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and organizing around the Indymedia movement. He lives in Washington, DC.</p>
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<h2>Presenting</h2>
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-<h3>Workshop: Commotion Wireless</h3>
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-<p><a href="https://commotionwireless.net/" target="_blank">Commotion</a> is a project that helps communities use cheap wireless hardware and open-source software to build their own network
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-infrastructure. These networks can help spread cheap internet access, as
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-well as provide a powerful alternative to traditional networks through
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-providing local services, local ownership, and resilience. At this
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-workshop, one of Commotion's developers will walk participants through
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-the process of organizing, designing, and building their own networks.
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-Additionally, we will talk about the technology behind community
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-networks, and the rich history of such networks throughout the world.</p>
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+<h3>Workshop: Raising a Commotion: How to build a Community Wireless Network</h3>
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+<p>For over 15 years, creative individuals have been banding
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+together in different places around the world to use whatever
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+technology they have available to build community wireless networks.
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+These networks are organized in many different ways, use many different
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+kinds of technology, and provide many kinds of services to their
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+communities.</p>
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+<p><a href="https://commotionwireless.net/" target="_blank">Commotion Wireless</a> is a project to make it easier for non-technical
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+users to build their own networks. In the first part of this workshop,
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+you'll learn about the history of community wireless networks around
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+the world, and then apply the Commotion toolkit in an activity to
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+design a network for your neighborhood.</p>
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+<p>In the second part of the workshop, you'll have a hands-on opportunity
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+to use the Commotion software to build a wireless mesh network using
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+off-the-shelf devices. Participants will come away with an new
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+understanding and new ideas for how to build a network for their
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+neighborhood.</p>
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