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<p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;mso-fareast-language:SV"><img width="652" height="57" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.png@01D2B9E8.13C75EF0"></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">The Political Economy of Hacking – Accelerate, Augment, or Abolish the Markets?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-US"> Circle 6: Appropriating Technology for Societal Change</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US">26th of July - 2nd of August, Saulkrasti, Latvia<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US">Deadline for applications: 1<sup>st</sup> of May<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-US">Theme of the symposium<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US">Technology disrupt markets. It is open to debate, however, what this implies for the future of the market economy. Some hackers and activists look forward to the day when technological progress has abolished the need for
market exchanges. For instance, self-acclaimed pirates strive to make intellectual property unenforceable with file sharing protocols. Hobby-engineers develop self-reproducing 3D printers under the slogan: “wealth-without-money”. The digital currency Faircoin
has been launched as a more equitable alternative to the existing monetary system. Peer production, exemplified in free software development, is showcased as a non-coercive model for organizing work. Towering above these initiatives is basic income as a redistributive
principle, arguably better adjusted to the age of full automation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US">The post-capitalist future envisioned by some hackers and activists contrasts with the “accelerationist” vision. According to the latter viewpoint, it is not markets but monopolies, guild privileges, and state regulations
that are unsettled by technological breakthroughs. Virtual reality paves the way for “augmented property”, block-chain technology unlocks new areas of the lifeworld to just-in-time monetary flows, and computerization allows work to be parceled up in ever finer
tasks and micropayments. Whose utopia will carry the day – </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#333333">you are invited to take part in the discussion!</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">Relevant themes for presentations may include, but is not limited to, the following questions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">Is peer production still on the agenda after the rise of the “sharing economy”?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">Is basic income the answer to automation and jobless growth?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">What are the identities of future workers: employees, turkers, makers?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">How is wealth distribution affected by platform capitalism?
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">What new avenues of marketization will be opened-up with block-chain technology?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">Can alternative currencies be designed to fix the monetary system?
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">Historical perspectives on the rise of peer production/platform capitalism/sharing economy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">Theoretical perspectives at the intersection of hacking, high-tech markets, and labour<br>
<br>
<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-US">Format of the presentation </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="Default"><i><span lang="EN-US">Presentation of work: </span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US">We wish to facilitate debates and therefore encourage free oral presentation rather than reading from a paper. A presentation should aim for 20-30 min., leaving time for discussions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><i><span lang="EN-US">Text: </span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US">You can offer to present a text (own writing or a published text) which has been distributed beforehand to the participants. The text should not exceed 25 pages. The presentation must give a short introduction of the argumentation
allowing participants to engage in discussion. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-US">Submit via email. Deadline, 1st of May, 2017:
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">1. A written proposal
<b>(ca 350 words) </b>with a title, its format its duration. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US">2. A short bio <b>(ca 100 words)</b>. <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US">Submit to: </span><a href="mailto:johan.soderberg@sts.gu.se"><span lang="EN-US">johan.soderberg@sts.gu.se</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> and
</span><a href="mailto:gustav.eek@fripost.org"><span lang="EN-US">gustav.eek@fripost.org</span></a>
<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US">If you would like to attend the symposium without presenting, please email a short bio. Participants with presentations will be given priority. Preliminary program will be announced on 15th of May on www.nordic.university.
Late submissions will continued to be considered, until the maximum number of participants is reached.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-US">Application process and registration </span>
</b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US">The application process has two steps: <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US">(1) Application to coordinators for acceptance of presentation or participation without presentation.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US">(2) After you have been accepted, the next step is registration and payments, which
<b>closes on 1st of June</b>. All registration and payment will be done electronically.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US">Note if you apply for participating late, payment must still be completed 1st of June.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-US">Keynote speakers at NSU<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><i><span lang="EN-US">Sigridur Thorgeirsdottir</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US">, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Iceland.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><i><span lang="EN-US">Cecilia Malmström Olsson, </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US">freelance dance researcher, writer, lecturer.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-US">Cost and accommodation </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US">The NSU summer session is held from 26th of July to 2nd of August 2017 in Minhauzena Unda, Saulkrasti (Latvia)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US">For more information about the place, please visit:
<a href="https://nsu2017.wordpress.com/">https://nsu2017.wordpress.com/</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US">Total cost per adult person, including accommodation and full pension, ranges from 200-550 € depending on the accommodation of choice. Grant and scholarship are available under certain conditions. See further on combination
of categories and prices here: <a href="https://payment.nsuweb.org/">https://payment.nsuweb.org/</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">To Doctorate Candidates<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Despite its name, Nordic Summer School is not a summer school targeting doctorate candidates. It invites participants on all levels of the university as
well as from outside academia. That being said, doctorate student is on request awarded 5 credits for participation and presentation at NSU.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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