Episode 19 - Resilience

How do we communicate when disaster strikes and our phones and internet go down? How are communities in New York, Puerto Rico & Oaxaca building their own networks which survive? What does resilience mean, and how can definitions influence what emergency responses look like? Can you get involved and build Internet without corporates involved at all?

We interview technologist, community organiser and badass Krusheska Quirós about her Portable Network Kits workshops, and how to build resilience through both social & technological means. Plus, throwing in a little bit of Audre Lorde - what tools can be used to demolish the master’s house? 

References

1. Resilient Communities Initiative at New America.

2. "What do we mean by 'community resilience'? A systematic literature review of how it is defined in the literature" by Patel, Rogers, Amlot and Rubin. Patel SS, Rogers MB, Amlôt R, Rubin GJ.

3. Palaces for the people, Eric Klinenberg (book)

4. Technological Disobedience, Ernesto Oroza

5. Trying to Communicate after the hurricane: ‘it’s as if Puerto Rico doesn’t exist’, Rachel Becker

6. Weizenbaum examines computers and society, interview with Diana ben-Aaron

7. Response to Hurricane Sandy | Red Hook Initiative

8. After Hurricane Sandy, This Brooklyn Neighborhood Reinvented Community Wifi

9. Detroit Technology Project @DetCommTech

10. Toronto Mesh

11. Guifi mesh network

12. The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House, Audre Lorde

13. Ignored By Big Telecom, Detroit's Marginalized Communities Are Building Their Own Internet, Kayleigh Rogers

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