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Scene Versus System: How DIY Software Scenes Can Resist
niall t.l. looks at how direct resistance can come from the inside workings of video games, the digital and DIY art scenes in response to atrocity.
Human Adventures
in Creative Technology
Social & Climate Justice
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RE-MASTER: Prototyping Decolonial Fighting Styles in Video Games
Tobéchukwu Onwukeme and Mark Mushiva of the Institute of Decolonial Technology propose a digital remixing of decolonial fighting styles via Tekken and capoeira, from the position of acknowledging radical anti-racist history.
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Sustainable Sounds: Generating Change in Global Music Touring
Dawn Attride talks with the people working to make the music touring industry more sustainable.
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Tuning in to Nature
Dawn Attride shares insights and audio from scientists across the world listening in to nature to understand its health status.
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Open and Closed Software: A Climate Concern
Janna Frenzel and lee wilkins write about the impact and implications of open licensing for software in the wake of the climate crisis, the use of software in resource extraction, and how developers are actively responding to the ethical concerns raised by this issue.
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Engineering Futures In Nigeria’s Rice Culture
Chidinma Iwu presents an investigation into the state of rice farming, bio-engineering, and traditional food culture in Nigeria's flood affected landscape, considering the future of the crop under climate and social pressures.
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Mapping As A Defence Against Climate Crisis
Adetokunbo Abiola looks at a community mapping project in Makoko, a fishing district of Lagos excluded from official maps, now at risk of climate disaster.
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Designing A Degradable Video Game
Prompts for thinking about the future of video game design, infrastructure and play, created by Everest Pipkin.
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Are Multi-Sensory Maps Possible?
Madhuri Karak talks with indigenous elders and local researchers in Indonesia about community mapping projects using GPS, drones and sensory experiences to defend against encroaching palm oil acquisitions and government maps.
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Queer ec(h)o – Act III
The final chapter of our Issue 4 Artist Residency: looking back, looking forward.