[Adminsysters] European Network bid and Syster Server

nate wessalowski wessalow at posteo.de
Tue Apr 29 11:15:44 CEST 2025


hello cecile and sharon,


this is sad news but i am glad to hear that you're prepared to resubmit 
and keep it going! i am not sure where i'll be at after finishing my phd 
but please reach out again!


sunny greetings,

nate


On 4/25/25 16:05, Cecile Chevalier wrote:
> Dear Nate and Mara,
>
> We hope you are all keeping well.
>
> We got the results of our Doctoral Network bid, and unfortunately, we 
> were unsuccessful this time around. While we received some great 
> feedback, particularly in the impact section, elements of the bid were 
> disconnected - however, they felt the topic was timely, innovative and 
> much needed.
>
> Overall, we received 68% (the threshold is 70% to be considered for 
> funding). However, resubmission restriction applies to proposals 
> scoring less than 80%, so we cannot resubmit until 2026, but do plan 
> to resubmit then.
>
> We are appreciative of all the efforts to get this together and we may 
> take heart in the fact that 1417 proposals were submitted, of which 
> 149 were funded - so success rate is 10%.
>
> Please do let us know if you are good for us to contact you again 
> nearer the time or resubmission. In the meantime, thank you again, 
> Cecile & Sharon
>
>
>
> //
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> University of Sussex
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> *From:* nate wessalowski <wessalow at posteo.de>
> *Sent:* 13 November 2024 8:55 PM
> *To:* Sharon Webb <Sharon.Webb at sussex.ac.uk>; 
> adminsysters at lists.genderchangers.org 
> <adminsysters at lists.genderchangers.org>; Cecile Chevalier 
> <C.Chevalier at sussex.ac.uk>
> *Subject:* Re: [Adminsysters] European Network bid and Syster Server
>
> hello sharon and cecile,
>
>
> systerserver is a translocal project. if you need to give a country 
> name i would go with austria, as this is where the bare metal machine 
> is located.
>
>
> and here comes the info for the workshops and the spreadsheet:
>
>
> 'feminist autonomous infrastructures' workshop (1):
>
> this workshop introduces the notion of feminist servers alongside the 
> work of systerserver.net. starting with one of the feminist server 
> manifesto's guiding principles, we are going to explore what it means 
> to 'decide for our own dependencies', looking at the technopolitical 
> entanglements of our academic, activist and artistic practices. in 
> queering the relations between users and service providers, we are 
> setting the scene for developing and inhabiting community based data 
> infrastructures with care. the workshop also covers the basics of 
> system administration and provides guides, manuals and info on how to 
> create and maintain a community server.
>
> 'feminist networking' workshop (2):
>
> this workshop addresses the promiscuous practice of networkingthrough 
> the lense of recent systerserver and systerserver-related projects 
> regarding feminist video artist residencies online, feminist 
> federating and the creation of an experimental publishing platform. 
> together, we are going to explore the different modes and aspects of 
> building feminist networks, looking into the material and 
> protocol-based logic of forming and cutting connections. the workshop 
> aims at a contestation of centralized power, introducing and exploring 
> tools and projects such as the fediverse and its underlying protocol 
> as well as tor and vpns.
>
>   * *Associated Partner Legal Name:*systerserver
>
>   * *General description*: feminist server
>
>   * *Key Persons and Expertise: *nate wessalowski [they/them], ooooo
>     [we], Mara Karagianni [they/them]
>
>   * *Key Research Facilities, Infrastructure and
>     Equipment:*systerserver.net; autonomous infrastructures
>
>   * *Previous and Current Involvement in Research and Training
>     Programmes:*[selection] website and online tools for Ecclectic
>     Tech Carnival (/etc) Skill Sharing (2002-2024); facilitation of
>     three feminist artist residencies (2022), see
>     https://tube.systerserver.net
>     <https://tube.systerserver.net/,/ect>/ ; participation in Minor
>     Tech Research Workshop (2023) with Centre for the Study of the
>     Networked Image, London South Bank University; King's College,
>     London; transmediale, Berlin; Film & Media/FAS, Queen's
>     University; and Varia, Rotterdam.
