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fringejoyride_residency_notes [2014-04-09 17:41] – [Morning discussion] 83.101.5.51fringejoyride_residency_notes [2014-04-14 14:15] – nik
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   * bioluddites connect urban and rural populations, city dwellers to the living environments around them - they take people out of the architecture of the modern space   * bioluddites connect urban and rural populations, city dwellers to the living environments around them - they take people out of the architecture of the modern space
  
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   * How can bioluddites insert themselves into the chain of trust between doctors and patients, food providers and eaters, scientists and their objects of investigation? Should they always do something 'relatable' (i.e. should they go for GPs or dentists)?   * How can bioluddites insert themselves into the chain of trust between doctors and patients, food providers and eaters, scientists and their objects of investigation? Should they always do something 'relatable' (i.e. should they go for GPs or dentists)?
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 ==== Afternoon discussion ==== ==== Afternoon discussion ====
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   * could bioluddites be something like lifestyle coaches?    * could bioluddites be something like lifestyle coaches? 
   * Lord Byron was both a dandyist and a Luddite   * Lord Byron was both a dandyist and a Luddite
-  * there is something about personal hygiene... anti geek/transhumanist/businessman +  * the earliest dandies were the first celebrities and taught society about personal hygiene... anti geek/transhumanist/businessman 
-  * bioluddite retreats - holidays from biotech +  * bioluddite retreats - holidays from biotech, similar to social network retreats 
   * "curating lifestyles" - being a human biotech filter, helping to choose appropriate biotechnologies   * "curating lifestyles" - being a human biotech filter, helping to choose appropriate biotechnologies
-  * bioluddites mid emerging technologies with traditional approaches using a strong ethical filter; they help people find their way through the jungle of biotechnologies on offer +  * bioluddites mid-emerging technologies with traditional approaches using a strong ethical filter; they help people find their way through the jungle of biotechnologies on offer 
-  * grandmothers as mentors, ambassadors of bioluddite conundrums+  * grandmothers as mentors, ambassadors of bioluddite conundrums, rather than give specific expert answers
   * doctors could have bioluddites in residence, who never force but inspire   * doctors could have bioluddites in residence, who never force but inspire
-  * bioluddites could have clinics with a social identity, making small tweaks in people's lifestyles, preventative approaches (like the quantified self); they might deal with addictions that aren't perceived as such - sugar, sitting, mental pollution... their treatments could be mock-torture therapies; little tricks to play with people's psyche; enacted conundrums; immersive situations and scenes+  * bioluddites could have clinics with a social identity, making small tweaks in people's lifestyles, preventative approaches (like the quantified self); they might deal with addictions that aren't perceived as such - sugar, sitting, mental, adrenaline, coffee, pollution... their treatments could be mock-torture therapies; little tricks to play with people's psyche; enacted conundrums; immersive situations and scenes
   * they provide experiences that can't be explained in a simple piece of technology - they're against gadgets...   * they provide experiences that can't be explained in a simple piece of technology - they're against gadgets...
   * on the one hand they are dandyfying the status quo through parodies inserted in daily situations, on the other hand they provide experience prototypes of how things could be otherwise. they are playing with the edges between the prototypes and reality - pointing out problems in a ludic manner, using holistic approaches   * on the one hand they are dandyfying the status quo through parodies inserted in daily situations, on the other hand they provide experience prototypes of how things could be otherwise. they are playing with the edges between the prototypes and reality - pointing out problems in a ludic manner, using holistic approaches
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   * they work with habits and ailments of contemporary lifestyle (though not as serious ones as addiction)   * they work with habits and ailments of contemporary lifestyle (though not as serious ones as addiction)
   * they offer experience prototypes and parodies of real life in the state-industrial complex, showing the faults and tearing on its edges   * they offer experience prototypes and parodies of real life in the state-industrial complex, showing the faults and tearing on its edges
 +  * they are pro-choice so people are not 'slaves to technology'
 +
 +
 +=====Session IV: Notes 20140410=====
 +
 +Selecting relevant themes from [[:/future_fabulators/food_scenarios]] to chart bioluddites' biotechnology sphere
 +
 +Planning the research gathering
 +
 +== Bioluddite Menu ==
 +
 +  * Wild food sushi
 +  * Pickled garlic and nuts
 +  * Steamed artichoke flower with jerusalem artichoke dip
 +  * Potato peel chips with truffle oil
 +  * Mock meat meal on a stick 
 +  * Raw chocolate snuff
 +
 +Drinks:
 +  * Water kefir
 +  * Sweet basil water
 +  * Herbal teas
