_a workshop by Cristina Cochior and Manetta Berends for the department of Communication Design/Information Design at the University of Arts and Design, Halle (Germany) 2020_
_based on a workshop Cristina Cochior and Joana Chicau did for Constant's work session [Collective Conditions](http://constantvzw.org/site/-Collective-Conditions,220-.html), Brussels 2019_
_A workshop by Cristina Cochior and Manetta Berends for the department of Communication Design/Information Design at the University of Arts and Design, Halle (Germany) 2020._<br>
_Based on a workshop Cristina Cochior and Joana Chicau did for Constant's work session [Collective Conditions](http://constantvzw.org/site/-Collective-Conditions,220-.html), Brussels 2019._
### 15:30-16:00 - _collective digital infrastructures_
[Varia](http://varia.zone/en/) is a collective-space [^1] in Rotterdam focused on everyday technologies. We keep a [trail of photographs](https://vvvvvvaria.org/archive/) of what we've done.
Together, we try to experiment with various free software [tools](https://varia.zone/en/pages/collective-infrastructures.html) for collaborative processes, as well as collective infrastructure making and [self-hosting](https://varia.zone/images/variaecosystem.png).
In October 2019, we wrote our own first [CoC](https://pad.vvvvvvaria.org/coc).
In June 2019, during [Relearn Rotterdam](http://relearn.be/2019/), some of the participants had discussions about [codes of conduct and conducting codes](https://gitlab.com/relearn/relearn2019/raw/master/relearn.local/var/www/html/etherdump/publish/conductable) and bots of conduct.
**Infrapunctural bots for stress relief**
**Infrapunctural Bots for Stress Relief**
* [How to do anything](https://mastodon.social/@wikihow)
**What would bots of conduct act like?**
**Bots as Tools to Intervene in Conversations**
What would it mean to become more entangled with bots, redistribute the labour of making and maintaining a collective, but without falling into the metaphorical understanding of bot as a servant?
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### _bot as conductor or bot as conductive_
**Bot as Conductor or Bot as Conductive**
* create an account and [choose nickname](https://conversejs.org/fullscreen.html#converse/register ) on conversejs
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**_situation:_** there are remarks or complaints in the room, but the person does not feel comfortable to bring up the issue themselves;
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Split into groups of maximum 4-5 (mixed interest in code).
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**_BREAK — 10 minutes ;)_**
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### 16:00-16:10 — _choose your group_
### 16:00-16:30 — _Creating Situations_
We move to [an Etherpad](https://pad.vvvvvvaria.org/botsofconduct.workshop-Burg-Halle).
### 16:10-16:30 — _creating situations_
Imagine you are a collective-space with your group peers and you have been active for 5 days;
* **create a name for the chatroom:**
* or rooms /sites of action/ environments ..to open up the imagination of what a chatroom may be like!
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### 16:30-16:45 - _break_
### 16:30-16:45 - _Break_
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### 16:45-18:00 - _bot in the situation_
### 16:45-18:00 - _Bot in the Situation_
* experimenting with bots: either adapt the ones we provided (experiment with code) or enact the bots' behaviours iteratively (bot behaviour);
* bot behaviour: iterations, repetition, ...
### _installing and running the bots_ (optional)
### _Installing and Running the Bots_ (optional)
**For computers running Windows OS**
* install [Anaconda](https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/windows/) with python 3
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### 18:00-18:30 - _discussion and performing_
### 18:00-18:30 - _Discussion and Performing with the Bots_
