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Photography by Bob Moyler artwork by Ailie Rutherford and Bettina Nissen

Crypto-Knitting-Circles was a year-long research collaboration with designer Bettina Nissen (Design Informatics, Edinburgh College of Art) and creative technologist Libby Odai
exploring potential applications of new and emerging technologies within feminist and community currency. Inspired by a shared interest in feminist economics and the potential for emerging tech to disrupt established power structures, the work centred around feminist community exchange space Swap Market in Govanhill.

A pdf of our research publication is available to download here

In June 2019 we held Chain Re: Action a knowledge exchange at Platform, Glasgow. Bringing together artists, activists and academics to look at how we can combine feminist thinking with new technologies like blockchain.

In November 2019 I presented our research at Beyond The Blokechain for MoneyLab, Amsterdam.

Funded by Creative Scotland Open Project Fund.

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