>
>   * *Relevant Publications/datasets/ softwares/ Innovation Products/
>     other achievements:
>     *wessalowski, nate, and Mara Karagianni. 2023. ‘From Feminist
>     Servers to Feminist Federation’. /APRJA/12(1):192–208.
>
>     karagianni, mara, ooooo, nate wessalowski, and vo ezn. 2023.
>     ‘Feminists Federating (Minor Tech Newspaper)’ edited by C. U.
>     Andersen and G. Cox. /Toward a Minor Tech/12(1).
>
> good luck for the finalization!!
>
>
> nate// systerserver
>
>
>
> On 11/13/24 18:13, Sharon Webb wrote:
>> Hi Nate,
>>
>> Just a quick follow up email as we are trying to finalise the document.
>>
>> Wondering also, which country would you say Syster Server is located?
>>
>> Hope all is good.
>>
>> S.
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* Sharon Webb <Sharon.Webb at sussex.ac.uk> 
>> <mailto:Sharon.Webb at sussex.ac.uk>
>> *Sent:* 11 November 2024 19:16
>> *To:* nate wessalowski <wessalow at posteo.de> 
>> <mailto:wessalow at posteo.de>; adminsysters at lists.genderchangers.org 
>> <mailto:adminsysters at lists.genderchangers.org> 
>> <adminsysters at lists.genderchangers.org> 
>> <mailto:adminsysters at lists.genderchangers.org>; Cecile Chevalier 
>> <C.Chevalier at sussex.ac.uk> <mailto:C.Chevalier at sussex.ac.uk>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Adminsysters] European Network bid and Syster Server
>> Hi Nate,
>>
>> Thanks for this, and absolutely great news to have the team on board.
>>
>> Would it be okay if you supplied some text for two workshops...just a 
>> sentence or two so we can include it in the programme. Currently 
>> these are programmed as hybrid, but I've added some travel budget - 
>> but we can plan that when/if we get the bid!!
>>
>> We've increased the cost per meeting to €120 and were thinking a 
>> monthly meet up over 2 years - hope that's okay. So a total of €2880.
>>
>> Lastly, if you could fill in this table, that would be amazing...
>>
>> *Associated Partner Legal Name:*
>> *General description*
>> 	
>> *Key Persons and Expertise*
>> 	
>> *Key Research Facilities, Infrastructure and Equipment*
>> 	
>> *Previous and Current Involvement in Research and Training Programmes *
>> 	
>> *Relevant Publications/datasets/ softwares/ Innovation Products/ 
>> other achievements*
>> 	
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks again for such positive response to the project. We really 
>> look forward to working with you on this, and I know there are other 
>> exciting things on the horizon too.
>>
>> Any questions please do let me know.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Sharon
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* nate wessalowski <wessalow at posteo.de> <mailto:wessalow at posteo.de>
>> *Sent:* 07 November 2024 08:32
>> *To:* adminsysters at lists.genderchangers.org 
>> <mailto:adminsysters at lists.genderchangers.org> 
>> <adminsysters at lists.genderchangers.org> 
>> <mailto:adminsysters at lists.genderchangers.org>; Cecile Chevalier 
>> <C.Chevalier at sussex.ac.uk> <mailto:C.Chevalier at sussex.ac.uk>
>> *Cc:* Sharon Webb <Sharon.Webb at sussex.ac.uk> 
>> <mailto:Sharon.Webb at sussex.ac.uk>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Adminsysters] European Network bid and Syster Server
>>
>> hello cecile and sharon,
>>
>>
>> sorry for the late reply -- i hope you are doing good with your 
>> network bid -- fingers double crossed!!
>>
>> as systerserver, we would like to collaborate as a training partner!
>>
>>
>> we came up with the following rates:
>>
>>
>> 500 euro per workshop day
>>
>> 60 euro session fee for monthly meetings
>>
>>
>> many greetings and good luck!
>>
>>
>> nate // systerserver
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/4/24 20:05, Cecile Chevalier wrote:
>>
>>     Hello Nate, I hope you are keeping well.
