"Hivos sees vital opportunities to support creatives and build alternative digital spaces and activist communities that will stand up to the digital monoculture. They are essential if we want to imagine and work towards a more humane and sustainable digital future. In 'Counter the Digital Monoculture', the team interviews seven future-oriented activists, artists and academics to answer the question 'How can we counter the digital monoculture?' The interviews cover a wide range of topics, from indigenous futurism to afro-feminism, speculative storytelling, and the need for a fossil-free internet. A recurring theme is the importance of amplifying the work of activists, artists, and filmmakers to reach wide audiences with narratives that focus on humane digital futures." (Publisher description)
Introduction, 3
1 Breaking the Cycle of Hopelessness / Spideralex, 7
2 The Whiteness of AI / Kanta Dihal, 13
3 Feminist Technologies for Change / Neema Iyer, 19
4 Main Challenges of AI / Jason Edward Lewis, 25
5 Advancing a Sustainable Internet / Michelle Thorne, 29
6 Digital Colonialism / Morehshin Allahyari, 35
7 Digital Rights and Strategic Litigation / Nani Jansen Reventlow, 41