Transnational hackmeeting - share, meet, think

For some years there have been a number of meetings of hackers, hacktivist and media activist which have all followed the principle of self-organising a space where people with a hacker ethic, applied to whatever area you can think of - from technology to politics to reality itself - could meet, share and think together about new ways of transforming the world around them.

These meetings have been held in different locations at a national, regional, local and neighbourhood level, uniting very different people who have been brought together by their passion for technology, communication, social change, and connecting people, things and paradigms. The meetings have met with lots of enthusiasm and the feeling that a diverse community centred around these themes is possible.

This year it seems that a meeting bringing together people from all over Europe (geographically speaking), the Mediterranean, Near and Middle East really is possible and this is a call for making it happen.

This meeting won't be organized by anyone else other than you: bring your workshop, your debate, the things you've studied this year, the things you want to talk about, the reasons and projects why you'd like to meet other hackers - and you don't need to be a geek to be a hacker!

The Monteparadiso squat in Pula, Croatia, has already agreed to host the transnational hackmeeting, otherwise known as the transhackmeeting or thk, which has been in the pipeline for two years. The meeting will take place at the end of June.

If you want to help out and participate, subscribe to the list thk@autisticiNOSPAMNONONONO.org (http://www.autistici.org/mailman/listinfo/thk) and spread the news through your local networks.

--blicero

::: INVITATION TO A TRANSNATIONAL HACKMEETING :::

WHAT?

The "Transnational Hackmeeting" will take place on June 25th, 26th and 27th 2004 in Pula, Croatia. On an international scale will it bring together a wide range of groups and individuals, defining themselves as "hackers": coders, network explorers, radical activists, cyberfeminists, curious & inventive people, mediactivists, cyberpunks, gnus, crypto-anarchists and miscellaneous (digital) rebels. The "reality-hacking" principle will prevail: no need to be a geek to be a hacker; better freely express your creativity, subvertise common tools by using them in a different way to bypass obstacles!

WHO?

The "Transnational Hackmeeting" aims at extending the ongoing Italian and Spanish hackmeeting movement. Since a few years, it has allowed alternative/autonomous militant cultures and hacking/free software movements to meet, exchange and mix. The "Transnational Hackmeeting" is willing to expand this beyond geographical borders; to spread this hybrid and autonomous culture; to benefit from contacts with similar movements in Europe; to meet eastern countries that are often ignored and isolated.

HOW?

The "Transnational Hackmeeting" is self-organized: no central comity, but an open and transparent organisational process, through a permanent assembly on the Internet, using the thk@autisticiNOSPAMNONONONO.org mailing-list (open subscription!) and a wiki; no sponsorship, but good will, shared hardware, mutual aid and knowledge from all the people involved; no paid lecturer, but free workshops, organized by volunteers for interested people; a flexible program, evolving thanks to participants.

WHERE?

The "Transnational Hackmeeting" will take place at Monteparadiso (http://www.monteparadiso.hr/), an occupied social centre located in Pula, Croatia. There will be a big parking place and space for camping.

WHAT ELSE?

More infos can be found on http://trans.hackmeeting.org/

Now let's spread the word, prepare your equipments, bring your ideas and friends, along with whatever you want to share as workshops, projections, performances... see you there!

--darkveggy