2 Making by Hacking: citizens of change creating the future now 3 No comercial (Non Commercial): el material original y los trabajos derivados pueden ser distribuidos, copiados y exhibidos mientras su uso no sea comercial. Fundación Cibervoluntarios, 2017 ISBN: 978-84-697-5682-9 Impreso en España 4 Índice Prólogo ......................................................................... 7 Aisha Dabo, Activists for democracy in Africa ................... 10 Alex Rutherford, Prototyping and scaling technologies that strengthen UNICEF’s work for children .............................. 29 Alexandre Detroux, CitizenLab ...................................... 41 Audrey Tang, Hacking to achieve greater access of citizens to state information ........................................................... 52 Carlos Martín Guevara, MyLeaf, un proyecto de Raras pero no invisibles .................................................................. 63 Christian Trieber, Bellingcat: by and for citizen investigative journalists. Open source investigation ............................... 73 Deji Bryce, Access Now, fighting internet shutdowns around the world ...................................................................... 81 EL CARACOL, El Caracol: inclusión social de poblaciones callejeras y en riesgo social de México .............................. 90 Esteban Romero Frías, Andalabs, una red para la innovación ciudadana en Andalucía ................................................. 109 Eugenio Tisselli, OjoVoz: creación colaborativa de memorias comunitarias ............................................................... 121 5 Gui Seiz and Mara Balestrini, Making Sense: Advances and Experiments in Participatory sensing ............................... 133 Henrique Parra and Ricardo Poppi, Instituto Cidade Democratica: Pushing together ...................................... 140 Hillary Caldis, The Female Voice ................................... 152 Josiah Kwesi Eyson, iSpace Foundation Ghana ............. 166 Juan González Gómez, Tecnolab de La Rueca Asociación 177 Marco Sachy, Commoncoin: a multi-signature self- remuneration complementary crypto-currency and basic income provision system ............................................... 194 Mónica Paola Bonilla, Mozilla Nativo: Inclusión digital para grupos nativos ............................................................. 207 Óscar Costa Román, La Realidad Virtual en el ámbito educativo .................................................................... 216 Rob Van Kranenburg, The Internet of Things Council ..... 226 Sean Mcdonald, Frontline SMS ..................................... 233 Tara Chklovski, Irisdescent: Empowering young girls trough STEM education ........................................................... 244 6 Prólogo Making by Hacking: Citizens of change creating the future now es el lema elegido este año para transmitir el momento en el que nos encontramos. Refleja no sólo la labor que hacemos cada día sino donde queremos llegar y, lo que es más importante, cómo queremos llegar. Se trata, pues, no solo una nueva forma de ser sino de hacer, de afrontar los retos, de decidir cómo llevamos a cabo nuestras ideas. Por supuesto, en esta forma de ser y hacer, la tecnología es el eje transversal que nos ayuda a deconstruir lo establecido para crear algo nuevo de forma completamente disruptiva. Da lo mismo el ámbito. No importa si hablamos de educación, smartcities, ciencia, salud, participación… se trata de la forma de ser conscientes, de afrontar los necesidades existentes, ya no tanto para generar negocio sino más bien para generar transformación social, para convertirlas en oportunidades, hackear lo establecido para construir de forma abierta, transparente, ética, sostenible e inclusiva. Con independencia y por encima de los objetivos que cada uno perseguimos, destaco lo que nos une, la manera que tenemos de enfrentarnos a los retos: de forma colaborativa, apostando por la cultura abierta y de bajo coste, para generar confianza, autonomía e independencia. Siempre desde una perspectiva glocal, replicable y escalable, donde destaca el poder de la imaginación y el diseño inclusivo. Todo con un fin último, la búsqueda de soluciones creativas e innovadoras a necesidades sociales, con la ciudadanía en el centro. Making by Hacking es el concepto que nos invita a reflexionar sobre el impacto que estos hacedores del cambio están creando hoy para transformar su realidad, agregar valor, liberar conocimiento, proteger los derechos humanos, en definitiva, usar el poder a las ideas, el conocimiento de la ciudadanía y la tecnología para deconstruir la sociedad que tenemos, y crear, hoy, la sociedad del mañana. Yolanda Rueda Presidenta, Fundación Cibervoluntarios @ciberyolanda 7 