

In this video, you will hear our course contributors sharing their perspectives on the planning process. They describe what was important or impactful in the process of planning and making …

In this video you will hear from our contributors about an activist campaign they feel proud of. Deji highlighted some inspiring examples of cases UTAW aims to minic, such as …

In this step, you can read a case study provided to us by the Whose Knowledge? organisation with permission for us to reproduce it verbatim here. Whose Knowledge? is a …

Remembering that general social activism is connected to technology and tech justice in particular, we will now discuss the first of our case studies of tech justice activism: a campaign …

Activism is about making changes in society, but there are many theories of change that can underpin the work activists do. A theory of change can be understood as a …

Activism can take many forms, and means different things for different people. In this video, you will hear from the course team about what activism means to them. For Deji …

This course has been designed to help you discover ways to challenge power and inequality in the technology sector. The ‘big question’ the course poses is: What can you do …

It is important to recognise that our work builds on a long line of other practising activists and educators, and this legacy will also be a major theme of the …

Watch this video to hear Dr Peaks Krafft talking about Whiteness in activism. This step is supplementary and is specifically written for white learners In this video Dr Peaks reflects …