[spectre] Launch: Disruption Network Institute

[Tatiana Bazzichelli]

Dear spectre list,

yesterday, on the symbolic date of September 11, Disruption Network Lab
launched a research programme: Disruption Network Institute.
Investigating the Kill Cloud.

In parallel to our programme of conferences and events, this new hub for
investigations and empirical research will focus on how artificial
intelligence impacts new technologies of war, automated weapons, and
networked warfare.
On the brand new https://disruption.institute you will find research
abstracts and more.

An essential novel aspect of the Institute's approach is the direct
involvement of whistleblowers and other affected experts. With this
approach, the Institute not only feeds into an important ongoing debate
regarding the future of warfare, public participation therein, as well
as the protection of civilians – it also directly mobilises the
knowledge of people with first-hand experience of these systems from within.

Four research fellows joined the Institute to start working with us:
Lisa Ling (Whistleblower, Technologist, former Technical Sergeant, US
Air Force Drone Surveillance Program), Jack Poulson (Executive Director,
Tech Inquiry), Naomi Colvin (Whistleblower Advocate and
UK/Ireland/Belgium Programme Director at Blueprint for Free Speech), and
Joana Moll (Artist and Researcher).

Our advisory board includes Thomas Drake (Whistleblower, former Senior
Executive at the National Security Agency), Jesselyn Radack (Head of the
Whistleblower and Source Protection Program at ExposeFacts), Alexa
Koenig (Co-Faculty Director and Adjunct Professor, University of
California, Berkeley School of Law), Khalil Dewan (Head of Legal
Investigations at Stoke White), and many more.

Cooperation partners are Human Rights Center, University of California
Berkeley; Proto-Centre for Radical Matter: Art. Philosophy. Wild
Science. at the Royal College of Art, London; Airwars at University of
Goldsmiths, London.

Any feedback is welcome!
You can help spreading the word or reach out if you want to know more.
institute <at> disruptionlab.org

All the best,

Tatiana
-- 
Tatiana Bazzichelli // Artistic Director
Disruption Network Lab
http://disruptionlab.org
E-mail for personal messages: tbazz(at)disruptionlab.org
Twitter: @disruptberlin // @t_bazz
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