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| ==== Fringejoyride Residency Review ==== | ==== Fringejoyride Residency Review ==== |
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| | A reflection on a micro-residency by [[http://fringejoyride.com/|Lisa Ma]] |
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| But what does this experiment mean beyond local enthusiasm? What do I do with the insights from these stories? Essentially how can speculative design use this intensely local project to create a meme that challenges us globally and socially? | But what does this experiment mean beyond local enthusiasm? What do I do with the insights from these stories? Essentially how can speculative design use this intensely local project to create a meme that challenges us globally and socially? |
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| == So invasive species are the Bioluddite’s biotechnology? == | == So invasive species are the Bioluddite’s biotechnology? (Because previously invasive species were a scientific glitch) == |
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| (Because previously invasive species were a scientific glitch) | |
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| I'd been fascinated by the story of the Luddites and the sense of ‘city pride’ the history had brought to Nottingham. Luddites were 19th century activists making a stand to save their traditional social models and critiqued the profit driven production processes enabled by machines in the Industrial Revolution. But nowdays, being a ‘luddite’ is commonly interpreted as someone that doesn’t use twitter, or a smart phone or, according to www.urbandictionary.com : | I'd been fascinated by the story of the Luddites and the sense of ‘city pride’ the history had brought to Nottingham. Luddites were 19th century activists making a stand to save their traditional social models and critiqued the profit driven production processes enabled by machines in the Industrial Revolution. But nowdays, being a ‘luddite’ is commonly interpreted as someone that doesn’t use twitter, or a smart phone or, according to www.urbandictionary.com : |
| For the remaining week, The Fo:AM and I pursued through every data source possible and my previous hidden, disorganized, long-procrastinated research to find what these Bioluddites might look like, believe in, approve off. It was like a detective team, slowly finding clues to navigate what a Bioluddite might eat, wear, behave, how they might organize themselves and what their agenda might be. These exercises brought us one step closer to this speculative community, drawing upon a spectrum of people who already practice against technology: | For the remaining week, The Fo:AM and I pursued through every data source possible and my previous hidden, disorganized, long-procrastinated research to find what these Bioluddites might look like, believe in, approve off. It was like a detective team, slowly finding clues to navigate what a Bioluddite might eat, wear, behave, how they might organize themselves and what their agenda might be. These exercises brought us one step closer to this speculative community, drawing upon a spectrum of people who already practice against technology: |
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| The Amish used religion, | The Amish used religion,\\ |
| The Luddites used military power, | The Luddites used military power, \\ |
| The Neoluddites (except for its association with the infamous Unibomber) used literature. | The Neoluddites (except for its association with the infamous Unibomber) used literature.\\ |
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| In order to socialize luddism in our age of peer-to-peer and TED Talks, the Bioluddites would look like no average activist. In fact, their roles would fit more into the modern-day life-coaches/ gurus and mentors, navigating and through a combination of information /inspiration /entertainment / to ‘nudge’ us through the plethora of biotech consumer choices. | In order to socialize luddism in our age of peer-to-peer and TED Talks, the Bioluddites would look like no average activist. In fact, their roles would fit more into the modern-day life-coaches/ gurus and mentors, navigating and through a combination of information /inspiration /entertainment / to ‘nudge’ us through the plethora of biotech consumer choices. |
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| In our public presentation for the Research Gathering, we outsourced brainstorming on the attendees along with biotech question-themed foods by with our list of real-life conundrums surrounding biotechnoloy. The responses were surprising. Most of the answers skipped the question’s details and delved directly into the systems behind and the expectations of biotechnology. The critiques were of the biotechnology corporations that stretched beyond the human scale. With the help of the Fo:AM team, we’ll prototype some of the symbols that are incorporated into a Bioluddite’s coaching environment. | In our public presentation for the Research Gathering, we outsourced brainstorming on the attendees along with biotech question-themed foods by with our list of real-life conundrums surrounding biotechnology. The responses were surprising. Most of the answers skipped the question’s details and delved directly into the systems behind and the expectations of biotechnology. The critiques were of the biotechnology corporations that stretched beyond the human scale. With the help of the Fo:AM team, we’ll prototype some of the symbols that are incorporated into a Bioluddite’s coaching environment. |
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| Bioluddites does not claim to be another revolutionary movement with a manifesto; it would have more a charter of professionalism. Bioluddites are a gap in the knowledge market somewhere between techno-philosophy, self-quantification, sustainable living and the guru-economy of Digital Prophets, Fashion Evangelists, lifestyle curators and media ecologists. | Bioluddites do not claim to be another revolutionary movement with a manifesto; it would have more a [[bioluddite_charter|charter]] of professionalism. Bioluddites are a gap in the knowledge market somewhere between techno-philosophy, self-quantification, sustainable living and the guru-economy of Digital Prophets, Fashion Evangelists, lifestyle curators and media ecologists. |
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| Did I manage to convert Fo:AM into Bioluddites? Maybe they already are, a little bit. | Did I manage to convert Fo:AM into Bioluddites? Maybe they already are, a little bit. |
| * [[notes on the luddites]] | * [[notes on the luddites]] |
| * [[http://fo.am/research-gathering-lisa-ma/|Research Gathering at FoAM]] | * [[http://fo.am/research-gathering-lisa-ma/|Research Gathering at FoAM]] |
| * [[https://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/sets/72157643831604755/|Photos on flicrk]] | * [[https://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/sets/72157643831604755/|Photos on flickr]] |
| * [[:/future_fabulators/human_invasive_interaction|scenarios on human-invasives interaction]] | * [[:/future_fabulators/human_invasive_interaction|scenarios on human-invasives interaction]] |
| * [[:/future_fabulators/residencies|Future Fabulators residencies]] | * [[:/future_fabulators/residencies|Future Fabulators residencies]] |
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