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Course welcome, navigation & learning outcomes

Placeholder: course welcome and orientation for organisers, technologists and farmers.

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Why digital sovereignty matters (praxis course opening — Schola / KPL)

Opening session of the digital sovereignty praxis course, by Schola Campesina and the Kenyan Peasant League. (...

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The impacts of big tech on food systems (IT for Change)

In this video, Sadhana Sanjay explains how "big tech" and "big ag" monopolies work together to concentrate pow...

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A method for navigating needs and available technologies

Navigating technology assessment starting from user needs.

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Module 1 overview & SMART learning outcomes

Placeholder: module overview and learning outcomes.

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Main message 1: Power concentration is astonishingly high

Placeholder: BigAg–BigTech mergers and partnerships; IPES-Food visual.

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Main message 2: Power concentration undermines human rights

Placeholder: data extraction and monetisation, lock-ins and dependency loops, AI boosting corporate control.

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Main message 3: Resist & build civic digital systems

Placeholder: civic digital systems rooted in territories and collective knowledge; ties to food sovereignty an...

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What is digital / data sovereignty — definitions

Placeholder: working definitions of digital and data sovereignty.

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Visual: datafication & data extraction, boosted by AI

Placeholder graphic on datafication and data extraction.

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Visual: civic digital systems from the ground up

Placeholder graphic: decentralised hosting, public libraries and other civic digital systems.

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Naseegh & Suko audio — recentering grounded collective knowledge

Placeholder: audio piece on recentering grounded collective knowledge (source to be located).

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Interactive checkpoint questions: IT for Change video

Placeholder H5P: checkpoint questions over the big tech and food systems video.

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Mastery quiz: definitions & why digital sovereignty matters

Placeholder H5P mastery quiz for Module 1.

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References mini-library

Placeholder: IPES-Food, FIAN, IT for Change reports, podcasts and further reading.

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Testimony: Tamisha Lee (JNRWP)

Testimony on digital sovereignty from Tamisha Lee, Jamaica Network of Rural Women Producers.

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Testimony: Carren Katenya (AFSA)

Testimony on digital sovereignty from Carren Katenya, AFSA.

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Testimony: Polycap Kalokwera (AFSA)

Testimony on digital sovereignty from Polycap Kalokwera, AFSA.

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Testimony: Mariam Mayet (ACB)

Testimony from Mariam Mayet, African Centre for Biodiversity — digital sequence information, seeds and data ri...

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Module 3 overview: purpose, transformation model, learner outcomes

Placeholder: overview of the community process module.

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Session 1: Understanding the digital context (+ diagnostic template)

Placeholder lesson: connectivity, device access, literacy, hybrid systems, governance.

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Session 2: Stakeholder & power analysis (+ stakeholder/power map template)

Placeholder lesson: data producers vs controllers; West Africa cocoa platform case.

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Session 3: Needs definition (+ needs matrix template)

Placeholder lesson: problem, constraint, need; Ghana ICT failure case.

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Session 4: Decision framework (+ digital decision framework template)

Placeholder lesson: what to digitise, what not, who decides; seed system cases.

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Session 5: Technology selection (+ tool selection & system design template)

Placeholder lesson: ownership, openness, offline capability, cost, dependency risk; ODK and Mapeo cases.

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Session 6: Data governance (+ governance framework template)

Placeholder lesson: ownership, access, storage, sharing; NGO- vs community-controlled data scenario.

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Session 7: Market integration (+ market integration strategy template)

Placeholder lesson: value chain mapping and value leakage; soyabean, KPL and OFN cases.

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Final session: Local Digital Sovereignty Strategy (+ strategy template)

Placeholder lesson consolidating all session outputs into a local strategy.

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Presentation: Makueni community tech assessment (Barbara's talk)

Placeholder: community technology assessment in Makueni, Kenya.

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Stories: Farm Hack & KPL decision-making processes

Placeholder: how Farm Hack and the Kenyan Peasant League make decisions about technology.

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Presentation: Ethical Tech Assessment as quick-scan

Placeholder: the criteria used in the Ethical Tech Assessment (GOAT / Dorn Cox).

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Extracts from Session 6 participants' contributions

Placeholder: curated extracts from praxis participants' data governance assignments.

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Associated webinar — Technology assessment

Open discussion: what kind of technologies are supporting agroecology?

