The Spectrum - Hackspace Beyond Hacking

Explore how The Spectrum, a newly founded queer-feminist intersectional hackspace, reimagines hacking as playful exploration beyond traditional technology boundaries in this 38-minute conference talk from 39C3. Learn about building inclusive community spaces that center FLINTA+, disabled, and marginalized beings while fostering transdisciplinary collaboration across art, music, activism, and technology. Discover practical approaches to implementing awareness work and accessibility measures that transform community dynamics, and understand how centering marginalized perspectives can revolutionize collective creation processes. Examine the concept of hacking as a methodology for exploring systems, ideas, and societal norms through curiosity, play, and care rather than just code and machines. Gain insights into creating environments where diverse communities can learn, share, and experiment freely without conforming to traditional expectations, and see how taking apart systems and ideas can uncover new possibilities for social change. The presentation demonstrates how hackspaces can evolve beyond conventional models to become spaces of co-creation, collaboration, and imagination for better futures.