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Disruption Network Lab e.V.
Formation2014 (2014)
FounderTatiana Bazzichelli
TypeNon-profit organization
Legal statusEingetragener Verein (German registered voluntary association)
PurposeStrengthening freedom of speech, and exposing the misconduct and wrongdoing of the powerful.
HeadquartersBerlin, Germany
Location
  • Treptower Str. 23,
    12059 Berlin, Germany
Region served
Global
Artistic Director & board chair
Tatiana Bazzichelli
Senior project manager & board member
Elena Veljanovska
Administration Officer, Legal Advisor & board member
Veronika Nad
Websitedisruptionlab.org

The Disruption Network Lab is a Berlin-based non-profit organization.[1]

Organization

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Since its establishment in 2014, the Disruption Network Lab has organized more than 28 conferences, community meetups and workshops related to the conference program, and online series (“Disruptive Fridays”[2]) in cooperation with grassroots networks and organizations both in Berlin and abroad[3]. Founder of the Disruption Network Lab is Tatiana Bazzichelli, currently board chair and artistic director, who envisioned the concept of a program of events and research in the framework of disruption[4].

Working Method

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The term “disruption” is consciously moved from the business context referring to a radical change that triggers unexpected consequences within a system[5].

Areas of Work

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Whistleblowing, Surveillance and Digital Resistance

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A series of events from 2015 to 2023 on drone warfare, issues of digital tracking, and whistleblowing. The events saw the participation of speakers as former US Air Force drone operator and first drone whistleblower Brandon Bryant[6], CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou[7], Drone Surveillance Program whistleblower and former technical sergeant Lisa Ling[8], and Syrian journalist, human rights defender activist and IT trainer Abdalaziz Alhamza[9]. In November 2021, Disruption Network Lab’s anthology Whistleblowing for Change: Exposing Systems of Power and Injustice (authored by Tatiana Bazzichelli and published in 2021 by transcript Verlag[10]) put together the work made in the years by Disruption Network Lab and thirty whistleblowers, researchers, journalists, artists and activists. It examines the growing phenomenon of whistleblowing, investigating the act of blowing the whistle as a developing political practice that can provoke change from within.[11][12]

Social Justice, AI and Human Rights

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Since 2015, Disruption Network Lab held conferences and workshops addressing the issues of migration[13], the War on terror[14], AI driven discrimination[15], polarized narratives in China[16] and human rights in mental health[17].

Misinformation, Hate Speech and Empowering Civil Society

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Disruption Network Lab created spaces of discussion to reflect on free speech, hate speech and misinformation[18][19]. INFILTRATION conference (September 2018) saw the participation of race relations expert and White supremacy and nationalism consultant Daryl Davis[20].

Identity, Critical Technology, and Artistic Practices

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Disruption Network Lab created occasions of reflection on the international book launch of Sci-Fi theorist Antonio Caronia[21] in 2015 inviting the cyberfeminist Australian art group VNS Matrix for the CYBORG conference[22] Since then the topics of identity and artistic practices have been part of Disruption Network Lab activities.[23][24]

Anti-Corruption and Transparency

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In 2019 and 2020 Disruption Network Lab addressed the topic of corruption, power and financial system organizing conferences and online events[25] in cooperation with Transparency International e.V. (TI) and in 2020-2021 supported by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).

Reference section

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  1. ^ "Guerrilla Foundation". guerrillafoundation.org. 16 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Disruption Network Lab - Disruptive Fridays - Tactics of Empowerment". culturalfoundation.eu. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  3. ^ "ACTIVATION: Collective Strategies to Expose Injustice - Re-imagine Europe". re-imagine-europe.eu. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  4. ^ Matteoni, Federica (18 November 2021). "Jungle World - »Whistleblowing sollte ein Bürgerrecht werden«". jungle.world. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  5. ^ ""Exposing systems of power and injustice." An interview with the Disruption Network Lab". sovereignty.weizenbaum-institut.de. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  6. ^ Krempl, Stefan (18 April 2015). "Ex-US-Pilot: "Todesdrohnen sind die feigeste Art der Kriegsführung"". heise.de. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  7. ^ Fiore, Angela (12 November 2021). "John Kiriakou: dalla CIA al carcere per aver denunciato le torture americane. La nostra intervista". ilmitte.com. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  8. ^ "the Gray Area Festival". grayareafestival.io. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  9. ^ Garrett, Marc (2 July 2018). "Disruption Network Lab: Art as Investigating Misconduct & Wrongdoing". furtherfield.org. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Whistleblowing for Change bei transcript Verlag". transcript-verlag.de. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  11. ^ Noubel, Filip (25 August 2022). "Whistleblowing is a service to society: Interview with Disruption Network Lab director Tatiana Bazzichelli". globalvoices.org. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  12. ^ Debatty, Régine (23 December 2021). "Whistleblowing for Change. Exposing Systems of Power & Injustice". we-make-money-not-art.com. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  13. ^ "Borders of Fear Meetup: Facing Invisible Borders". migrantmedia.network. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  14. ^ Borsci, Alessandro (6 February 2018). "Terror Feeds Report from Disruption Network Lab". Furtherfield.org. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  15. ^ "AI TRAPS – Automating Discrimination". kim.hfg-karlsruhe.de. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  16. ^ Stoica, Diana Elena (25 January 2022). "Powers Of Truth: Badiucao". humanrightspulse.com. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  17. ^ Jervert, Karin (23 November 2022). "Art and Transformation: Creating Justice in Mental Health". madinamerica.com. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  18. ^ "Ignorance: The Power of Non-Knowledge - Resistance Studies Initiative". umass.edu. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  19. ^ "HATE NEWS vs. FREE SPEECH: Polarization & Pluralism in Georgian Media". Furtherfield.org. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  20. ^ Uthoff, Jens (6 September 2018). "Schwarzer Musiker über Rassismus: Der Mann, der Nazis zweifeln lässt". taz.de. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  21. ^ "CYBORG: Hacktivists, Freaks and Hybrid Uprisings". iicberlino.esteri.it. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  22. ^ Peteranderl, Sonja (2 June 2015). "Die Pionierinnen des Cyberfeminismus sagen den Tech-Cowboys den Kampf an". wired.de. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  23. ^ Noubel, Filip (2 July 2022). "The poet's mindset as a tool against transphobia: An interview with US veteran and trans activist Drew Pham". globalvoices.org. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  24. ^ "Una due giorni internazionale sull'artivismo da non perdere". dada-tv.org. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  25. ^ Schneider, Ruth (29 May 2020). "Who owns Berlin/". exberliner.com. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
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