Episode 155: Yadira Sánchez Benítez on creating liberatory, pluriversal spaces in Open Source

Guest Yadira Sánchez Benítez Panelists Richard Littauer | Amanda Casari | Leslie Hawthorn Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. Today we have joining us, Yadira Sánchez Benítez, who’s been on this podcast before, and we decided to bring her back since there’s so much more we wanted to discuss with her. Yadira is a lecturer in Data Science in London at UAL. She’s also a creative technologist, examining the role technology plays in our everyday lives and ecosystems, engaging, and actively dismantling the tech-violent pipelines reinforcing hegemonic structures and reimagining and co-creating spaces where technologies and art are pluriversal and liberatory, which we’ll learn more about today. Also, Yadira tells us about her Fellowship with the Software Sustainability Institute, what open source means in community work, her work with other communities that have language barriers to get them more involved, and she talks about the importance of being aware of privileges we hold in different spaces. Download his episode now to learn more! [00:02:29] Yadira explains how she gets paid for what she does, how she got into that position, and her Fellowship with the Software Sustainability Institute. [00:05:36] We hear some examples of what hegemonic control of open source production is in the aspect of community work. Also, Yadira tells us a little bit about AlterMundi, based in Argentina, that’s doing amazing work in the area of open source from a different perspective. [00:09:45] We find out if there’s a way for people who want to learn more to get better engaged with what’s coming out in these communities across Central and South America. [00:13:04] Leslie saw Yadira’s really cool wearables and electronic art in her portfolio and wonders if she’ll see her at a future Chaos Communications Congress Conference to show them off, and she tells us more about her creative work. [00:19:31] Amanda wonders what Yadira’s experience has been working in sta