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Helga Hansen


Main focus: Tech

Twitter handle: @hanhaiwen

Website/blog: http://hanhaiwen.wordpress.com

Languages: English, German

City: Braunschweig, Hannover

Country: Germany

Topics: women in tech, raspberry pi, arduino, maker culture, hardware hacking, hackerspaces

Bio:

As an editor at the German Make Magazin I cover and try DIY tech projects from mikrocontrollers to biohacking, just like the US Make. Previous work includes freelance science journalism for radio and print, project management for “fiMINT - Women In STEM”, supporting young female scientists and engineers, and camapaigning for Digitalcourage, a digital human rights NGO.
I am a member of Stratum 0, the hackerspace in Braunschweig, and served on its board for two years. As a feminist blogger I have been writing about politics for maedchenmannschaft.net, tech and scifi for femgeeks.de and video games for herzteile.org . In 2012 I received the audience award by “friendly hand shake” for covering the debate about sexism in computer games. In 2016 I co-founded the initiative #Ausnahmslos against sexism and racism with 21 fellow feminists.
I hold degrees in engineering (biotechnology and process-engineering) and science (cell biology).

Examples of previous talks / appearances:

#heiseshow: Libre, Raspberry & Co. - wie geht's weiter mit den Bastelrechnern?

Wie sieht es aus bei den Einplatinenrechnern rund um den Raspberry Pi? Diskussion in der #heiseshow am 25. Januar 2018.

This talk is in: German
#heiseshowXXL: Arduino, Lilypad & Co. – Einstieg zum Basteln mit Elektronik

Die #heiseshowXXL auf der CeBIT 2017 zum Thema „Arduino, Lilypad & Co. – Einstieg zum Basteln mit Elektronik“

This talk is in: German
Einstieg Arduino

Was sind Mikrocontroller und wie kann ich sie einfach in Kunstprojekten einsetzen? Protokoll vom Netzwerktreffen der Medienwerkstatt Berlin im Juli 2016

This talk is in: German
Schlumpfine: Allein unter Männern

Vortrag und Diskussion zu Frauen in männer-dominierten Räumen im Rahmen der Open Mind am 13.9.2015 in Kassel.

This talk is in: German
Alles offen, alles gut? Wie gefährlich Kontrollverlust und Post-Privacy wirklich sind.

Vortrag und Diskussion zu Privatsphäre und geschützten Räumen im Rahmen der 0. Spackeriade am 29.12.2011 in Berlin.

This talk is in: German
Forum Partizipation und Internet

Netzpolitischer Kongress der BayernSPD am 12.11.2011 in Nürnberg.

This talk is in: German
Forum Journalismus im Web 2.0

Netzpolitischer Kongress der BayernSPD am 12.11.2011 in Nürnberg.

This talk is in: German
re:publica 2010 - Feministische Netzkultur

Diskussion auf der re:publica 2010 über "Feministische Netzkultur 2.0 - Chancen, Herausforderungen und Risiken einer neuen Bewegung". Mit dabei: Svenja Schröder, Helga Christina Hansen, Rochus Wolff, Chris Köver und Ina Freudenschuß.

This talk is in: German