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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 een collectief leerexperiment met evenveel leraren als deelnemers. Samen kijken we naar de mogelijkheden om de parameters van leren, studeren en onderzoeken te verzetten. < br / > < br / >
< a href = "#" class = "more" > Lees meer over 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 international perspective and a chance to
experience new and old ideas.
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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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< p class = "question" > Details< / p >
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< li > Dates: 22-25 July< / li >
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What we offer: < br / >
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3 days of focused discussions, experiments, exercises and
speculation in various locations in Rotterdam (we'll have a meet
and greet on the first night)
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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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This year's edition will take place in and focus on Rotterdam. 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. Some
examples of directions in which we can go are: tracing the routes
of the food we eat, the material aspects of internet
infrastructure, ecological impact of daily choices and their
relationship to systemic causes.
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In practice, it is an intensive IRL three day collective learning
experiment with as many teachers as participants from all
backgrounds and disciplines to learn from-and-teach each other,
beyond the traditional paradigms of education from an interest in
free culture and practices of care. There is no timetable or
structure before hand, it will be defined by us together. Everyday
different tracks (research vectors) will drive the
conversation/work in different self-organised groups, which will
reconvene at the end of each day to share and discuss the process
(there is no expected outcome). As a result a printed publication
will contain the documentation produced during the Relearn.
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We invite you to apply by sending a short 300 word or less
motivation text to
< a href = "mailto:relearn2021@riseup.net" > relearn2021@riseup.net< / a >
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. There is no admission
cost. We also encourage you to share thoughts, ideas, references
and images to our
< a href = "https://vvvvvvaria.org/logs/relearn-2021-anarchive/"
>Relearn 2021 anarchive< /a
>. Find out more < a href = "#anarchive" > below< / a > .
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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've opened 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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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
via 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
>. You can also see the archive on the right-hand side of this very
web page.
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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 log in
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
>. If you would like to have a Varia server account, please let us
know and we can facilitate that.
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