Explore FPIs Toolkit
Welcome! If you are reading this, it means you are as curious about and fascinated with the intersection of technology and feminism as we are! Like many of us, you may want to share your love for a feminist internet with those around you, and explore with them how to tackle local barriers to realising internet freedom for women and gender-diverse persons in your community, but you don’t know how. This kit brings together some pro tips from amazing feminists around the world on how to host a local conversation about the Feminist Principles of the Internet.
As a start you can explore the principles here - https://feministinternet.org/en/principles
Introduction
Welcome! If you are reading this, it means you are as curious about and fascinated with the inter...
Chapter 1. How to organise an FPI convening
You have finally decided to host a local conversation on the Feminist Principles of the Internet!...
Intro
Image source. You have finally decided to host a local conversation on the Feminist Principles ...
Who to bring together
Image description: Women and girls sitting on floor, at the Imagine a Feminist Internet South Eas...
Where to host
Space is political. Where you decide to hold the conversation can either enhance the inclusion of...
Planning an agenda
Alright! Now that we know who to bring, and where to host our conversation, how are we going to o...
Resources needed
We all know that hosting any event, whether online or in-person requires resources, which are bot...
Documentation
An ezine was created by Wairimũ Murĩithi and Youlendree Appasamy in 2020, to document the MFIAfri...
Evaluation
Evaluation is useful for two key reasons: Improving your processes Sharing learnings wi...
Chapter 2. Holding space and getting to know each other
Remember how we touched on some event ‘must-haves’ for planning an agenda in the previous chapter...
Intro
Image source. Remember how we touched on some event ‘must-haves’ for planning an agenda in the p...
Principle 1: Awareness of power
You want to have conversations that flesh out the complexity of different topics, nurtures multi-...
Principle 2: Integrating care into conversation spaces
Attention to care is an integral part of practicing the Feminist Principles of the Internet, sinc...
Principle 3: Attention to safety
So, we’ve learnt that ✔ an awareness of power and privileges in the room helps you to create co...
Principle 4: Principles for participation
Image source. Principles for participation are a set of agreements made at the start of your c...
Principle 5: Get to know each other!
Nurturing a sense of comfortability in the room, particularly if participants do not know one ano...
Principles in action! Stories as pathways
Museum of movements, by Shivani Lal (cropped). Creative Commons BY-SA(link is external). The act...
Open Space Method
While you may already have a set agenda for your conversation, you may also want the topics of co...
Ecosystem Dialogue
The ecosystem dialogue is a method for surfacing tensions, contradictions and issues among a grou...
Appendix : Icebreakers
Let’s move! Get participants to stand together randomly in the room. Let participants know that ...
Chapter 3. Playing with tech
Now that you have a sense of the different elements to consider when organising a convening and h...
Intro
Now that you have a sense of the different elements to consider when organising a convening and...
Feminist Practices and Politics of Technology
The Feminist Practices and Politics of Technology is an approach to running technology-related ...
Hands-on activities for igniting conversation!
Image Source: Feminist Internet City Conversation in Harare, 2017. Photograph by Fungai Machirori...
Hands-on activities for subversion using technology!
Want to get down and dirty with tech? Touching, holding, pulling apart, building and using techno...
Chapter 4. How to introduce the FPIs
The Feminist Principles of the Internet are an open, living and evolving set of political commitm...
Intro
The Feminist Principles of the Internet are an open, living and evolving set of political commi...
Creating a FPI presentation
When creating your FPI presentation, ask yourself, what is the key message you want to bring acro...
How to select and include contextual case studies related to the FPIs
Reflection exercise! As you prepare for your conversation, reflect on some of the local ...
Stories from the field
Cape Town, South Africa: In 2016, a local conversation was held in Cape Town, South Africa on th...