[spectre] CITIZENS OF EVIDENCE: Independent Investigations for Change

[Tatiana Bazzichelli]

Dear all,

I would like to invite you to the 17th conference of the Disruption
Network Lab, which will happen soon in Berlin:

CITIZENS OF EVIDENCE: Independent Investigations for Change
September 20-21, 2019, Kunstquartier Bethanien.

The conference is exploring the investigative impact of grassroots
communities and citizens to expose injustice, corruption and power
asymmetries.

I hope to see many of your there. Below you find our schedule, and more
details are here:
https://www.disruptionlab.org/citizens-of-evidence

All the best,

Tatiana

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# SCHEDULE
# Friday, September 20 - 2019

16:40-18:10 – KEYNOTE
GHOSTS IN THE WOODS AND UNCANNY ENTITIES:  On How to Cover the Italian
'NO TAV' Movement
Wu Ming 1 (Author & Writer, Wu Ming Foundation, IT).
Moderated by Alexandra Weltz-Rombach (Author & Filmmaker, DE).

18:30-20:30 – PANEL
EXPOSING ABUSES: Citizens Recording Human Rights Violations from the US
to The Gambia.
Melissa Segura (Investigative Reporter, BuzzFeed News, US), Samuel
Sinyangwe (Data Scientist & Policy Analyst, Campaign Zero & Police
Scorecard, US), Gareth Benest (Participatory Video Facilitator, UK).
Moderated by Michael Hornsby (Communication Officer, Transparency
International, UK/DE).

# Saturday, September 21 - 2019

15:30-17:00 – KEYNOTE
WHAT INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATORS DON'T USUALLY DISCLOSE
Matthew Caruana Galizia (Investigative Journalist & Software Engineer,
MLT).  Moderated by Crina Boros (Investigative Reporter, UK).

17:15-19:15 – PANEL
TRACKING DICTATORS, DIVING FOR LEAKS & OPENING UP SENSITIVE DATA
Natalie Sedletska (Investigative Reporter & TV Host, UA), Brennan Novak
& M C McGrath (Transparency Toolkit, US/DE), Emmanuel Freudenthal
(Freelance Investigative Journalist, Dictator Alert, FR/KY). Moderated
by Shannon Cunningham (Freelance Investigative Journalist, US/DE).

19:30-20:30 – INVESTIGATION
FORENSIC ARCHITECTURE: Horizontal Verification and the Socialised
Production of Evidence
Robert Trafford / Forensic Architecture (Researcher, Open Source
Investigations, UK). Moderated by Laurie Treffers (Freelance Journalist
& Conflict Researcher, Airwars, NL).

# Sunday, September 22 - 2019

12:00-18:00 – WORKSHOP @ Supermarkt & Tempelhofer Feld
FLYING IN BERLIN’S SKY, AN AFTERNOON INVESTIGATION
Emmanuel Freudenthal (Freelance Investigative Journalist, Dictator
Alert, FR/KY). Sector035 (InfoSec, Geolocation & OSINT, NL). Online
tickets 30€. The number of participants is limited to 20. Booking is
essential.

Tickets are available here:
https://pretix.eu/disruptionlab/citevidence/

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Location: Studio 1, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin.
Partner Venues: Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Supermarkt Berlin, STATE
Studio.
Curated by Tatiana Bazzichelli. In cooperation with: Transparency
International.

Funded by: Hauptstadtkulturfonds (Capital Cultural Fund of Berlin), Reva
and David Logan Foundation (grant provided by NEO Philanthropy),
Checkpoint Charlie Foundation. Supported [in part] by a grant from the
Open Society Initiative for Europe within the Open Society Foundations.
In partnership with: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.

In collaboration with: School of Machines, Making & Make-Believe,
Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG).
Communication Partners: Sinnwerkstatt, Furtherfield. Media partners:
taz, die tageszeitung, Exberliner. In English language.

More info: https://www.disruptionlab.org/citizens-of-evidence
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Tatiana Bazzichelli // Artistic Director
Disruption Network Lab
http://disruptionlab.org
Twitter: @disruptberlin // @t_bazz
PGP: disruptionlab.org/pgp