Every last Saturday of March there is International Open Hackerspace Day.

For this 2022 edition we propose to open our lab doors on Saturday March 26th and also to have a moment of meetings and conviviality on the lawn of the Square Léon Bourgeois in front of the Biohackerspace Kaouenn Noz. We are waiting for you with open tables, snacks and drinks to share, you can also bring your own snacks and drinks.

from 2pm to 5pm at Kaouenn Noz, see access.

For this event we want to host & welcome, discuss, exchange, on a thematic question :

Do biohackerspaces and hackerspaces have a role to play in welcoming refugees and exiles?

To fuel these reflections, to feed concrete actions, and to act in contribution with others, we are partnering with the Third Place Making Foundation and other hackerspaces and communities to make this day a meaningful moment.

• How to contribute and join our theme

All people are welcome, especially if this event seems curious to you. The rules of living and doing together apply to this event.

There are 2 places of reception:

• The lawn of the square Léon Bourgeois
• The underground lab at n°1

There are no knowledge prerequisites to come or to participate. Childrens are welcome. Curiosity, creativity, conviviality!

• A small picnic open table to meet with :
  • Drinks
    • Teas
    • Fruit juices
    • Beers without or with alcohol
  • Food…

Space and time animated and facilitated by an experienced person

• Places of sociability and conviviality in the responsibilities of reception and hospitality to exiles and refugees
• What support can we provide on basic needs (water, food, clothing, etc.) and respect for basic rights?

Initiation and facilitation by one or more experienced people

• Investigating water and water-related issues with seeds
  • A small workshop to learn how to do it yourself in your kitchen

• Internet, smartphone privacy (games and aids)
  • DataDetoxKit, Everyday steps you can take to control your digital privacy, security, and wellbeing in ways that feel right to you.
  • Me and my shadow, take control of your data

• Collective reading by “Arpentage” (a critical education method for appropriating a text in a small group, invented by the workers in the 19th century)
  • On a text by…

All people are welcome, especially if this event seems curious to you. The rules of living and doing together apply to this event.

There are 2 places of reception:

• The lawn of the square Léon Bourgeois
• The underground lab at n°1

There are no knowledge prerequisites to come or to participate. Childrens are welcome. Curiosity, creativity, conviviality!

• A small picnic open table to meet with :
  • Drinks
    • Teas
    • Fruit juices
    • Beers without or with alcohol
  • Food…

Space and time animated and facilitated by an experienced person

• Places of sociability and conviviality in the responsibilities of reception and hospitality to exiles and refugees
• What support can we provide on basic needs (water, food, clothing, etc.) and respect for basic rights?

Initiation and facilitation by one or more experienced people

• Investigating water and water-related issues with seeds
  • A small workshop to learn how to do it yourself in your kitchen

• Internet, smartphone privacy (games and aids)
  • DataDetoxKit, Everyday steps you can take to control your digital privacy, security, and wellbeing in ways that feel right to you.
  • Me and my shadow, take control of your data
• Collective reading by “Arpentage” (a critical education method for appropriating a text in a small group, invented by the workers in the 19th century)
  • On a text by…

How to contribute and ally with this theme we have chosen?

Good point and It's not described in the wiki.

My suggestion:

Each space / community self organize and describe this “local event” (shortly) in their own language and wiki.

We can briefly discuss with email, riot/Element, wiki discussion.

Local self organized community will run the event on their own (Time zone, weather, any other factors), with notes and also documentation.

It's deeply important to avoid overload and overburden stuff during an event based on hospitality and conviviality, like online videoconferencing just for screenshots and so on.

After this “distributed” event and our specific topic, we will gather all produced resources and linked them.
And we will try to find a consensus for an online wrap up (BBB videoconference, day/hour, etc).

• Contact us and we'll discuss it

or

• Write yourself a description of your event on March 26 with your own activities on the question Do biohackerspaces and hackerspaces have a role to play in welcoming refugees and exiles? , then send it to us

or

• Contact ThirdPlaceMaking