 +  * Cube cola
 +  * Feral trade coffee
 +  * Local micro-brewed beer (perhaps [[http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/brussels-beer-project-dark-sister/248127/|Dark Sister]] or [[http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/de-la-senne-taras-boulba/56185/|Taras Boulba]] or...)
 +  * Home made absinth for the brave
 +
 +== Dress code ==
 +
 +What would a bioluddite dandy look like?
 +
 +== Flow == 
 +
 +  * 5-6 Apero with informal discussions on health, food, diy biology...
 +  * ~6 short presentation of the research by lisa, q&a
 +  * introduction to the edible bioluddite map and tasting foods & drinks
 +  * lisa propose a few bioluddite conundrums, discussion about how a bioluddite might react
 +  * drinks, food and conversation in the 'waiting room' or around the table
 +  * personal experience with a bioluddite coach (maja), for those who'd like to apply bioluddism in their daily life
 +  * throughout: documentation (photo, video)
 +
 +
 +== Planning ==
 +
 +Thursday
 +  * make bioluddite's etiquette chart (or a biotech sphere chart) for the coaching room (Maja, Nik, Lisa)
 +  * come up with at least 3 conundrums (Lisa)
 +  * decide on spaces and materials for the research gathering (Rasa, Lisa)
 +
 +Friday
 +  * Food shopping, preparation and presentation (Rasa, Maja)
 +  * Prep presentation (Nik, Lisa)
 +  * Documentation (Nik, Lisa, Rasa)
 +  * Hosting (Lisa)
 +  * Bioluddite enactment (FoAM)
 +
 +Saturday
 +  * compile documentation and put stuff online, tidy up notes, link pages
 +  * conclude waiting room scenario, write it up and possibly make a visual collage of it
 +  * write a blog post
 +  * visit Rasa's garden
 +
 +Sunday
 +  * final wrap-up and departure
 +
 +=== Bioluddite conundrums ===
 +
 +  * what do you think [[http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/11/why-the-climate-corporation-sold-itself-to-monsanto.html|Climate Corporation being sold to Monsanto]]?
 +
 +  * should [[http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/06/18/asia%E2%80%99s-food-security-conundrum-more-apparent-real.html
 +|biotechnology be used to feed]] the growing population in Asia?
 +
 +  * [[http://bit.ly/R5E3Qh|would you like to be told]] that you are very likely to develop an incurable disease within a few years? Should a doctor automatically give such information to a patient? Genetic screening has raised this issue by giving doctors the ability to diagnose genetically related (but still untreatable) disorders…
 +  
 +  * should we use [[http://fringejoyride.com/2013/12/23/human-invasive-interactions/|invasive species as a resource]]?
 +
 +  * when asked about the amount of medical help one would choose in a dire situation, most doctors choose to die at home without medical help, arguing for a quality of life rather than quantity. http://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/feb/08/how-doctors-choose-die How should that affect the rest of our seemingly obvious choices about survival? Are doctors role models?
 +
 +  * in 2012, Target the consumer store sent baby coupons to a teenage girl who had not told her parents she was pregnant http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml What's the role of companies in our seemingly private bodily changes?
 +  
 +  * Is elaborate biomimicry biotechnology or is it just technology borrowing from biology?
 +
 +  * Pandas have very little effect on their habitat and are extremely expensive to maintain. in 2012 Canada spent $10million renting pandas from China during budget cuts elsewhere http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2013-08-27/why-i-hate-pandas-and-you-should-too. Pandas have little hope of breeding in the wild. Should we keep up with this fetishized animal’s lack of affordance to survive?
 +
 +  * Why do Cooking channels not making ppl cook more while smoking /drinking makes ppl more prone to smoke/drink?
 +
 +  * Is rewilding an aristocratic conservation crossing with fantasy themeparks that drives food-production to poorer countries? Should we support this luxurious attempt at a wilder aspiration? http://www.farmersguardian.com/home/latest-news/hill-farmers-hit-back-at-monbiot-over-rewilding-calls/61850.article
 +
 +  * Is recycling keeping the human population in a better balance with the environment or is it only a marketed loophole for the conscience?
 +When to use biofuel and why?
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +=== Bioluddite charter ===
 +
 +In the afternoon we distilled our notes and thoughts into the beginnings of a [[Bioluddite charter]] with the following sections, based on Chaordic principles (used for example [[http://www.brefigroup.co.uk/resources/chaordic_organisation.html|here]].
 +
 +  * Purpose/Preamble – That which identifies and binds the community together as worthy of commitment and personal effort. An unambiguous vision or concept of the future.
  
 +  * Principles – The behavioural aspirations of the community. (...) Must have a high degree of ethical and moral content, which does not prescribe behaviour but guides it.
  
 +  * Concept – A general view of the best possible institutional embodiment of purpose and principles. A general picture of the desired relationships.
  
 +  * Structure – The specific anatomy of the organisation. The contract of rights and obligations between all members of the community. 
  
 +  * People – The initial members of the community and the leadership essential to effective initiation and evolution of the purpose, principles and structure. 
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