The Tech Justice Roadtrip Zine
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Stories and case studies from the UK and Global South showing how technology can be harnessed for justice, equity, and community empowerment.
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The Tech Justice Roadtrip Zine is a collaborative exploration of how technology can be harnessed for justice, equity, and community empowerment. Rooted in the concept of “Ustopia” (a just world we build together, inspired by Ruha Benjamin), the zine documents practical experiments and reflections from the Roadtrip’s research project.
It features stories and case studies from the UK and Global South, highlighting community co-design, feminist AI, and liberatory infrastructures. Through essays, creative exercises, and global examples, the zine challenges extractive tech norms and centers marginalised voices, offering a inspiration for building more inclusive, ethical digital futures.
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Tech justice in the UK: 2026
Our final video: network members describe what tech justice looks like in 2026 and what comes next.
Tech Justice Roadtrip Project Report 2025
A participatory, decolonial evaluation of justice‑led organising, funding and technology.
Beyond the Roadtrip 2: tech justice in the Global South
Communities across the world are reimagining technology for justice. These stories show how people use digital tools to protect culture, share power and challenge systems...
The Tech Injustice Evidence Repository
A curated resource of tech harms and injustices - 2023 onwards.
Beyond the Roadtrip 1: tech justice across the globe
3 pathways to technology that is responsive, inclusive, and just. How communities everywhere are shaping technology for justice and inclusion.
Technology and systemic racism
Activists and grassroots campaigners have long exposed how technology can reinforce structural racism. Their work is finally reaching mainstream attention, and this article builds on...
Why digital exclusion is a tech justice issue
Digital exclusion is rooted in the oppression of minoritised groups. It makes poverty worse and denies people equitable access to services and opportunities.
How emergent design supports tech justice
Emergent design is an alternative to traditional, top-down design methods. It prioritises adaptability, equity and community. Multitudes is using this approach in its tech justice...
Co-designing for tech justice
What co-design is. How Camden Giving has used co-design in its tech justice project. Benefits and challenges of their approach.
Dismantling oppression: a report from our latest forum
How can funders resource tech justice? How can this support communities affected by last summer’s racist and Islamophobic riots?
Manifesto for a Tech Just World
Catalyst's 6-pointed vision of tech justice. Produced in 2023 following extensive research.
Catalyst’s tech justice report: a summary for 2024
Explains the state of tech justice in the UK in 6 minutes.
Embracing diversity and defying dystopia: what we can learn from Octavia Butler
Its Black History Month and 2024's theme is Reclaiming Narratives. We explore how Octavia Butler's writing challenged stereotyping, side-lining and exclusion in the sci-fi genre...
What is liberatory technology?
Explains what liberatory tech is and why it’s important to Catalyst. Provides examples of liberatory tech. Outlines how Catalyst will be working to shape liberatory...