Re: [DIYbio] SKETCH A BIOLUDDITE - A SCIENCE AND ACTIVISM WORKSHOP WITH LISA MA - SAT 6 FEBRUARY 2016

I met Lisa briefly at TED 2012 in Edinburgh and she seemed like a lot of
fun to work with; if I were in a position to sign up, I would. :)

On Tue, 2016-01-19 at 07:17 -0800, Claudia Lastra wrote:
> Hello there Arts Catalyst have a workshop on Bioludditism with Lisa
> MA:
>
>
> SKETCH A BIOLUDDITE 2.00pm - 5.00pm
> Sat 6 February 2016
> Arts Catalyst Centre for Art, Science and Technology
> 74-76 Cromer Street
> London
> WC1H 8DR
> A SCIENCE AND ACTIVISM WORKSHOP WITH LISA MA
>
> For every technological era, there are sub-cultures that resist the
> flow and whose critical perspective inspires the rest of society. This
> workshop invites the general public and scientists to a comic forensic
> sketch to identify an emerging subculture called Bioluddites.
>
>
> What does society look like when you put historic activists with
> future science? Lisa Ma invites scientists, biohackers and the general
> public to an open forensic sketch session.
>
>
> Lisa believes that designing a cultural memory of activism in
> technology is an essential part of public engagements with science.
> She provokes the scientific community by asking everyone to imagine
> how Luddism would affect society in the Biotechnological era. Rather
> than portraying these historical activists as criminals of the past,
> Lisa Ma argues that they are in fact the engaged citizens of the
> future.
>
>
> This workshop will ask:
>
> Why should scientists anticipate activism with their technology?
>
> What might the general public celebrate in Luddism?
>
> How could biohackers socialize activism for result is more productive
> than political engagement?
>
>
> Lisa Ma has been invited to contribute to Notes from the Field:
> Commoning Practices in Art and Science, as a resident researcher,
> speaker and workshop leader. Notes from the Field is multi-faceted
> project that investigates the notion of art as a tool or tactic for
> action with communities, with a focus on projects involving science
> and technology or driven by ecological concerns.
>
>
> Webpage:
>
> http://www.artscatalyst.org/sketch-bioluddite-science-and-activism-workshop-lisa-ma
>
>
>
> Book here:
>
> https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sketch-a-bioluddite-a-science-and-activism-workshop-with-lisa-ma-tickets-20761997694
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Claudia
>
>
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