Philly Community Wireless
Building community-controlled networks in Philadelphia.
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Allan Gomez, Devren Washington, Alex Wermer-Colan, Grant Wythoff, “Alternative Infrastructures for Digital Equity: Mesh Networks and Commons-Based Internet Access,” Critical Infrastructure Studies & Digital Humanities (University of Minnesota Press, forthcoming), ed. Alan Liu, Urszula Pawlicka-Deger, and James Smithies. Debates in DH Series.
Grant Wythoff, “Ensuring Minimal Computing Serves Maximal Connection,” Digital Humanities Quarterly 16, no. 2 (2022), Special Issue on Minimal Computing.
We believe that internet access is a human right.
Philly Community Wireless is a coalition of technologists and organizers working to build community controlled wireless internet networks in Philadelphia. We are committed to growing tech literacy, expanding internet access, and building community autonomy with our neighbors.
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Grants
2020–
Staff R&D
2020–
Humanities Council Rapid Response Magic Grant