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|Date=2017/08/09-2017/08/10
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At the Rare Endophyte Collectors Club (RECC) biological hobbyists meet to identify, discover, discuss and trade information about new, rare and hard to access microorganisms. The race is on: who will get to unlock, collect and share the secrets of the microbiome era?


'''HDSA2017'''
Members of the Rare Endophyte Collectors Club will get hands-on experience setting up experiments and learning the DIY Biology methods needed to cultivate and isolate the microorganisms that live inside of plants (i.e. endophytes). We will also conduct field visits to collect plant samples and debate the use of endophytes as biopesticides as well as the ethical implications of biohacking for agriculture, the commercialization of science and the privatization of the commons. What other forms can our microbial future take?: A Lending library? An Internet of Plants? A Civilian Conservation Corps for Microbial Life?
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H&D believes designers and artists should be empowered with the tools of the digital realm including coding and hardware usage and construction. Conversely technologists should be more comfortable and effective in engaging in creative processes through familiarity with the vocabulary of designers and artists. All disciplines should become more comfortable in theoretical and social discourse, and thus be asking questions such as should we instead of can we.
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During the summer of 2017 Hackers & Designers invites an international group of ambitious participants to learn by creating, researching, and discussing. The program of the Hackers & Designers Summer Academy in 2017 (HDSA2017) includes workshops, talks and lectures lead by well versed talented educators and professionals skilled at teaching and sharing information of their own research and practice to groups of individuals who are self-initiators, curious and innovative in their fields. People who are not afraid to open, break or rethink software and hardware concepts and the like to reflect and research the ethical consequences that arise in our contemporary information society.
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'''Confirmed tutors'''
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Gottfried Haider, The Things Network, Sjef van Gaalen, ... (more to be announced soon!)
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The 2-week workshop program will conclude with an exhibition accompanied by a public lecture program at Mediamatic in Amsterdam
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'''Investigating means of going on and off the grid'''
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In order to bring the diverse disciplines together in a meaningful way, the HDSA2017 program of focuses on the thematic thread and the process of going ‘on and off-the grid’, – a crucial societal topic and ongoing discussion at stake in both design/art and developer practices.
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By developing an elaborate hands-on program H&D invites the Summer Academy participants to reflect and question dependence and obedience of our daily work and living environments. How can we, as modern nomadic workers who often do not differentiate between work and private life, look critically at infrastructure, networks and systems we rely on? Are we as steadily connected networkers capable of disconnecting from existing grids? Can we rethink and build self-sustaining environments that shape our future practices in unexpected ways?
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The program shall challenge and activate the participants to use and push the boundaries of existing technology and programming platforms (web, hardware, software), networks online/offline (internet, deep web, darknet, peer 2 peer, blockchain), and user experience, all in a practical manner while incorporating content matters and ethical consequences of the proposed technologies and processes.
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'''Approach'''
RECC at HDSA2017
DIY (Do it yourself)
During a 2 day lab where participants learn how to collect agricultural plant samples (leaf, roots, etc.) and plate, grow, isolate and identify the microorganisms that grow inside the plants (Endophytes). The goal of the lab is to discover an entirely new organism and to take this DIY Bio research forward and to prototype its promise and limitations.
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Applied endophyte research is being promoted as a possible replacement for chemical fertilizers and pesticides. In addition to learning basic biological lab techniques, we will be able to imagine different food futures and various registers and modes of biohacking.
The hands-on approach and the challenges that come with making as opposed to talking will stay central throughout the whole program. H&D believes that in order to develop a deeper understanding of the qualities and disadvantages of technology we need to look inside the black boxes of the technology that we heavily rely on in our daily physical and digital, and our private and professional lives. Therefore we urge the participants of the summer academy to open the box, look inside it, rummage through it or even make their own boxes.
http://www.endophyte.club/
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'''SCHEDULE'''
 
'''DAY 1'''
 
''MORNING''
'''— INTRODUCTION:''' Theoretical introduction & discussion, classification on kinds of plants
'''— DISCUSSION:''' Identification (looking at plates that we brought with us and growing samples). Lab safety. Introutcion to tools.  NCBI database, ownership issues, what each group will do with their specimen
 
''AFTERNOON'' 
'''— SITE VISIT:''' (Site visit to University lab / growing field / urban farm / market, etc.) specimen acquisition (photos, drawing, pressings, site conditions)
'''— LAB WORK 1:'''  Lab work (make own agar, some pre-plated). Make a small meal from the edible plants collected?


