[spectre] Can Art do Technology and Social Change?

[marc garrett]

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Can Art do Technology and Social Change?

Is it possible to develop artistic projects that not only change the way 
we see and use technology but also affect real social change at the same 
time? Ruth Catlow introduces the Zero Dollar Laptop project and proposes 
that this might just be possible.

By Ruth Catlow.

The Zero Dollar Laptop Workshop programme has been developed and 
delivered through partnership between Furtherfield and Access Space and 
aims to change attitudes to technology. It does this by recycling 
hardware, deploying Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), sharing skills 
and working together to create rich media content.

This project has provided a useful basis for thinking about how art 
might be able to create change through learning and education that 
relates to technology.

This question becomes especially relevant in the context of current, 
global economic and ecological collapse.

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