SoilPunk workshop
Introduction
Note to facilitator(s)
Abstract
In this workshop we will imagine and try out ways to radically reduce the energy use associated with accessing networked content. The workshop incorporates two experimental approaches simultaneously: one that is focused on reducing file sizes of online content, and creating small local networks for storytelling. And secondly: exploring the strategies from DIY biotechnology where bacteria found in local iron-rich soil are harnessed to generate and store energy. SoilPunk: muddy speculations on desirable techno futures.
What you need
Schedule / setup
In Amsterdam we will be hosting our workshop in these moments: [ADD DATE/TIME] You are free to choose a moment that suits best your node's schedules. We are available for questions in these moments on Zulip and BBB: [ADD DATE/TIME] Participants and/or facilitators can be in touch at these moments if they need help or just want to check in with us. Shared activity: We propose to read the following text [...] and meet on an Etherpad [ADD LINK] with all nodes at this moment [ADD DATE/TIME] to discuss the text together. We will prepare some questions and prompts that will be released and create a dramaturgy in the pad to activate and mediate the discussion.
Workshop scripts
We wrote three different versions of the scripts, which take into consideration a different format/condition. We would like to ask facilitators to consider their environment and chose the script that seems most feasible to them.
Version 1: Script (in-person workshops)
Version 2: Hybrid script (online only or hybrid workshops)
Online scavenger hunt
(I propose an adaption of the scavenger hunt idea into the web space.. no physical computing or programming necessary, just focus on the game/play aspect... and explore the subject of SoilPunk in the webspace... maybe there are clues related to carbon emission of websites... In smaller groups participants can design scavenger hunts only with screenshots and text, we could either use etherpad as central point or zulip.. etherpad disadvantage is that you cannot post images... in zulip participants could make streams and then post clues / images and texts there.)
Version 3: Hybrid script (online only or hybrid workshops)
Local Wifi Zines powered by mud batteries
(This version does not directly have a scavenger hunt but focuses on making the local wifi zines powered by mud batteries.. Participants can then produce their personal content related to 'SoilPunk' on their small HTML sites... and maybe they can additionally also be posted somewhere else on the web during a Show and tell at the end of the session.. it could be fun to have participants think about mechanisms to 'lure' people into connecting to their networks and play with the idea of 'InterNot')
Git repository
[I suggest to minimize the repo and readme to the technical aspects of the script and put contextualization here in this wiki]