hello Bricos

I organise a two weeks workshop in France about
the Oswash project. Rob Van Kranenburg will join
us for one or two days.
Welcome if you are around. Orléans is one hour train from Paris center !

Salut !

JN



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Open Workshop: Politics and Washing Machines


A 10-days workshop by residents of 108 Maison
Bourgogne, Labomedia and Artefacts, from 3 to 16
February 2014, In Orléans, France


Members of the collectives Oswash.org,
Bricolabs.net, Terrik0lab.cc provide a
theoretical and practical workshop on the impact
of technology laundry in poor countries,
children's education and empowerment of women
worldwide . http://www.oswash.org


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Context :

More than one billion people in poor countries,
mostly women, spend dozens of hours a week,
throughout their live , hand-washing dirt, piss,
shit and blood from their relatives.
For environmental, economic, energetic and
sanitary reasons, hand-washing is generally done
in difficult and very time consuming conditions
that impact :
- health and education of women and children who help
- their possibility of individual and collective emancipation .
In rich countries, women emancipation started
with the arrival of washing machines.

The Oswash project http://www.oswash.org
explores, with the help of Bricolabs, TerrikOlab
and our hosts, technological and social
opportunities that would reduce this "washing
divide", this lost time, and allow a change in
the status of women worldwide.


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The workshop will be held in Orléans, France, 108
Maison Bourgogne , http://osm.org/go/0BImoClBD as
part of a residence Arko / / cooperative,
ecological and social practices / / from 3 to 16
February 2014 . All are welcome for the workshop,
starting February 3 at 10 am with a public
presentation. A second public workshop
presentation will also take place on February 3
at 18H for those joining after work. The workshop
starts at 10am every day.

Any voluntary participant is invited , no special
skills required, Bricoleur or not. It is best to
follow the evolution of the workshop, but any
ponctual help will also be appreciated.

Atmosphere around the invention, DIY, recycling,
theoretical discusions around the development of
laundry equipment and infrastructure wash under
Free License. Research & Documentation of
technical and social processes of washing,
vegetal detergent and alternative chemistries,
filtering systems and water management, possible
dissemination strategies for change. Construction
of as many washing machine prototypes as possible
. Realisation of a traveling exhibition on the
project.

The workshop will also host on Feb. 7, the
Bricolabs and Council Of The Internet Of Things
founder, Rob van Kranenburg , for a one-day
session devoted to the Internet of Things and its
political implications in this context.

Exhibition & Presentation of works, February 14,
2014 . Le Bol , 108 maison Bourgogne , from 18H .
Exhibition until February 16, 2014


The Oswash project is not sponsored, and is
supported only by the energy of its participants
and the invaluable assistance of 108 Burgundy
House , Labomedia and Artifacts in Orléans,
France. Links : http://www.oswash.org
http://artefacts.coop http://labomedia.org
http://bricolabs.net
http://www.theinternetofthings.eu/

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JN