Line-up for Koppelting 2026

Annual DIY-festival focusing on open knowledge and bottom-up solutions for society, from citizen science, journalism and technology to clothing, food, democracy and more.

lecture: Harmen G. Zijp - The Fifth Freedom

The four freedoms are often understood as rights granted by an original creator (of software or design) to an indivdual end user to study, use, modify and share their work. However, as technology has a profound impact on the fabric of our societies we should investigate not only the relationship between technology and individual freedoms but also the effect on collective freedoms.