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-**HUMAN CULTURES**+===Autopoiesis=== 
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 +Another figure we must mention is [[Humberto Maturana]], biologist and philosopher, who studied the principle of AUTOPOIESIS within living organisms: http://www.oikos.org/mariotti.htm.  
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 +===HUMAN CULTURES===
  
 In a further extension I believe the vicious cycle of consumption and waste is applied not only for materials, but as well for living beings, and even humans. Unless we re-think our system we will keep on wasting energy and maintaining the process of slavery. This research addresses all living beings in the planet. In a further extension I believe the vicious cycle of consumption and waste is applied not only for materials, but as well for living beings, and even humans. Unless we re-think our system we will keep on wasting energy and maintaining the process of slavery. This research addresses all living beings in the planet.
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 Based on the **Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth** (http://deoxy.org/meme/UNIVERSAL_DECLARATION_OF_THE_RIGHTS_OF_MOTHER_EARTH Based on the **Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth** (http://deoxy.org/meme/UNIVERSAL_DECLARATION_OF_THE_RIGHTS_OF_MOTHER_EARTH
-) I'm working on the idea of humans becoming more useful for the environment, just as plants, funghi and bacteria.+) I'm working on the idea of humans becoming more useful for the environment, just as plants, fungi and bacteria.
  
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-Another interesting idea comes from [[Humberto Maturana]], biologist and philosopher, who studied the principle of AUTOPOIESIS within living organisms: http://www.oikos.org/mariotti.htm 
  
 +===Humans as producers===
  
 Inspired by how much we can learn from plant systems, I listed a number of principles from plant universe which could be used for re-designing the human body and human relations: Inspired by how much we can learn from plant systems, I listed a number of principles from plant universe which could be used for re-designing the human body and human relations:
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   - Produce for the near and the far future   - Produce for the near and the far future
  
-16/02/2012+===Connecting people===
  
-After this list I made up an exercise using the people at the groWorld research, for reflecting on human connections, which resulted in the following images.+After working on basic plants principles, listed above, I made up an exercise using the people at the groWorld research, for reflecting on human connections, which resulted in the following images.
  
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-**ARTWORKS THAT MIGHT INSPIRE YOU TOO**+===ARTWORKS THAT MIGHT INSPIRE YOU TOO===
  
 Speaking of educational artworks, we have to recall Joseph Beuys's **7000 Oaks**, a "social sculpture" for which he had the participation of the public in Documenta 7 to plant seven thousand oak trees, in the city of Kassel, in 1982. Speaking of educational artworks, we have to recall Joseph Beuys's **7000 Oaks**, a "social sculpture" for which he had the participation of the public in Documenta 7 to plant seven thousand oak trees, in the city of Kassel, in 1982.
  
-Another recent and related participatory project, was the **sunflower seeds** installation by Ai Wei Wei for the Tate Gallery in London, 2010. He built a huge network of porcelain craftsmen in order to produce millions of fake sunflower seeds. He addressed the problem of (un)employment in China, reviving an old technique for centuries mastered by Chinese, the porcelain, while using a symbol of the Maoist times, the sunflower seed. Wei Wei created a massive landscape inside Tate's Turbine Hall after bringing the seeds from China. I had the fortunate chance to visit the installation last year and I was really touched by the project. The process is beautifully documented in a 15 minutes video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PueYywpkJW8+Another recent and related participatory project, was the **sunflower seeds** installation by Ai Wei Wei for the Tate Modern in London, 2010. He built a huge network of porcelain craftsmen in order to produce millions of fake sunflower seeds. He addressed the problem of (un)employment in China, reviving an old technique for centuries mastered by Chinese, the porcelain, while using a symbol of the Maoist times, the sunflower seed. Wei Wei created a massive landscape inside Tate's Turbine Hall after bringing the seeds from China. I had the fortunate chance to visit the installation last year and I was really touched by the project. The process is beautifully documented in a 15 minutes video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PueYywpkJW8 
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 +=== Mark Manders on plants=== 
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 +(...) We can now wonder at the ingeniousness of plants—the way they raise up their leaves to catch refreshing drops of rain and guide them down to their roots, and the fact that they have decided not to move around but to live in the same place all the time, which means they do not need to be able to see. Plus the fact that they have arranged for their fruits to be dispersed by animals or the wind. Plants have organized their existence so ingeniously that they do not even have to wake up. (Mark Manders, 2004) From: http://www.markmanders.org/texts/english/02/ 
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