DSI talks: If you can’t open it, you don’t own it

Waag operates at the intersection of science, technology and the arts. Our work focuses on emergent technologies as instruments of social change, and is guided by the values of fairness, openness and inclusivity. Waag’s dedicated team of sixty thinkers and makers empowers people to become active citizens through technology.Waag opereert al 25 jaar op het kruispunt van kunst, wetenschap en technologie. Het verkent de sociale en culturele impact van nieuwe technologieën en hun toepassing voor sociale innovatie. Met een team van ruim zestig denkers en makers zet Waag aan tot actief burgerschap door open, eerlijke en inclusieve technologie te ontwikkelen.

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DSI Talks is a series of talks about digital social innovation. Digital social innovation is a growing community of people who use digital technology to tackle societal challenges. See more information on this series here.
Tech companies are increasingly closing off and patenting their technology, thereby making it more difficult for users to understand, and exercise control over, the tools that they use on a daily basis. On the other hand, a countermovement is on the rise, one that sees opening up technology as a crucial step in the transition towards sustainable economies and societies. Communities advocating the use of open source soft- and hardware are growing in number and relevance.
Open technologies stimulate/encourage citizens to change their attitude towards products and consumption. When engaged as potential designers, citizens cultivate a different relationship with the tools they use: they may ask how things are made, and how the design can be improved to reduce its environmental burden/impact.
If we construct our products and technologies in such a way that we can open up, repair and reuse them, then we can use resources in a more sustainable way. Numerous parties across the globe are working within the open source framework. One good example, from the Netherlands, is Fairphone. They have developed a modular phone which allows owners to replace certain parts easily, without having to buy an entire new phone.
This open-source transition requires that we rethink and redesign our products, with an eye towards maximum reusability of parts, access to designs, and transparency of assemblage.
On this night we will unpack the philosophy of open-source sustainability and discuss new avenues for open, participatory working.

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