Former pyrate radio star, Nancy Mauro-Flude is a faerie circuits researcher, philosopher of technology. Currently a core member of the Digital Ethnography Research Centre, she has been an affiliated researcher with Institute of Network Cultures (INC) since 21/22 January 2005, with the The Decade of Webdesign...
Based in lutruwita/Tasmania and informed by the island lores and logics of the South Pacific archipelago her activities include digital caretaking, artistic research and writing. As the founder and Chief Technical Artist (CTO) of Autoluminescence Institute, Nancy is passionate about eco-social digital transformation and holistic codesign for intangible digital cultural heritage and biome conservation for today, which are crucial for our survival tomorrow. Her insights are informed by an extensive international network spanning the free software movement, creative industries, and art-tech research institutes.
Since 2008 she home-brews and maintains an autonomous web server. In most cases, Nancy acts locally to foster awareness about the bio-socio-cultural dimensions and impact of planetary computing and digital infrastructure. Her activities include conversation pieces with Ouija agents, post-dramatic theatre making, transcendental radio broadcasting, net.art consciousness-raising sessions, and somatic coaching.
Contact Nancy through this medium: https://tldr.nettime.org/@sister0