The Event

The Day of Digital Freedom is an event organized by the Chaos community and takes place for the third time in a row in Tübingen.

At the event, freaks, artists, utopians, and simply curious people come together to learn from and with each other. What connects us all is the open exchange about creativity, beauty, our society, technology, and its impact on us and the rapidly advancing climate crisis.

The ChaosTreff Tübingen is still relatively young and is in the process of building and maintaining a community. Their shared values ​​are to create a space together and non-commercially where one can learn from each other, unfold, and organize. This should also serve as a forum for the exchange of related groups and individuals.

The Day of Digital Freedom is there to realize this utopia. If you share our values ​​and ethics and want to help, you are cordially invited.

Dates & Deadlines

Preparation

• Thursday, April 12, 2024 - Opening Call for Participation
• Sunday, April 21, 2024, 4:00 pm - Early visit on site (open to anyone)
• Saturday, June 8, 2024 - Deadlines for online submission of contributions
• Sunday, June 9, 2024, 4:00 pm - Last visit on site (open to anyone)

Event

• Friday, July 5, 2024 - starting at 4:00PM - Setup
• Saturday, July 6, 2024 - Day of Digital Freedom (main day)
• Sunday, July 7, 2024 - Event conclusion until 2:00PM, then removal, dismantling and cleaning of the event location.

Presentations & Workshops

Feel free to give a presentation on stage or share your knowledge in a workshop with others.

• Presentations are scheduled to be 20 or 45 minutes (+ 10 minutes for questions)
• Workshops are scheduled for 45 minutes.

Please submit your ideas and proposals directly here online, we will give you feedback after the deadline.

If you would like to contribute something outside of this form or need anything else, please feel free to contact tdf@cttue.de

Submission guidelines

Please provide us with a meaningful, as complete as possible, but not excessively long description of your planned presentation/workshop via the web interface. Your description has a major impact on the selection and, if accepted, also on your audience. So please engage intensively with your description before submitting it.

It is not useful to submit company or product propaganda, not even covertly. Marketing and sales droids will be ruthlessly filtered out without a trace. We want to create a non-commercial event.

Presentations can be either 20 minutes (plus questions) or 45 minutes (plus questions). Workshops can be selected in the interface for 45 minutes. If you wish for different lengths, let us know by simply entering that information in the notes field.

Tracks

You can classify your contributions into the following topics / also expect additional content.

Creativity & Beauty

The quote "you can create art and beauty with a computer" from Steven Levis' Hacker Ethics (1984) is the guiding principle for this track. We look forward to submissions that combine performing or visual arts with themes and techniques of the digital world and the ideas of hacker culture.

Ethics, Politics & Society

The track examines the ethical, political, and social consequences of technology that affect our lives. It is about constructive and encouraging contributions on how to counteract the general feeling of powerlessness that arises from current trends such as the decline of democracy, climate crisis, and wars.

Hardware & Code

We surround ourselves with things that we (seemingly) cannot understand, open, repair, or even manufacture. It doesn't have to be that way. We can be "makers" and learn how to make and modify things, understand and program them. We look forward to contributions that show how we can empower ourselves with technology.

Digitality & (Media) Literacy

This track is about the ability to critically understand digital technologies and media, to use them responsibly, and to navigate safely in the digital world. Contributions on media literacy, data protection, cyber security, critical thinking, and ethics in the digital context are welcome.

Diversity & Mindfulness

People are different. There are forms of diversity that we culturally accept or don't even perceive. It becomes problematic when individuals or groups are excluded or harmed, whether because of their origin, sexual orientation and identity, or the way their brains work. How can we develop a perception of diversity and a positive approach to it in the digital world.

Sustainability & Climate Justice

This track welcomes all submissions that critically examine the design and use of technology in the current context of global ecological injustice and the collapse of ecosystems. We look forward to contributions that strive for and promote a sustainable, just, and democratic digital future.

Elves

In addition to the content, the event also lives on the help of nice and helpful elves.

Some helping hands are needed behind the scenes as well as in front of the stage.

The tasks are divided into 2.5-hour shifts, and all helpers receive free non-alcoholic drinks and food in the Elf Grove.

The Elf System will be online soon(^TM).

You can help the orga team with the following tasks in a low-threshold way:

Accommodation

For those coming from further away, we want to offer the opportunity to stay overnight in the Elf Grove on Friday and Saturday nights on camp beds & sofas. Please be sure to register in advance at tdf@cttue.de.