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-<h3>Radical Networks is a conference that celebrates the free and open Internet,</h3> featuring hands-on workshops, speakers, and a gallery exhibiting artworks focused on radio and networking technology.
+<h3>Radical Networks is a conference that celebrates the free and open Internet,</h3> 
 
-<p>It fosters critical discussion on contemporary issues that include surveillance, the spread of misinformation, ownership of personal data, and the increasing opacity of "The Cloud".</p>
+<p>with hands-on workshops, speakers, and a gallery exhibiting artworks centered around radio and networking technology. It fosters critical discussion on contemporary issues that include surveillance, the spread of misinformation, ownership of personal data, and the increasing opacity of “The Cloud”.</p>
 
-<p>It's also an arts festival that considers networking technology as an artistic medium, featuring works that run the gamut from ethical hacks to creative experiments to live performances.</p>
+<p>Radical Networks is also an arts festival that considers networking technology as an artistic medium, featuring works that run the gamut from ethical hacks to creative experiments to live performances.</p>
 
-<p>This event brings together artists, activists, community organizers, journalists, technologists, educators, and the public, to exchange ideas and look under the hood of what makes the Internet work. Radical Networks is in its fourth year and was the first festival and conference of its kind in the United States. <strong>This year we are expanding the event to Berlin, Germany from October 19-21, 2018</strong>.</p>
+<p>This event brings together artists, activists, community organizers, journalists, technologists, educators, and the public, to exchange ideas and look under the hood of what makes the Internet work. Radical Networks is in its fourth year and is the first festival and conference of its kind in the United States. <strong>This year we are expanding the event to Berlin, Germany from October 19-21, 2018</strong>.</p>
 
 <h3>Our Goals</h3>
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 <h3>Our Ideals</h3>
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-	<li>Promoting free and open networks built with free and open hardware and software.</li>
-	<li>Decentralizing the control of where networks exist and what and whom are served by them.</li>
+	<li>Promoting free and open networks built with free and open-source hardware and software.</li>
+	<li>Questioning who has access to network connectivity, and whose needs are served (or not).</li>
 	<li>Maintaining control of our own content, hardware, and means of deployment.</li>
 	<li>Community focused, amplifying marginalized voices.</li>
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 <h3>How to submit a GitLab proposal</h3>
 
 <ul>
-	<li>Register for free with our <a href="https://git.radicalnetworks.org/users/sign_in#register-pane" target="_blank">GitLab account</a>.</li>
+	<li>Create an account on our <a href="https://git.radicalnetworks.org/users/sign_in#register-pane" target="_blank">GitLab instance</a>.</li>
 	<li>Add your proposal as an <a href="https://git.radicalnetworks.org/chootka/radical-networks/issues/new?issuable_template=Proposal" target="_blank">issue</a> to our repo. The issue will be pre-filled with our proposal template.</li>
 	<li>Click 'Submit issue' and you are all set!</li>
 	<li>Wait for us to get back to you by <strong>August 15th, 2018</strong>.</li>

