Building on the analogy between information and food, between agriculture and digital platforms, the question arises: what means for the Internet to be more organic? That is, more healthy, more grounded, and more sovereign? Clearly, global digital platforms like Facebook, and Google represent the extreme of highly industrialized solutions that manage information at scale optimized... The post Imagining a more organic Internet [https://www.isoc.ch/imagining-a-more-organic-internet/] appeared first on ISOC Switzerland Chapter [https://www.isoc.ch].

The Beyond the Net Grant supporting this event series has now successfully ended. You can read here a short review of the events in 2021 (available as a printed booklet at L200). But the 7at7 series continues, since everything is in place already and additional funding from ISOC will be pursued soon! You can see... The post The Beyond the Net Grant ended, but the 7at7 series continues! [https://www.isoc.ch/the-beyond-the-net-grant-ended-but-the-7at7-series-continues/] appeared first on ISOC Switzerland Chapter [https://www.isoc.ch].

Digital sustainability was one of the first topics addressed in the 7at7 series, on September 7, 2020. Six months later, Panayotis Antoniadis and Nana Karlstetter (one of September 7at7 keynote speakers) joined Rahel Estermann and Laura Hagen to create the Digital sustainability working group at Digitale Gesselschaft, which presented itself for the first time in... The post Digital sustainability and sustainable digitalization [https://www.isoc.ch/digital-sustainability-and-sustainable-digitalization/] appeared first on ISOC Switzerland Chapter [https://www.isoc.ch].

Since April 2020, ISOC-CH is part of a coalition of organizations in Switzerland and beyond that are slowing developing the 7at7.digital concept, which has recently upgraded its visual identity and framing. Every 7th of the month at 7pm, there is a short news programme (“alternative news from the digital world”) and a special topic on... The post 7at7.digital as a communication platform and a hybrid infrastructure [https://www.isoc.ch/7at7-digital-as-a-communication-platform-and-a-hybrid-infrastructure/] appeared first on ISOC Switzerland Chapter [https://www.isoc.ch].

The quarantine has affected significantly the organization of the VIT Labs project, which is designed to create open spaces that facilitate learning and engagement with technology through direct human contact. Today physical gatherings are not possible, but the increasing dependence on digital technologies for our everyday communication makes the core objective of the project even... The post VIT Labs workshop series is starting: join us every 7th of the month at 7pm! [https://www.isoc.ch/vit-labs-workshop-series-is-starting-join-us-every-7th-of-the-month-at-7pm/] appeared first on ISOC Switzerland Chapter [https://www.isoc.ch].