Prologue Making by Hacking: Citizens of change creating the future now is the motto chosen this year to convey the moment we are experiencing now. It reflects not only the work we do every day but where we want to reach and, more importantly, how we want to reach it. It is, therefore, not only a new way of being but also of thinking and doing. A new way to face the challenges, to decide how we carry out our ideas. Of course, in this way of being and doing, technology is the transversal axis that helps us to deconstruct the established to create something new in a completely disruptive way. Whateever the sope is. It does not matter if we talk about education, smartcities, science, health, participation… It is a question of how to be aware, to face existing needs, not so much to generate business but rather to generate social transformation, to turn them into opportunities, to hack what is established and build in an open, transparent, ethical, sustainable and inclusive way. Independently and above the objectives we can pursue, I highlight what unites us, the way we have to face the challenges: in a collaborative way, betting on the open culture and low cost tech, to generate trust, autonomy and independence. Always from a glocal, replicable and scalable perspective, highlighting the power of imagination and inclusive design. All with an ultimate goal, the search for creative and innovative solutions to social needs, with citizenship in the center of all of it. Making by Hacking is the concept which invites us to reflect on the impact that these makers of change are creating today to transform their reality, add value, release knowledge, protect human rights. In the end, to use the power ideas, collective knowledge and technology to deconstruct the society we are living in to create, today, the society of tomorrow. Yolanda Rueda President Cibervoluntarios Foundation @ciberyolanda 8 Making by Hacking: citizens of change creating the future now 9 Activists for democracy in Africa Aisha Dabo Journalist and internet I am an active citizen who seeks to activist contribute to the wellbeing of my community, beyond my family and friends. I am a citizen africtivistes.org @mashanubian who feels concerned by what is happening in @AFRICTIVISTES Senegal and Gambia but also in the rest of Africa. I come from migrant families on both sides of my parents. My ancestors (two maternal and paternal sides) migrated across Africa especially West Africa. I love listening to these stories from ancient times. And as a child, I have moved a lot with my family across Africa. That is why I identify myself with several countries, and I legitimately can claim seven African nationalities. For someone like me, African integration will make things easier, because denying my relation with one of these countries is like renouncing part of my identity. Some might not understand it but I feel African, and at home wherever I go on this continent, it's in my soul. I have a professional life that I love and that is not necessarily linked to my activities on the web or in charity. 1. Aisha, Can you tell us how was born Africtivistes and what is the main goal of the network? 10 African cyber activists and bloggers came together in November 2015 to create a network and launch what will since then is known as the League of African cyberactivists and bloggers for democracy - AFRICTIVISTES. We are more than 150 participants from 35 African countries and its Diaspora. We were finally able to meet after having years of e-solidarity by supporting each other’s cause(s) on social media. Several campaigns had been hold and causes had been defended. Our brainchild, which I want to put the focus on is the electronic observation of elections or "e-observation" in Africa for instance CIV2010 in Côte d'Ivoire, #Sunu2012 in Senegal, #GuineeVote in Guinea and other such campaigns across the continent. We, together, created a continental network, a single platform - building on the creation of a unit in each country around participatory democracy, to become sensitive about both traditional and new civil society players, to be instruments for the protection of fundamental freedoms for social change. One thing brings us all together, the passion we have for our countries and for the continent. We are pro-active citizens in our advocacy because we just don’t want to only highlight problems. We are first committed, engaged citizen in our respective countries. An Africtivistes identifies local problems, proposes solutions and when he/she can, contributes to the solution. The use of ICT tools plays a major role in our actions. We want to be the change and we are seeking to the best of our abilities. An Africtiviste is a citizen of an African country or its diaspora who is an activist