>>
>>     I just wanted to send a quick follow up email to see whether you
>>     have had a chance to discuss the proposal and if there was some
>>     interest, and if yes, you had an indication of the  secondements
>>     and/or workshop and what the related costs/fees would be? We are
>>     finalising the project budget by the end of this week, but of
>>     course do let us know if you want to talk and/or have any
>>     additional questions.
>>
>>     Take care and speak soon.
>>
>>     Cecile and Sharon
>>
>>
>>
>>     //
>>     Dr Cécile Chevalier  (she/her)
>>     Senior Lecturer in Digital Media
>>     Faculty of Media, Arts & Humanities
>>     University of Sussex
>>
>>     digital arts + research | http://cecilechevalier.net/
>>     <http://cecilechevalier.net/>  | Full Stack Feminism in Digital
>>     Humanities <https://fullstackfeminismdh.pubpub.org/>
>>     sussex profile|
>>     https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p235751-cecile-chevalier
>>     <https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p235751-cecile-chevalier>
>>     Neurodiversity Staff Network
>>     <https://www.sussex.ac.uk/equalities/networks/staffnetworks/neurodiversity>// |
>>     co-chair
>>     Sussex Digital Humanities Lab
>>     <https://www.sussex.ac.uk/research/centres/sussex-humanities-lab/> |
>>     core member
>>     Emute Lab <https://www.emutelab.org/> | member
>>
>>
>>
>>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>     *From:* nats wessax <alienate at riseup.net>
>>     <mailto:alienate at riseup.net>
>>     *Sent:* 23 October 2024 3:01 PM
>>     *To:* Cecile Chevalier <C.Chevalier at sussex.ac.uk>
>>     <mailto:C.Chevalier at sussex.ac.uk>;
>>     adminsysters at lists.genderchangers.org
>>     <mailto:adminsysters at lists.genderchangers.org>
>>     <adminsysters at lists.genderchangers.org>
>>     <mailto:adminsysters at lists.genderchangers.org>
>>     *Cc:* Sharon Webb <Sharon.Webb at sussex.ac.uk>
>>     <mailto:Sharon.Webb at sussex.ac.uk>
>>     *Subject:* Re: [Adminsysters] European Network bid and Syster Server
>>
>>     hello cecile,
>>
>>
>>     yes and yes! let's meet here:
>>     https://visio.futuretic.fr/particularplacesONthenet4sweetmeetings
>>     <https://visio.futuretic.fr/particularplacesONthenet4sweetmeetings>
>>
>>
>>     see you there, 12 cet/ 11 uk time!
>>
>>
>>     nate
>>
>>     On 10/23/24 15:13, Cecile Chevalier wrote:
>>
>>         Hello Nate, a quick email, are we good to meet tomorrow
>>         (Thursday, 11am, UK) ?  if yes would you have a preferred 
>>         platform to do this from?   Many thanks, cecile
>>
>>
>>         ---- previous email
>>         Hello Nate,
>>
>>         Thank you so much for your reply , we have selected a date
>>         (thu 24th Oct, 11am (uk), hopefuly this will work fine.