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Testimony: Demrew Wossenyeleh (ASE)

Testimony from Demrew Wossenyeleh, Agri Service Ethiopia — organisational process and conditions.

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Testimony: Cari Anna King (FIAN / LVC)

Testimony from Cari Anna King, FIAN / La Via Campesina — process and co-creation.

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Testimony: Nicole Martin (Tekopora)

Testimony from Nicole Martin, Tekopora — building Speco and decentralised tools.

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Testimony: Pablo Vannini (gcoop)

Testimony from Pablo Vannini, gcoop — a free-software cooperative perspective.

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Ethical Tech Assessment (Dorn Cox)

Introducing the Ethical Tech Assessment approach.

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Stories: Gaining digital sovereignty over social coordination tools

Placeholder: stories of communities taking control of their social coordination tools. (Intended link to be co...

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Social Coordination — Module Introduction

Placeholder: introduction to the social coordination tool domain.

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Chat Tools — overview

Placeholder: overview of sovereign chat tool options.

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Signal — Tool Description

Placeholder tool description: Signal.

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Telegram — Tool Description

Placeholder tool description: Telegram.

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Forum Tools — overview

Placeholder: overview of forum tool options.

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Self-built Forum — approaches and options

Placeholder: approaches and options for self-built forums.

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Hylo — Tool Description

Placeholder tool description: Hylo.

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Data Rights and the importance of controlling where our data live

Indigenous peoples' data rights in the digital era (IT for Change).

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Speco software (Tekopora) — self-governed participatory guarantee systems

Speco, a solution for participatory guarantee systems by Tekopora.

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EcoAgTube

EcoAgTube: a video platform outside YouTube.

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Participatory mapping with Mapeo tool

Community mapping with CoMapeo.

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The Guardian Connector initiative to control and triage your data

The Guardian Connector: controlling and triaging community data.

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Data & Knowledge Repositories — Module Introduction

Placeholder: introduction to the data and knowledge repositories tool domain.

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Data Collection / Survey Tools — Overview

Placeholder: overview of sovereign data collection and survey tools.

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ODK — Tool Description

Placeholder tool description: Open Data Kit.

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KoboToolbox — Tool Description

Placeholder tool description: KoboToolbox.

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Data Storage Tools — Overview

Placeholder: overview of sovereign data storage options.

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Cryptpad — Tool Description

Placeholder tool description: CryptPad.

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Self-hosting solutions — approaches and options

Placeholder: approaches and options for self-hosting.

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Video Storage & Sharing options

Placeholder: overview of video storage and sharing options.

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EcoAgTube — Tool Description

Placeholder tool description: EcoAgTube.

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Food Coop Market software developed for KPL cooperatives

The Kenyan Peasant League's food coop market hub.

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Open Food Network

Open Food Network: software connecting farmers and consumers.

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Market Access — Module Introduction

Placeholder: introduction to the market access tool domain.

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Organise and record sales — Overview

Placeholder: overview of tools to organise and record sales.

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OFN — Tool Description

Placeholder tool description: Open Food Network.

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Self-built market hub (KPL) — Tool Description

Placeholder tool description: the KPL self-built market hub.

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LiteFarm grounded perspective

A grounded perspective on using LiteFarm.

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LiteFarm technical features

Technical features of the LiteFarm farm management tool.

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Self-governed hardware: Farm Hack box

Farm Hack's path toward digital sovereignty through self-governed hardware.

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Farm Management — Module Introduction

Placeholder: introduction to the farm management tool domain.

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Digital Management Tools — Overview

Placeholder: overview of digital farm management tools.

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FarmOS — Tool Description

Placeholder tool description: farmOS.

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LiteFarm — Tool Description

Placeholder tool description: LiteFarm.

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Modules — Tool Description

Placeholder tool description. (Ambiguous in source map — to clarify.)

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Advocacy & Recognition — Module Introduction

Placeholder: introduction to the advocacy and recognition tool domain.

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Document Practices, ancient knowledge & grassroots innovations — Overview

Placeholder: overview of tools for documenting practices, ancient knowledge and grassroots innovations.

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Awana — Tool Description

Placeholder tool description: Awana Digital.

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Document Territories — Overview

Placeholder: overview of tools for documenting territories.

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CoMapeo — Tool Description

Placeholder tool description: CoMapeo.

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Tech support by Our Sci

How Our Sci provides technology support to communities.

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Lessons learnt (praxis course)

Lessons learnt from running the digital sovereignty praxis course.