ParTecK21: Evolve Together

What is ParTecK?

ParTecK (Participatory tech-knowlodgy) is a multi-disciplinary community of technology, arts, ethics, environment, and consciousness experts and enthusiasts who explore ways to build a holistic society that serves the life world.

We come together to have complex conversations and in doing so, often ignite new imaginative collaborations that explore ways we can create, use, apply, think about tech that is in greater service to life.

Each year, we have an annual gathering to explore, learn from each other, and create shared experiences so we can meet our times with more depth of understanding and insight.

This is a free, by-donation optional event, open to people interested in this topic.

What is the reality we want to create together? This is a call for our times, to go beyond the trajectories in front of us of tech power, control and economies, to imagine and explore another possibility.

If not now, when? This is the work of minds and hearts, of shared spaces of intention and action, of co-sensing, co-creating, and transcending of the old towards the emergence of the new.

You can learn about past ParTecK events here: https://humandatacommons.org/parteck/

This year's theme and design flow

As sometimes can happen, a theme emerges even as we are creating an event. This year, the theme landed at the 11th hour. Given it seems big chunks of the world order, like glaciers in Antarctica, are collapsing into the sea of history, it’s a rare opportunity we have now to surf the waves of collapse, and surf them well, with style even. Within these waves are the smaller arcs of a new world emerging. . . what a froth!

We're in the storm, and sense of unknown is great. So, what do people do in a time of collapse? Amidst the tensions, the discomfort of change, it’s more precious than ever to ride the currents of grace and joy together when they come - to gather, to dance, sing, to express the life we are, and in this we learn together. 

Many cultures have kept this spark of human capacity to not just weather, but strengthen in times of upheaval and constraint. Now is our time to not just paddle hard, or drift, but also to surf this infinite, unstoppable moment. 

Happily, ParTecK is designed this year to support us in this intention of 'surfing the collapse well’. We're also following a similar DNA structure to past events, this time carefully spread over several weeks. We begin with populating the space with crazy cool ideas and insights.

• Zak Stein will open with a dive into his latest thinking on Sept 28, followed by a host of ParTeck community presentations on Oct 5.
• The next movement on the ride of ParTeck is to come together to metabolize, explore, share, and shape new idea-scapes in the Community conversation space on Oct 12, which will deepen in Geoff’s co-sensing session on Oct 19. For those interested in TheoryU, you could say that by Oct 19 we will be deep in the bottom of the U.
• The final two sessions are all about developing your project ideas – what we can, should and will do for grants will be decided for the first time this year by our community!

As you can see there is a flow, and each event will build upon the next. For this reason, it is recommended (though not required) that you sign up for all of the events - simply put Tuesday at noon Pacific in your calendar.  The end, which feels near now, will lean towards a fitting, festive celebration - more soon on that closer to the time! 

Join us for:

• Live online presentations and conversations
• Experiential, co-sensing activities
• Community experiment with DAO
• Concurrent presentations including 2020 ParTecK Grantee offerings
• Community Grants decision making process using collective intelligence tools
• Collaborative Wiki space

Calendar Snapshot

Tuesdays at noon, Sept 28 - Nov 2 + Nov 4

September 22, 5:30pm - Opening Ceremony with Elder Kelly White in Vancouver (LIVE), recordings to be shared.

September 28, 12pm - Conversation with Zak Stein. Recording will be available on YouTube.

October 5, 12 pm - Community-hosted presentations on concurrent tracks, recorded

MORALITY: Moral Resilience and Regenerative Tech Design - MaRi Eagar

SUSTAINABILITY: Analysis of the Covid 19 Pandemic through the lens of Resilience Theory: A Solution Based Approach - Soudeh Jamshidian

IMMERSIVE TECH: ImagineXR! Immersive Technology and the (D)Evolution of Being Human - Prav Pillay and Mihai Streza with Rochelle Fairfield

DECOLONIZATION: Decolonizing Data and Canada's Energy Infrastructure - Lee White

GOVERNANCE: Evomimicry FTW (in Governance) - Derrick Yoder

October 12, 12pm - What can we do together? Community Conversation space hosted by Rochelle Fairfield

October 19, 12pm - Geoff Fitch, Pacific Integral - "Co-sensing and co-presencing"

October 26, 12pm - ParTecK Grants - Collective Intelligence Process - Identifying what we find novel, curious, and going from there...hosted by Derrick Yoder

November 2, 12pm - ParTecK Grants Process completion and Closing

November 4, evening - Festive occasion, more to come!

Click to view Presenter Bios and Topics

Open Source

Where possible, we use open-source technology ie Big Blue Button, NextCloud, Hylo, and Athens. All participants will receive a dedicated NextCloud account that they can use as they wish, including multiple embedded functions (Big Blue Button, calendar, shared docs, and more).

Community Interaction

Hylo is our space for connecting before, during and after ParTecK21. Our group is located here: https://www.hylo.com/groups/parteck

Community Compendium

You will receive a confirmation email asking you to fill out another form. This is for a new listing of people and their interests in this community. Even if you are new to this space, it will help us out with creating cross-pollinating connections. It's optional, and helpful! Learn more here: https://humandatacommons.org/parteck21/

SayDAO

This year, ParTecK is bringing the community into the process of awarding its 2021-22 grants by voting on aspects related to projects using SayDAO, a project funded by the 2020-21 grants.

DAOs, short for Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, are software that runs on a blockchain and allows people to coordinate based on pre-programmed rules. SayDAO is a DAO that encourages participation in small groups by awarding more influence, or “Say”, to people who actively take part. This means that people who regularly participate in a group will have more decision-making power than people who just joined a group or rarely take part.

Registrants will be given an opportunity to register for SayDAO.

By Donation

We are grateful to be able to offer this event by donation once again this year. If you would like to make a donation, you may do so in Bitcoin or with Paypal here: https://humandatacommons.org/donate/

Who we are

The Human Data Commons Foundation (HDC) is a non-profit based in Vancouver, Canada, inspiring the tech sector and everyday citizens towards an equitable and sustainable future for all.

HDC does this by convening and facilitating interdisciplinary, inclusive stakeholder collaborations and culture shaping.

Our actions include:

• creating awareness through events and education
• generating ideas for change
• advocating for higher industry standards
• supporting seed projects

We envision a world free of unintended consequences.

https://humandatacommons.org/