'''DIT (Do it together)'''
'''DAY 2'''
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Technologists will be engaged at the very beginning of the creative process. Similarly the designers and artists will be invited to experiment and engage with unfamiliar and deeper technological concepts with which they may not be immediately equipped. It is through Aanvraag e-culture: Hackers & Designers Summer Academy 2016 2 the collaborative approach where common vocabulary and understanding will arise, and be available in future endeavors beyond the Summer Academy.


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''MORNING''
'''Spoken language will be English'''
'''— LAB WORK 2:''' Personal Platings and Demonstrating a re-culturing from a pre-grown dish
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''All workshops are accessible for both the tech-savvy and the newbie nerds.''
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[https://hacksdesigns.typeform.com/to/YMhJL1 Fill in our Typeform] to sign up for the [[HDSA 2017. On–Off the grid|Hackers & Designers Summer Academy 2017. On/Off the Grid]].
''AFTERNOON''
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'''— DISCUSSION AND DOCUMENTATION:'''  Creation of Club Newsletter + Imaging Future Use Cases.  
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'''— CLEAN UP & EXHIBITION PREP:'''  Next steps, waste disposal cleaning up, preparing exhibition
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Latest revision as of 11:29, 26 July 2017

The Rare Endophytes Collectors Club
Name The Rare Endophytes Collectors Club
Location De Ruimte
Date 2017/08/09-2017/08/10
Time 10:00-18:00
PeopleOrganisations The Center for Genomic Gastronomy
Type [[]]
Web No
Print No

At the Rare Endophyte Collectors Club (RECC) biological hobbyists meet to identify, discover, discuss and trade information about new, rare and hard to access microorganisms. The race is on: who will get to unlock, collect and share the secrets of the microbiome era?

Members of the Rare Endophyte Collectors Club will get hands-on experience setting up experiments and learning the DIY Biology methods needed to cultivate and isolate the microorganisms that live inside of plants (i.e. endophytes). We will also conduct field visits to collect plant samples and debate the use of endophytes as biopesticides as well as the ethical implications of biohacking for agriculture, the commercialization of science and the privatization of the commons. What other forms can our microbial future take?: A Lending library? An Internet of Plants? A Civilian Conservation Corps for Microbial Life?

RECC at HDSA2017 During a 2 day lab where participants learn how to collect agricultural plant samples (leaf, roots, etc.) and plate, grow, isolate and identify the microorganisms that grow inside the plants (Endophytes). The goal of the lab is to discover an entirely new organism and to take this DIY Bio research forward and to prototype its promise and limitations. Applied endophyte research is being promoted as a possible replacement for chemical fertilizers and pesticides. In addition to learning basic biological lab techniques, we will be able to imagine different food futures and various registers and modes of biohacking. http://www.endophyte.club/

SCHEDULE

DAY 1

MORNING — INTRODUCTION: Theoretical introduction & discussion, classification on kinds of plants — DISCUSSION: Identification (looking at plates that we brought with us and growing samples). Lab safety. Introutcion to tools. NCBI database, ownership issues, what each group will do with their specimen

AFTERNOON — SITE VISIT: (Site visit to University lab / growing field / urban farm / market, etc.) specimen acquisition (photos, drawing, pressings, site conditions) — LAB WORK 1: Lab work (make own agar, some pre-plated). Make a small meal from the edible plants collected?

DAY 2

MORNING — LAB WORK 2: Personal Platings and Demonstrating a re-culturing from a pre-grown dish

AFTERNOON — DISCUSSION AND DOCUMENTATION: Creation of Club Newsletter + Imaging Future Use Cases. — CLEAN UP & EXHIBITION PREP: Next steps, waste disposal cleaning up, preparing exhibition

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