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Creative Open Source Activist Literacies

admin — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 17:57:55 +0000

On Friday 18th and Saturday 19th March, we helped Scottish Union Learning and BFAWU (Bakers’ Union) to facilitate Game Plan, a training academy for young activists involved in various campaigns. Coming together with trade unionists, artists and techies, we explored the literacies in creative, open source activism through a series of participatory sessions at the…Read more Creative Open Source Activist Literacies

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Digital Citizenship at MozFest

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 17:11:08 +0000

At Mozilla Festival 2015, we facilitated the Campaign Hack: Codesigning a Framework for Activism session. MozFest exemplifies the type of learning, hacking, making experience we hope to create with Hack Aye. It’s a unique event, with people from all over the world coming together to see where the open Web can take us in education,…Read more Digital Citizenship at MozFest

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About Things That Matter

admin — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 11:56:56 +0000

On 22 July 2015 we facilitated a campaign hack at Greenock Town Hall in conjunction with Unite Community. Often, organisations such as trade unions attempt to dictate the terms of a campaign before getting communities involved—it’s our feeling that activism can only be truly successful when participants are consulted and engaged from the outset. Rather…Read more About Things That Matter

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Open Source Activism

admin — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 17:04:36 +0000

This post is by Sue. Last Friday (12 June 2015) I was delighted to attend the DotComrade hackday at Mozilla London. This event brought together techies, activists, union organisers and makers to hack organised labour. The diversity of people in the room was a productive mix, with prototype applications developed during the day. Check out…Read more Open Source Activism

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Representing Identity in Activism

admin — Sun, 31 May 2015 22:19:24 +0000

As part of a collaborative project organised in conjunction with the STUC and the Conforti Institute, Hack Aye engaged a group of young people in a creative project to design and construct a banner for May Day 2015. High School students interested in the theme of social justice were invited along to the event, which…Read more Representing Identity in Activism

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Hacking Zero Culture

admin — Fri, 22 May 2015 16:46:18 +0000

On 14 May 2015, we organised an event at the STUC in Glasgow as part of the >ZERO campaign against “zero culture” – zero hours contracts, low pay, insecure work and unemployment. We brought young people together with artists, performers, technologists and activists to have their say on work and start to drive this campaign.…Read more Hacking Zero Culture

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Hacking Participation

admin — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 12:30:27 +0000

Last Friday (6th March 2015) we gave a presentation to the STUC Organising Seminar in Glasgow, introducing Hack Aye, what it’s all about, how we got here and who inspired us to do this. You can see the presentation on Prezi or our About page. This post expands on the presentation to give a bit…Read more Hacking Participation

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