Seattle Community Network
Esther Jang
This lightning talk briefly presents a model for a non-profit, educational community-owned and operated Internet access network (“community learning network”) that builds power among participants and produces a “learning commons” for in-context hands-on technical learning.
Based on participant observer research conducted through the mobilization of the Seattle Community Network (SCN) and work with NYC Mesh and other CN builders from 2019 to the present, I frame DIY infrastructure building and pedagogy as a way of claiming power over technology within diverse settings of technological marginality.
This lightning talk briefly presents a model for a non-profit, educational community-owned and operated Internet access network (“community learning network”) that builds power among participants and produces a “learning commons” for in-context hands-on technical learning.
Based on participant observer research conducted through the mobilization of the Seattle Community Network (SCN) and work with NYC Mesh and other CN builders from 2019 to the present, I frame DIY infrastructure building and pedagogy as a way of claiming power over technology within diverse settings of technological marginality.