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Python PeopleShauna Gordon-McKeon - Open Source Governance, Women's Soccer, and DjangoThis is a really fun talk with Shauna. We talk about: Going from academia to techDjangoOpen source project governance and Governing OpenWomens Soccer and the NWSLShauna's technical consulting business is Galaxy Rise Consulting
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2024-05-0943 min
Open Source StoriesRethinking the meaning of governance with Shauna Gordon-McKeonIn a conversation looking at multiple meanings of open source governance and project health, Shauna Gordon-McKeon shares with Open Source Stories views of how investing in project culture can build virtuous cycles of inclusion and contribution. From reducing the number of roles that a maintainer might have to fill to lowering the barriers for user participation - this conversation looks to build from crisis management in 2017 to continuing improvements into the future with the ways open source projects get done.2023-11-2030 min
Research HolePT 2: Governance in Fiction, with Shauna Gordon-McKeonWhether you think about it or not, many stories we know are chock full of governance. This is the second part of my chat with writer and programmer Shauna Gordon-McKeon. I enjoyed learning about governance in last week’s episode, but the conversation we had in this episode is my favorite. We get into what inspires us to (or to not) take action, the laziness of dictatorship-topple stories, and the ethics and logistics of writing major and minor characters. I also go off on a tangent about Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut because of course I do. If you ha...2022-06-2151 minResearch HolePt 1: Governance in History, with Shauna Gordon-McKeonBuckle up, anthropology, history, and political philosophy nerds! It’s a two-parter! Shauna Gordon-McKeon, a writer, programmer, and one of the most brilliant, multifaceted people I know, talks about how two books: The Dawn of Everything and Legal Systems Very Different from Ours, inspired her to think differently about progress and the possibilities of governance. In part one, we learn about: the myth of the evolution of civilization, historical seasonal governance structures, and what political egalitarianism and high school yearbook superlatives have in common.
Books referenced:
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, by David Graeber and David We...2022-06-1359 min
The Georgetown Public Policy Review PodcastZuckerberg at GU: Big Tech and Free ExpressionInterview editor Nicole Dan speaks with members of the Georgetown University community and the public about Mark Zuckerberg's appearance on campus for "A Conversation On Free Expression with Mark Zuckerberg," earlier this semester, as well as the role of the government and the private sector in regulating the tech space.
Guests include members of the Georgetown Technology Policy Initiative Shwetha Parvathy and Zach Gozlan, and Shauna Gordon-McKeon, a member of the DC Tech Workers Coalition.
Theme music by Russell Lawrence2019-12-1729 min