[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
>
>
>
> //
> Associate Professor in Digital Media
> Faculty of Media, Arts and Humanities
> University of Sussex
>
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> Humanities <https://fullstackfeminismdh.pubpub.org/>
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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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