Blog | Geeks for Social Change

Everything is connected, but should it be?

What if storing user data at all is a dark pattern?

The dream of utopian connectivity we were promised could not be further from our current reality.

Manchester Community Histories in the Shadow of Urban Regeneration

A report on our community history day in November 2019

On a chilly Saturday morning last November I joined other local residents, activists and researchers in participating in the first Hulme & Greenheys Community History Day in Manchester.

Graphic designer for anti state violence project wanted!

Resistance Lab are hiring

Following a successful grant application to Nesta Democracy Pioneers program, we are delighted to be able to recruit a graphic designer on a freelance basis.

Join us for Hulme & Greenheys Community History Day!

23rd November at The Old Abbey Taphouse

Join us in a day of celebration of Hulme & Greenheys’ diverse history. We are a group of grassroots historians, residents and academics who have come together to explore the history of our area. We’ve organised this day to help us understand how the four waves of rapid redevelopment over the last 100 years have affected us all, for better and worse.

Why tech co-production practice is barely scratching the surface

Revisiting Arnstein's "Ladder of Citizen Participation"

There’s a lot of discussion about co-production, co-design and other impressive-sounding terms starting with ‘co-’ at the moment in tech circles. This article discusses a seminar paper from the 1960s, and examines how we can rethink how technology products are made made and who they’re for.