<nettime-ann> "Politics and washing machines" workshop

[Jean-Noël Montagné <jnm@rom.fr>]

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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 laundry technologies in poor countries, in 
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 in Orléans, 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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