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 	<img src="sarah-new.jpg" width="256" />
 	<p><a href="http://chootka.com/" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/woolypixel" target="_blank">Twitter</a></p>
-	Sarah is a NYC + Berlin-based media artist and educator. She is a former Research Fellow at the Tow Center for Journalism at Columbia, Adjunct Professor at NYU Polytechnic in Digital Media and current Impact Resident at the Eyebeam Art and Technology Center. She makes art with computer networks and radio technology while researching and developing educational tools and workshops that demystify these concepts for the ordinary citizen. She is the author of <a href="http://www.subnodes.org" target="_blank">Subnodes</a> and organizes the Radical Networks conference in Brooklyn. Together with her partner Danja, she also runs a studio for commercial work called <a href="http://cosmic.berlin" target="_blank">cosmic.berlin</a>.
+	Sarah Grant is a NYC + Berlin-based media artist, teacher, and founder of Radical Networks. Her interests are in systems, radio waves, computer networks, and sculpture. Sarah is the author of <a href="http://www.subnodes.org" target="_blank">Subnodes</a> and runs workshops all over the world teaching the basics of Internet technology. She is a former Research Fellow at the Tow Center for Journalism at Columbia, Adjunct Professor at NYU Polytechnic in Digital Media, and resident at the Eyebeam Art and Technology Center. Together with her partner <a href="http://k0a1a.net" target="_blank">Danja Vasiliev</a>, she runs the interactive studio <a href="http://cosmic.berlin" target="_blank">Cosmic.Berlin</a>.
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 <h2 class="post"><a href="/speakers/erica-kermani">Erica Kermani</a></h2>
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 	<img src="Kermani-Erica-512.jpg" width="256" />
 	<p><a href="https://www.ericakermani.com/" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/farsiforeplay" target="_blank">Twitter</a></p>
-	Erica Kermani is an artist, educator, and community organizer that builds real, public, and speculative spaces, projects, and objects exploring rituals, collective care and resistance, invisibility, radical pedagogy, and technological impact. She is currently an MFA candidate in Design and Technology at the Parsons School for Design in NYC and co-organizer of Radical Networks. Erica is the former Director of Community Engagement of Eyebeam.
+	Erica Kermani (1983, Los Angeles) is a New York-based artist, educator, and community organizer. She creates projects and public programs around rituals for resistance, collective care, and technological sovereignty. Erica is co-creator and co-organizer of Radical Networks, an annual festival on the creative and alternative uses of network technologies. She is the former Director of Community Engagement at Eyebeam and is currently the recipient of the Mozilla Hive NYC Leadership Grant. She holds a BA in Visual Arts (Media/Computing) and Political Science at the University of California, San Diego and an MFA in Design and Technology from the Parsons School for Design (NYC/Paris).
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-<h3>Radical Networks is a conference that celebrates the free and open Internet,</h3> featuring hands-on workshops, speakers, and a gallery exhibiting artworks focused on radio and networking technology.
+<h3>Radical Networks is a conference that celebrates the free and open Internet,</h3> 
 
-<p>It fosters critical discussion on contemporary issues that include surveillance, the spread of misinformation, ownership of personal data, and the increasing opacity of "The Cloud".</p>
+<p>with hands-on workshops, speakers, and a gallery exhibiting artworks centered around radio and networking technology. It fosters critical discussion on contemporary issues that include surveillance, the spread of misinformation, ownership of personal data, and the increasing opacity of “The Cloud”.</p>
 
-<p>It's also an arts festival that considers networking technology as an artistic medium, featuring works that run the gamut from ethical hacks to creative experiments to live performances.</p>
+<p>Radical Networks is also an arts festival that considers networking technology as an artistic medium, featuring works that run the gamut from ethical hacks to creative experiments to live performances.</p>
 
-<p>This event brings together artists, activists, community organizers, journalists, technologists, educators, and the public, to exchange ideas and look under the hood of what makes the Internet work. Radical Networks is in its fourth year and was the first festival and conference of its kind in the United States. <strong>This year we are expanding the event to Berlin, Germany from October 19-21, 2018</strong>.</p>
+<p>This event brings together artists, activists, community organizers, journalists, technologists, educators, and the public, to exchange ideas and look under the hood of what makes the Internet work. Radical Networks is in its fourth year and is the first festival and conference of its kind in the United States. <strong>This year we are expanding the event to Berlin, Germany from October 19-21, 2018</strong>.</p>
 
 <h3>Our Goals</h3>
 <ul>
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 <h3>Our Ideals</h3>
 <ul>
-	<li>Promoting free and open networks built with free and open hardware and software.</li>
-	<li>Decentralizing the control of where networks exist and what and whom are served by them.</li>
+	<li>Promoting free and open networks built with free and open-source hardware and software.</li>
+	<li>Questioning who has access to network connectivity, and whose needs are served (or not).</li>
 	<li>Maintaining control of our own content, hardware, and means of deployment.</li>
 	<li>Community focused, amplifying marginalized voices.</li>
 </ul>

