Notions of scale, usability, collectivity and agency play an important role in generating possibilities for self-determination in an attempt to imagine technological infrastructures differently. How can collective networks of solidarity be formed that don't rely on data extractivist models, reconsider the figure of the user, and can be adapted to the specificities of each situation? How does this all co-shape our everyday life and cultural events?
**Digital Solidarity Networks** started as a shared listing of tools, practices and readings for digital solidarity and conviviality. In March 2020, many of our activities, work and life were suddenly forced into online formats. In response to complex infrastructural dynamics that emerged, we started a collective space on an Etherpad, where we shared materials that we abruptly and urgently wanted to stay close to, even closer than we already were. The set of gathered materials started with free software tools, hosting providers, online cultural initiatives, forms of collective self-help and theoretical readings. Over time, more and more individuals, groups and organisations started to use and edit the pad as a resource for digital mutual aid strategies and online social closeness.
**[Digital Solidarity Networks](https://pad.vvvvvvaria.org/digital-solidarity-networks)** started as a shared listing of tools, practices and readings for digital solidarity and conviviality. In March 2020, many of our activities, work and life were suddenly forced into online formats. In response to complex infrastructural dynamics that emerged, we started a collective space on an Etherpad, where we shared materials that we abruptly and urgently wanted to stay close to, even closer than we already were. The set of gathered materials started with free software tools, hosting providers, online cultural initiatives, forms of collective self-help and theoretical readings. Over time, more and more individuals, groups and organisations started to use and edit the pad as a resource for digital mutual aid strategies and online social closeness.
More than one year later, we would like to invite you to join us in carrying forward the conversation around non-extractive software and digital infrastructures.
