Tomislav Medak
Channel: NeMe
Date: 29/03/2023

In his presentation Tomislav Medak discusses Pirate Care, a project convened by Valeria Graziano, Marcell Mars and himself. Pirate Care is a transnational research project and a network of activists, scholars and practitioners who stand against the criminalisation of solidarity and for a common care infrastructure. The name refers to initiatives that have emerged in opposition to neoliberal policies and paternalistic institutions that are denying basic care provisions to many. Pirate Care works on establishing infrastructures for self-organised, technologically-enabled practices of care and collective learning from those practices. In his presentation, he also expands on the technological aspects of the project, which are rooted in their previous work in shadow librarianship and their aspiration to foster autonomy in social movements through technological upskilling by using simple and sustainable tools.

This talk was part of the training school, "Sharing Care" funded by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology), a funding agency for research and innovation networks. Its Actions help connect research initiatives across Europe and enable scientists to grow their ideas by sharing them with their peers and boost their research, career and innovation.

More info: https://www.neme.org/projects/toolkit-of-care/