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 <h3>How to submit a GitLab proposal</h3>
 
 <ul>
-	<li>Register for free with our <a href="https://git.radicalnetworks.org/users/sign_in#register-pane" target="_blank">GitLab account</a>.</li>
+	<li>Create an account on our <a href="https://git.radicalnetworks.org/users/sign_in#register-pane" target="_blank">GitLab instance</a>.</li>
 	<li>Add your proposal as an <a href="https://git.radicalnetworks.org/chootka/radical-networks/issues/new?issuable_template=Proposal" target="_blank">issue</a> to our repo. The issue will be pre-filled with our proposal template.</li>
 	<li>Click 'Submit issue' and you are all set!</li>
 	<li>Wait for us to get back to you by <strong>August 15th, 2018</strong>.</li>

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 <p>
 	<img src="sarah-new.jpg" width="256" />
 	<p><a href="http://chootka.com/" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/woolypixel" target="_blank">Twitter</a></p>
-	Sarah is a NYC + Berlin-based media artist and educator. She is a former Research Fellow at the Tow Center for Journalism at Columbia, Adjunct Professor at NYU Polytechnic in Digital Media and current Impact Resident at the Eyebeam Art and Technology Center. She makes art with computer networks and radio technology while researching and developing educational tools and workshops that demystify these concepts for the ordinary citizen. She is the author of <a href="http://www.subnodes.org" target="_blank">Subnodes</a> and organizes the Radical Networks conference in Brooklyn. Together with her partner Danja, she also runs a studio for commercial work called <a href="http://cosmic.berlin" target="_blank">cosmic.berlin</a>.
+	Sarah Grant is a NYC + Berlin-based media artist, teacher, and founder of Radical Networks. Her interests are in systems, radio waves, computer networks, and sculpture. Sarah is the author of <a href="http://www.subnodes.org" target="_blank">Subnodes</a> and runs workshops all over the world teaching the basics of Internet technology. She is a former Research Fellow at the Tow Center for Journalism at Columbia, Adjunct Professor at NYU Polytechnic in Digital Media, and resident at the Eyebeam Art and Technology Center. Together with her partner <a href="http://k0a1a.net" target="_blank">Danja Vasiliev</a>, she runs the interactive studio <a href="http://cosmic.berlin" target="_blank">Cosmic.Berlin</a>.
 </p>
 <br/><br/>
 <h2 class="post"><a href="/speakers/erica-kermani">Erica Kermani</a></h2>
 <p>
 	<img src="Kermani-Erica-512.jpg" width="256" />
 	<p><a href="https://www.ericakermani.com/" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/farsiforeplay" target="_blank">Twitter</a></p>
-	Erica Kermani is an artist, educator, and community organizer that builds real, public, and speculative spaces, projects, and objects exploring rituals, collective care and resistance, invisibility, radical pedagogy, and technological impact. She is currently an MFA candidate in Design and Technology at the Parsons School for Design in NYC and co-organizer of Radical Networks. Erica is the former Director of Community Engagement of Eyebeam.
+	Erica Kermani (1983, Los Angeles) is a New York-based artist, educator, and community organizer. She creates projects and public programs around rituals for resistance, collective care, and technological sovereignty. Erica is co-creator and co-organizer of Radical Networks, an annual festival on the creative and alternative uses of network technologies. She is the former Director of Community Engagement at Eyebeam and is currently the recipient of the Mozilla Hive NYC Leadership Grant. She holds a BA in Visual Arts (Media/Computing) and Political Science at the University of California, San Diego and an MFA in Design and Technology from the Parsons School for Design (NYC/Paris).
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