Hacking with Care

Sociality and care are in the centre of attention for feminist hackers. Processes, behaviours and relations of people who work together on a hacking project are valued even more than the project itself. That is observable through the integration of various practices of care in different events and spaces. The organisers of the third iteration of the THF! chose "Hacking with Care", as a central topic for their discussions and activities. For them, focusing on well-being and in understanding oneself and others provides a basis for solidarity and maintains a network of trust.

"With Hacking with Care, we wish to contribute to the resiliency and prosperity of what we see as an extended network of caregivers: hackers-activists, lawyers, journalists, artists, whistle-blowers, and many others with or without a profession or a name, distant and near, free and imprisoned, each and everyone of us a node in this human support network" (THF! Summary, Montreal, 2016).

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