>>         Here is our pad for the intro and bid info requirements (also
>>         on the pad):
>>
>>         https://excalidraw.com/#room=d8fab4f2c9010b6a7742,_8h3XkPH2SMMbwWXpIWD1Q
>>         <https://excalidraw.com/#room=d8fab4f2c9010b6a7742,_8h3XkPH2SMMbwWXpIWD1Q>
>>
>>
>>
>>>>         *Associated Partner Legal Name: *
>>         *General description*
>>         	
>>         *Key Persons and Expertise*
>>         	
>>         *Key Research Facilities, Infrastructure and Equipment*
>>         	
>>         *Previous and Current Involvement in Research and Training
>>         Programmes *
>>         	
>>         *Relevant Publications/datasets/ softwares/ Innovation
>>         Products/ other achievements*
>>         	
>>         /Max. 3/
>>         /Key elements of the achievement, including a short
>>         qualitative assessment of its impact and (where available)
>>         its digital object identifier (DOI) or other type of
>>         persistent identifier (PID)./
>>         /Publications, in particular journal articles, are expected
>>         to be open access. Datasets are expected to be FAIR and ‘as
>>         open as possible, as closed as necessary’./
>>
>>
>>         Take care and speak soon, cecile et sharon
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>         //
>>         Dr Cécile Chevalier  (she/her)
>>         Senior Lecturer in Digital Media
>>         Faculty of Media, Arts & Humanities
>>         University of Sussex
>>
>>         digital arts + research | http://cecilechevalier.net/
>>         <http://cecilechevalier.net/>  | Full Stack Feminism in
>>         Digital Humanities <https://fullstackfeminismdh.pubpub.org/>
>>         sussex profile|
>>         https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p235751-cecile-chevalier
>>         <https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p235751-cecile-chevalier>
>>         Neurodiversity Staff Network
>>         <https://www.sussex.ac.uk/equalities/networks/staffnetworks/neurodiversity>// |
>>         co-chair
>>         Sussex Digital Humanities Lab
>>         <https://www.sussex.ac.uk/research/centres/sussex-humanities-lab/> |
>>         core member
>>         Emute Lab <https://www.emutelab.org/> | member
>>
>>
>>
>>         ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>         *From:* Cecile CHEVALIER <C.Chevalier at sussex.ac.uk>
>>         <mailto:C.Chevalier at sussex.ac.uk>
>>         *Sent:* 08 October 2024 5:21 PM
>>         *To:* nats wessax <alienate at riseup.net>
>>         <mailto:alienate at riseup.net>;
>>         adminsysters at lists.genderchangers.org
>>         <mailto:adminsysters at lists.genderchangers.org>
>>         <adminsysters at lists.genderchangers.org>
>>         <mailto:adminsysters at lists.genderchangers.org>
>>         *Cc:* Sharon Webb <Sharon.Webb at sussex.ac.uk>
>>         <mailto:Sharon.Webb at sussex.ac.uk>
>>         *Subject:* Re: [Adminsysters] European Network bid and Syster
>>         Server
>>
>>         Hello Nate,
>>
>>         Thank you so much for your reply , we have selected a date
>>         (thu 24th Oct, 11am (uk), hopefuly this will work fine.
>>         Here is our pad for the intro and bid info requirements (also
>>         on the pad):
>>
>>         https://excalidraw.com/#room=d8fab4f2c9010b6a7742,_8h3XkPH2SMMbwWXpIWD1Q
>>         <https://excalidraw.com/#room=d8fab4f2c9010b6a7742,_8h3XkPH2SMMbwWXpIWD1Q>
>>
>>
>>
>>>>         *Associated Partner Legal Name: *
>>         *General description*
>>         	
>>         *Key Persons and Expertise*
>>         	
>>         *Key Research Facilities, Infrastructure and Equipment*
>>         	
>>         *Previous and Current Involvement in Research and Training
>>         Programmes *
>>         	
>>         *Relevant Publications/datasets/ softwares/ Innovation
>>         Products/ other achievements*
>>         	
>>         /Max. 3/
>>         /Key elements of the achievement, including a short
>>         qualitative assessment of its impact and (where available)
>>         its digital object identifier (DOI) or other type of
>>         persistent identifier (PID)./
>>         /Publications, in particular journal articles, are expected
>>         to be open access. Datasets are expected to be FAIR and ‘as
>>         open as possible, as closed as necessary’./
>>
>>
>>         Take care and speak soon, cecile et sharon
>>
>>
>>         //
>>         Dr Cécile Chevalier  (she/her)
>>         Senior Lecturer in Digital Media
>>         Faculty of Media, Arts & Humanities
>>         University of Sussex
>>
>>         digital arts + research | http://cecilechevalier.net/
>>         <http://cecilechevalier.net/>  | Full Stack Feminism in
>>         Digital Humanities <https://fullstackfeminismdh.pubpub.org/>
