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content/Section 1 - Digital Infrapunctures/1-introduction.md

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 ![A screenshot of the last slide from Verhoeven's presentation.](/images/slide.png)
 
-If we understand an infrastructure as a relational device - or in other words - as a technology that brings things (back) together, we can start to critically enquire where infrastructures fail to do so.
+If we understand an infrastructure as a relational structure - or in other words - as a technology that brings things (back) together, we can start to critically enquire where infrastructures fails to do so.
 
 What are examples of infrastructures that do *not* bring things together anymore? 
 
-How does an infrastructure connect? And how are these connections constructed and formatted? 
+How does an infrastructure connect? And how are these connections constructed and formatted?
 
-Who is an infrastructure bringing together? And who *not*? What are the conditions and possibilities for connection they provide? Where do they *not* connect and concequently exclude people? 
+Who is an infrastructure bringing together? And who *not*? What are the conditions and possibilities for connection they provide? Where do they *not* connect and concequently exclude people?
 
 And, most importantly, *who* can actually intervene in the design of infrastructures? And *how*?
 
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 [^Nowviskie]: Nowviskie, Bethany. "On Capacity and Care" *Bethany Nowviskie* (2015) Accessed 18 September, 2020. [http://nowviskie.org/2015/on-capacity-and-care/](http://nowviskie.org/2015/on-capacity-and-care/)
 
 [^Jackson]: Jackson, Steven J. "Rethinking Repair" *Media Technologies: Essays on Communication, Materiality, and Society* (2014): 221-239. [https://sjackson.infosci.cornell.edu/Jackson_RethinkingRepair(MITPress2014).pdf](https://sjackson.infosci.cornell.edu/Jackson_RethinkingRepair(MITPress2014).pdf)
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content/Section 1 - Digital Infrapunctures/2-introduction-deb-verhoeven.md

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 Title: Introduction: Deb Verhoeven
 Slug: 02-s1-introduction-deb-verhoeven
 Date: 2020-11-01 12:01
-Summary: 
+Summary:
 
 Deb Verhoeven first introduced the term *infrapuncture* in 2016 at a Digital Humanities conference in Oxford. In her talk she gives the example of the Greek and Italian cinemas that appeared in Melbourne before the invention of the video tape and the influence they have had over the influx and organisation of the Italian and Greek immigrants living in Australia at the time. Her research concluded that these small cinemas that only screened subtitled Italian and Greek movies led to an increase in migrant population from those areas. Similarly, the shutting down of a cinema coincided with the dispersion of the immigrant community in the neighbourhood.
 
-In the following video contributions, Deb Verhoeven will unpack the term *infrapunctures*. She will explore how it is a useful departure point for infrastructural change that is benificial for the communities who uses them. We invited Deb Verhoeven to respond to the following questions:
+In the following video contributions, Deb Verhoeven will unpack the term *infrapunctures*. She will explore how it is a useful departure point for infrastructural change that is beneficial for the communities who uses them. We invited Deb Verhoeven to respond to the following questions:
 
-* What are digital infrapunctures? 
-* How do we identify stress points in digital infrastructures? 
-* Who can create infrapunctures? 
-* Could you expand on the analogy of acupuncture in relation to infrastructures? 
-* Could you give some examples of infrapunctural interventions? 
+* What are digital infrapunctures?
+* How do we identify stress points in digital infrastructures?
+* Who can create infrapunctures?
+* Could you expand on the analogy of acupuncture in relation to infrastructures?
+* Could you give some examples of infrapunctural interventions?

content/pages/start.md

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 # Bots as Digital Infrapunctures
 
-Welcome to the online module *Bots as Digital Infrapunctures*. :-)
+Welcome to the online module *Bots as Digital Infrapunctures*.
 
-Inspired by the potential of *digital infrapuncture*, a term coined by researcher Deb Verhoeven, this module brings bots and infrastructure together as *infrapunctures*. *Infrapuncture* is a portmanteau word which conflates *infrastructure* and *acupuncture*, referring to small-scale interventions that have a catalytic effect on the whole. This module explores what role bots can have as infrastructural stress relievers.
+Inspired by the potential of *digital infrapuncture*, a term described by researcher Deb Verhoeven, this module brings bots and infrastructure together as *infrapunctures*. *Infrapuncture* is a portmanteau word which conflates *infrastructure* and *acupuncture*, referring to small-scale interventions that have a catalytic effect on the whole. This module explores what role bots can have as infrastructural stress relievers.
 
 # Goals
 
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 <!-- check this list ... not sure if they speak back to the content of the video's -->
 
-- identified some of the norms and values of a digital communication infrastructures 
-- signaled a particular tension (or rather hurt) that emerges from these norms and values 
+- identified some of the norms and values of a digital communication infrastructures
+- signalled a particular tension (or rather hurt) that emerges from these norms and values
 - proposed a bot that could potentially address or engage with this hurt
 - evaluated the implications of bot-making and bot interventions
 
 You can go through this module at your own speed. No subscription is required, you can simply start by clicking on the *start* button in each section and follow the instructions.
 
-You will need approximately 4 hours to go through this whole module. 
+You will need approximately 4 hours to go through this whole module.
 
-# About this module 
+# About this module
 
-This module is written by Cristina Cochior and Manetta Berends, who are both part of [Varia](https://varia.zone/en/), a member-based organisation in the South of Rotterdam that works on/with everyday technology. 
+This module is written by Cristina Cochior and Manetta Berends, who are both part of [Varia](https://varia.zone/en/), a member-based organisation in the South of Rotterdam that works on/with everyday technology.
 
-The module is developed in the context of the *Tool Criticism* course at the [Utrecht University](https://datafiedsociety.nl/research/) in collaboration with [Creative Coding Utrecht](https://creativecodingutrecht.nl/). 
+The module is developed in the context of the *Tool Criticism* course at the [Utrecht University](https://datafiedsociety.nl/research/) in collaboration with [Creative Coding Utrecht](https://creativecodingutrecht.nl/).
 
-This work is kindly supported by the Utrecht University and (© Varia 2020) published under the XXX license. 
+This work is kindly supported by the Utrecht University and (© Varia 2020) published under the XXX license.
 
-The sources of this module can be found on <https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/mb/bots-as-digital-infrapunctures>.
+The sources of this module can be found on <https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/mb/bots-as-digital-infrapunctures>.