MikroBIOMIK Soil Retreat
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HUMUS Sapiens: What's the dirt - on me?
On 20.-22.07.2018 there will be research for everyone at Projekt Draussen, the creative workshop, learning and working place in the middle of the forest south of Munich. Let's discover what's going on in the ground under our feet. Let's explore the secret ingredients that make plants happy. Together we make a contribution to open research and a sustainable future!
Would you like to get your hands dirty, learn more about soil ecology, discuss at the campfire in the evening? Please write to humussapiens@mikrobiomik.org on which days you would like to be there (with or without accommodation), and whether you already have a topic / project idea in mind or would like to give a workshop.
What
Soil is life and we believe that diversity is the key to creativity and innovation. HUMUS Sapiens is an open source research project and an intitiative to create an international network with soil enthusiasts and biohackers. In this soil-retreat we gather people from around the world and different backgrounds to share their knowledge and diy-methods to create workshops and concepts around the topic of soil.
Scientists, artists, pedagogues, ecologists and farmers work together to develope new strategies and tools for the study of soil and farming technics and to share their results on a open plattform for further research.
The Global Hackteria Network, Gasthaus: Fermentation and Bacteria and the mikroBIOMIK Society gather their sources to rethink the way we deal with our mother earth.
When
The retreat will take place from Friday noon, 20th July until Sunday 22th July evening.
Where - Hosting & Accommodation
The Projekt Draussen, also known as `Klause zum Schindergraben` is in the middle of the woods close to the Isar. In the upper floor under the roof is a cozy space where up to 20 people can be hosted in individual beds. From there you have access to a small terrace to enjoy a calm moment. There are more two smaller rooms with loft beds which have access to the balcony directed to the south from where you can see the little river and catch sun all day long. Feel free to bring your sleeping bag, bedsheets can be also available. You can also bring your tent and mount it in any place of the territory.
How to get there
Projekt Draussen is located about 30 km in the South of Munich in the woods and close to the Isar.
Schindergraben 1, 82544 Egling
By bicycle The bicycle tour along the Isar takes about 1-2 hours. There are the following possibilities:
- You start with your mountain bike on the Isar, for example in Munich at the Wittelsbacherbrücke, and orient yourself on the bike tour "Munich - Kloster Schäftlarn".
- Or you climb on your racing bike in Munich, choose an Isar site and orient yourself on one of these routes.
By public transport and walking
With the S-Bahn S7 direction Wolfratshausen you arrive from the Munich Marienplatz either in 33 minutes to Hohenschäftlarn or in 36 minutes to Ebenhausen-Schäftlarn.
From the S-Bahn station Ebenhausen-Schäftlarn, you can prepare for an Isar walk. We have prepared this route for you.
If you need a Shuttle please send us an email! (humussapiens@mikrobiomik.org)
From Airport
Closest airports are "Franz-Josef Strauss" Munich (MUC) and the "Allgaeu Airport" Memmingen (FMM).
By car
It takes about 30-40 min to reach Projekt Draussen by car following A95 or B11.
Retreat Schedule
Friday (from noon)
- Arrive, meet and tune
- 13-14 h guided walk "Plants and herbs"
- Remote workshop "GoFerment" to Maya Minder and Marc Dusseiller in Indonesia
- In the early evening: introductory round, formulation of wishes, expectations and offers
- Content structuring in the sense of an "unconference", planning of fixed sessions and workshops
- Depending on the weather: Campfire and / or cozy sitting together + possibly first project work
Saturday Excursion in forest and field (collecting samples at different locations)
- General analysis of soil composition (physical, chemical)
- Microscopy (with the support of the Microbiological Association Munich)
- composting (based on prepared compost & theory)
- Further workshops (partly organized by the participants)
- Free work and exchange on the respective areas of interest
Sunday
- Free work and further workshops
- Documentation of the projects
- Summary words
Participants
Hosts, Team, Co-Organizers
Julian Chollet (DE)
Julian Chollet is a (no)mad scientist, curious student and informal teacher with a background in molecular biology. He is working on the endless and underexplored biodiverity of microbes, fungi and phages - with the aim to liberate the world from microphobia through workshopology, fermentation and microscopy. His current main project focuses on creative learning environments and public participation in science with emphasis on the invisible world.
Josephine Blersch (DE/PT)
Josephine is scientist, teacher and actress. Her research is driven by curiosity and interdisciplinarity. Her prospective is the communication of science leading to scientific matter being accessible and understandable to public audience. She is actress and script-writer of a theatre company Marionet which translates scientific (u-)topics into theatre plays. Josephine´s ambition is the creation of a bridge between artistic expression and science.
https://mikrobiomik.org/de/ueber-uns
Rolf Mahnke (DE)
Experience Designer Concentrates on the design of digital formats and physical spaces for creative work, learning and innovation. Develops concepts for the participatory design of scientific events.
Founder of "Projekt Draussen"
Practitioners, Mentors and Workshopologists
Carlos de Paz (Peru/DE)
Carlos is a nomadic Architect (who has lived in Peru, France and Germany), a transdisciplinary thinker and a metaphysical artist. In keeping with St. John of the Cross’s motto "to arrive to an unknown place, you must take an unknown path", he navigates through the blurry margins between Design, Complexity, Biology, Cognition, Physics, Teather, Biodance and Metaphysics. While living in Peru he has done various workshops, congresses, performances as well as installations: as co-founder of the “Atelier de la Carne: Metasensible Laboratory of the Body and the City”, or as co-director of the “Combi Project: Transdisciplinary Urban Reprogramming Laboratory”, he is and will continue to be a perpetual student, informal researcher, joyfull experimenter and inciter of the mindful understanding of love.
Lucy Patterson
Florian Detig
Robert Hubert & Tankred Fiedler (Mikrobiologische Vereinigung Muenchen)
Irmi Baumann
Fabian Pranter
Hellmut von Koerber
Paul Simons
Maria Degand
Remote and Virtual Collaborators
Discourses
Related Projects on this wiki
Activities in the HUMUS Sapiens project which promotes open soil research started with RandeLab Soil Retreat in the beginning of May.
