Neighbour Net Kit

[dcwalk]

Neighbour Net Kit

• Name : Dawn Walker
• Location : Toronto, ON
• Email : [e-mail]
• Twitter : @dcwalk_
• GitHub : @dcwalk
• Url(s) : dcwalker.ca

Speaker Bio

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Dawn Walker is a PhD student in the Faculty of Information at University of Toronto. Her research focuses on participatory design practices for civic environmental technologies. In addition, she organizes around community networks (Toronto Mesh) and environmental data (EDGI).

Type of proposal

Artwork

Description

Everything you need to share your home internet and recruit people into a neighbour-net in one travel case! Inspired by childhood adventure kits including "Master Detective Toolkit" and Super Sleuth Kit, this piece and accompanying zine will interpose an imagined neighbour-net with the contents of a "Neighbour Net Kit." Display includes carrying case, kit contents, modelled paper neighbourhood scene, and free copies of a zine.

Artwork installation requirements (if applicable)

Table space (24" x 36"?)