>>         sussex profile|
>>         https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p235751-cecile-chevalier
>>         <https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p235751-cecile-chevalier>
>>         Neurodiversity Staff Network
>>         <https://www.sussex.ac.uk/equalities/networks/staffnetworks/neurodiversity>// |
>>         co-chair
>>         Sussex Digital Humanities Lab
>>         <https://www.sussex.ac.uk/research/centres/sussex-humanities-lab/> |
>>         core member
>>         Emute Lab <https://www.emutelab.org/> | member
>>
>>
>>
>>         ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>         *From:* nats wessax <alienate at riseup.net>
>>         <mailto:alienate at riseup.net>
>>         *Sent:* 08 October 2024 10:57 AM
>>         *To:* Cecile CHEVALIER <C.Chevalier at sussex.ac.uk>
>>         <mailto:C.Chevalier at sussex.ac.uk>;
>>         adminsysters at lists.genderchangers.org
>>         <mailto:adminsysters at lists.genderchangers.org>
>>         <adminsysters at lists.genderchangers.org>
>>         <mailto:adminsysters at lists.genderchangers.org>
>>         *Cc:* Sharon Webb <Sharon.Webb at sussex.ac.uk>
>>         <mailto:Sharon.Webb at sussex.ac.uk>
>>         *Subject:* Re: [Adminsysters] European Network bid and Syster
>>         Server
>>
>>         hello cecile,
>>
>>
>>         this sounds very interesting, thanks for reaching out! i made
>>         a poll to check our availabilities for a meeting:
>>         https://transitional.anarchaserver.org/date/studs.php?poll=f5NwCgKev2wFPTNo
>>         <https://transitional.anarchaserver.org/date/studs.php?poll=f5NwCgKev2wFPTNo>
>>
>>
>>         (and this is the admin link, in case you want to add more
>>         dates:
>>         https://transitional.anarchaserver.org/date/adminstuds.php?poll=f5NwCgKev2wFPTNouIj78HRZ
>>         <https://transitional.anarchaserver.org/date/adminstuds.php?poll=f5NwCgKev2wFPTNouIj78HRZ>)
>>
>>
>>         also, it would be cool if you could share a pad in
>>         preparation to our meeting,
>>
>>
>>         looking forward!
>>
>>
>>         nate // systerserver
>>
>>
>>         On 9/30/24 20:00, Cecile CHEVALIER wrote:
>>
>>             Dear All,
>>
>>             Following  on building  a /fullstackfeminism / toolkit
>>             and platform - https://fullstackfeminismdh.pubpub.org/
>>             <https://fullstackfeminismdh.pubpub.org/>  - we are
>>             putting together a European Doctoral Network bid
>>             (deadline Nov 2024), which involves four universities
>>             located in Ireland, France, Germany, and here in the UK.
>>             The bid would result in ten + PhD students carrying out
>>             research related to intersectional feminist approaches to
>>             technology. We are keen to ensure an element of this work
>>             relates to full stack feminism and  autonomous feminist
>>             infrastructures.  So of course Syster Server came to mind.
>>
>>             Essentially, the doctoral network has capacity to include
>>             non-academic partners as either providing some sort of
>>             training to the doctoral cohort, and/or supporting a
>>             secondment over the 3 year programme. The cost of these
>>             would be included in the budget and are therefore open
>>             for discussion in terms of the resource required to
>>             support this.
>>
>>             Do let me know if  more info is needed at this point
>>             or/and perhaps a meeting to discuss how Syster Server
>>             might be interested in this?
>>
>>             Many thanks, cecile
>>
>>
>>
>>             //
>>             Dr Cécile Chevalier  (she/her)
>>             Senior Lecturer in Digital Media
>>             Faculty of Media, Arts & Humanities
>>             University of Sussex
>>
>>             digital arts + research | http://cecilechevalier.net/
>>             <http://cecilechevalier.net/>  | Full Stack Feminism in
>>             Digital Humanities <https://fullstackfeminismdh.pubpub.org/>
>>             sussex profile|
>>             https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p235751-cecile-chevalier
>>             <https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p235751-cecile-chevalier>
>>             Neurodiversity Staff Network
>>             <https://www.sussex.ac.uk/equalities/networks/staffnetworks/neurodiversity>// |
>>             co-chair
>>             Sussex Digital Humanities Lab
>>             <https://www.sussex.ac.uk/research/centres/sussex-humanities-lab/> |
>>             core member
>>             Emute Lab <https://www.emutelab.org/> | member
>>
>>
>>
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