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< p id = "title" > Relearning Relearn< / p >
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Relearn is a collective learning experiment with as many teachers as
it has participants. It is motivated by the possibility to displace
parameters of/for research, studying and learning. < br / > < br / >
< a href = "#" class = "more" > Read more about Relearn.< / a >
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Relearn is a summerschool which welcomes persons, artists,
students, teachers from all backgrounds and disciplines.
Participants will gather to learn from and teach to each other,
beyond the traditional paradigms of education. Relearn researches
convivial, experimental and deviant methods and means in the
fields of design, computing and education, challenging the normal
roles and separations in them (teacher/student, developer/user,
art/life…).
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Free, Libre and Open Source Software plays a fundamental role at
Relearn, as it facilitates a different approach to the tools we
commonly use in our practices and lives. For instance, it can
allow us to understand the influence that tools themselves exert
on the way they are used, or the different social relations and
economies that are formed between who creates and uses them. Such
a questioning approach to technology feels urgent, in a time in
which more and more social, political and personal issues are
addressed by solely technological means.
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Right now there is so very much to relearn. We can't assume that we
will be able to travel, cross borders, be together indoors, all
things that were a given in the previous editions of Relearn. < br / >
< br / > < a href = "#" class = "more" > Read more about the 2021 edition.< / a >
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This year, the material conditions of public moments of gathering
such as Relearn come under scrutiny: the amount of energy, fuel,
safety measures, etc. to make it possible with people coming from
different places for a short amount of time.
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This is why we are thinking of this edition in terms of focusing
on our local, Rotterdam. We do not see this as a turn towards some
purely localist vision. We still wish to summon the best of what
Relearn can offer: an transnationalist perspective and a chance to
experience new and old ideas. We aim to explore the importance of
self-organisation and the use of experimental tools to build
alternative systems and economies within the urban fabric of
Rotterdam. We will be focusing on the materialities of the
everyday — e.g. even the most modest of actions, such as
purchasing or disposing of any of the trillions of plastic objects
causes them to circulate through the twenty-first century and
thousands of years into the future.
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< li > Location(s):< / li >
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What we offer: < br / >
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< span class = "stars" > *< / span > 3 days of focused discussions, experiments, exercises and
speculation in various locations in Rotterdam < br / >
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< span class = "stars" > *< / span > Rapid SARS-COV2 tests for every participant to make sure we stay
as safe as possible < br / >
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< span class = "stars" > *< / span > Plenty of snacks and refreshments and 3 vegetarian meals/snacks
a day
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Not implicitly necessary: < br / > < br / >
< span class = "stars" > *< / span > Computers
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< a href = "#" class = "more" > Read the open call for Relearn 2021< / a >
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At the moment we can't assume that we will be able to travel,
cross borders, be together indoors, all things that were a given
in the previous editions of Relearn. The material conditions of
public moments of gathering come under scrutiny: the amount of
energy, fuel, safety measures, etc. to make it possible with
people coming from different places for a short amount of time.
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For the above reasons, this year's edition will take place in and
focus on Rotterdam. We do not see this as a turn towards some
purely localist vision. We still wish to summon the best of what
Relearn can offer: an transnationalist perspective and a chance to
experience new and old ideas. We aim to explore the importance of
self-organisation and the use of experimental tools to build
alternative systems and economies within the urban fabric of
Rotterdam.
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We propose a focus on the materialities of the everyday. With this
in mind we want to apply materialism as a methodology to different
topics and places, tracing/mapping the roots of things, substances
and material agencies that run through us in the everyday. We want
to engage with modes of doing that deviate from the predominant
Western mode of distancing the human from the material world.
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Some examples of directions in which this topic can go are:
tracing the routes of food, the material aspects of internet
infrastructure, ecological impact of daily choices
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We invite you to apply by sending a short 300 word motivation text
to relearn2021@riseup.net in which you can explain more about why
a particular topic interests you, and how do you imagine we could
engage with it as a group throughout the 3 days of relearn.
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We also encourage you to share thoughts, ideas, references and
images to our relearn 2021 anarchive. Find out more at relearn.be
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< p class = "question" > The what and the why of the Anarchive< / p >
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In the run-up to July, we open up a shared digital space, as a
low-tech hangout and a convivial mode of archiving. Analogous to the
Relearn practice of archiving collective outputs without a focus on
specific outcomes, this is our approach: the Relearn "anarchive".
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< p > In the run-up to July, we open up a shared digital space, as a low-tech hangout and a convivial mode of archiving. Analogous to the Relearn practice of archiving collective outputs without a focus on specific outcomes, this is our approach: the Relearn "anarchive".< / p >
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Our anarchive can be defined in many ways. An autonomous place for
the Relearn community to dialogue without words. As the traces of
our collective thinking-out-loud. A collective warm up exercise
familiar to the materialities of the everyday group chat. A clutter
of information that is not the documentation of a past activity but
of something that evokes the not yet known. An unhierarchical
accumulation of images, documents and links to spark the tracks that
perhaps will run through Relearn.
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During the face-to-face event, we aim to have in-print forms of the
anarchive available at hand. We will use the contents as a
collective starting point for our discussions and a way to inform
the mapping of our shared interests.
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< p class = "question" > How does it work?< / p >
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The anarchive can be experienced as a group chat: it is open for
anyone to join, without registration and accessible through a
regular web browser. It is a place to meet other relearners and
share thoughts, images, PDFs, texts etc.
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However, it is also a place to meet and interact with our friendly
logbot. The
< a href = "https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/varia/bots" > logbot< / a > is a
project which was created within the context of
< a href = "https://varia.zone" > Varia< / a > as a way to support our modes
of organisation and our need for on-the-fly archiving. It is Python
program, written and maintained by Varia members, which sits in our
group chats when invited and acts as a helpful co-anarchivist. This
mode of ad-hoc digital archiving between friends is something we
want to bring to the process of documenting our experience at
Relearn this year.
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The logbot responds by name and takes as input your submissions for
the Relearn anarchive. It can also guide you in the ways of working
with the anarchive using a special < code > @help< / code > message. Once
the logbot accepts a submission it will then make them public:
< a href = "https://vvvvvvaria.org/logs/relearn-2021-anarchive/"
>vvvvvvaria.org/logs/relearn-2021-anarchive< /a
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< p class = "question" > How to contribute< / p >
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If you are thinking through the loose ends of Relearn 2021 then
please become a fellow anarchivist! You can visit the group chat via
< a href = "https://relearn2021.vvvvvvaria.org"
>relearn2021.vvvvvvaria.org< /a
>, choose a username and then it is possible to upload texts,
documents, images etc and chat with other relearners. Once you close
the browser window, you will be "logged out". This is more temporary
mode of interacting with the archive.
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It is also possible to log into the chat in a more permanent manner.
The group chat is hosted on a server located in
< a href = "https://vvvvvvaria.org/archive/varia-server/" > Varia< / a > and
uses open source chat software. You can create an account and login
using a client on your computer or phone. To learn more about how to
do that, see this
< a href = "https://xmpp.org/getting-started/" > getting started guide< /a
>. Once you have your account, you can join the chat at this
address:
< a href = "xmpp:relearn2021@muc.vvvvvvaria.org?join"
>relearn2021@muc.vvvvvvaria.org< /a
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know and we can facilitate that.
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