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On 1/5/04, ricardo ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > eu voto no meta! > > Felipe Fonseca wrote: > > MetaReciclagem concorrendo ao prix ars 2006. > > Falei sobre alguns de vocês no texto. Não sobre todos, > > porque não dá... > > > > f > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* > > Date: Mar 24, 2006 2:43 PM > > Subject: Prix Ars Electronica - Entry Form > > > > Dear Mr. Fonseca! > > > > Thank you for your entry for the Prix Ars Electronica 2006. > > > > You submitted the following information: > > > > Title / Name of the Project: MetaReciclagem > > Type of project: Community-Projekt > > Description of the project: MetaReciclagem is not an independent > > collective. MetaReciclagem is not (and as for today never needed to be) > > a formal NGO - even though it is effectively an organization that is > > both non-governmental and nonprofit. MetaReciclagem does not define a > > group of people, but instead a name that some people use to identify and > > refer to an open methodology about the re-appropriation of technology to > > foster social transformation in different parts of Brasil. > > MetaReciclagem becomes concrete in three kinds of instances: > > 1)Spores are physical labs where people develop MetaReciclagem, both in > > technical and theoretical aspects. Since 2002, nearly ten different > > spores have been created in different cities. > > 2)MetaReciclagem Online Infrastructure is the environment where > > conversations about MetaReciclagem take place. It is responsible for the > > maintenance of a strong connection between all the main instances of > > such a decentralized project. It consists also of some online > > environments created to face the demand for interaction environments in > > which people can exchange information and practices related to > > MetaReciclagem. > > 3)ConecTAZes are permanent or temporary labs that "benefit" from > > MetaReciclagem actions. They range from a lowtech paper-and-pencil > > collaboration workshop to a Linux InstallFest or a video installation in > > an arts festival. ConecTAZes often (but not always) become or generate > > independent multimedia telecenters. > > > > Running across all the three levels of MetaReciclagem are some special > > projects that require resources from more than one spore or that consist > > of plenty of ConecTAZes. Examples are the development of brasilian > > Ministry of Culture's Cultural Points – 600 multimedia centers spread > > around the country, the Ministry of Communication's GESAC program - > > satellite internet access - or the Casas Brasil project – 90 expanded > > telecenters, with multimedia infrastructure and computer recycling labs. > > MetaReciclagem actions and members influenced these three projects, > > among many others. > > URL of the project: http://metareciclagem.org > > Project details > > Objectives: The collective objective of MetaReciclagem, if it's possible > > to name one, is to develop a de-constructive approach to the > > technological discourse, promoting the re-appropriation of ICTs upon > > processes which lead to a closer relationship between people and > > technology. Most people join MetaReciclagem network because of a special > > interest in a particular subject related to technology or media > > appropriation, and soon starts collaborating in an emergent organization > > that allows the expansion of their own ideas. What most members of > > MetaReciclagem project have in common is a need to develop free (open) > > infrastructure and new uses to technology. > > Language and Context: MetaReciclagem is deeply related to different > > kinds of local context in Brasil: from projects based on the paradigm of > > digital inclusion to ones related to multimedia production and art > > interventions. For instance, a spore of MetaReciclagem has been created > > in a communitary center in Sacadura Cabral, a slum in Santo André, and > > maintained for almost an year by people from the community. Other spore > > of MetaReciclagem has been developed together with the Brasilian > > Organized Hip Hop Movement (MHHOB) in Teresina, Piauí, providing the > > infrastructure for the creation of three telecenters. Piauí is the > > poorest state in Brasil. On the other hand, MetaReciclagem is also > > planning an experimental laboratory inside USP, one of the largest > > universities in Brasil, and members of MetaReciclagem often provide the > > infrastructure for artistic interventions or collective celebrations ( > > a.k.a. parties). And there are at least a dozen other places in which > > MetaReciclagem is being developed and applied. > > Project history: MetaReciclagem was created as the infrastructure > > solution to a wide range of demands from Projeto Metá:Fora, a > > "collaborative incubator" that in 2002-2003 aggregated almost two > > hundred people all around Brasil around the development of projects that > > dealt with art, media, education and technology, under a perspective > > that knowledge should be free and re-usable. Its members came from > > different areas: journalists, artists, designers, software developers, > > social scientists and others. Nearly 25 projects have been created, > > structured and developed collectively. Among them, the first brasilian > > Tactical Media event (prov0s, 2002), a collaborative website about > > nonprofits and entrepreneurship ( metaong.info <http://metaong.info>), > > an online publication on technology, economy and society (buzzine), > > research related to a de-centralized laboratory of language, narratives > > and art experimentation (memelab), public interventions > > (recicle1politico), webradio experiences and conecTAZes – multimedia > > celebrations, like neuromob :: book xchange, a party / bookcrossing. > > > > During projeto Metá:Fora's short life span, we reached a point where we > > needed some kind of infrastructure to develop the projects. At the time, > > we were trying to bring the perspective of collaborative production and > > collective creativity to the world of digital inclusion, and we needed > > computers to test some hypothesis. We thought of asking for a donation > > to a north-american institution that got used computers from companies > > and delivered them to NGOs, but the bureaucracy was too complex. Someone > > reminded us that brasilian companies also dumped lots of computers every > > year, and the idea of MetaReciclagem was born: we would get those > > computers, recycle them using F(L)OSS and deliver them to social projects. > > > > At first, we made an agreement with Agente Cidadão, an NGO that manages > > donations in São Paulo: we would take care of every technological device > > they received (from computers to old VCRs or faxes), in exchange for a > > place to work and internet connection. We then started working within > > their network of nearly one hundred NGOs. With time, we conquered other > > spaces: the Parque Escola (School Park), in Santo André, and a > > laboratory downtown São Paulo, in Olido Gallery. > > > > Based on our defense of the idea of free knowledge, in a given moment we > > realized that MetaReciclagem was not a group identity for some people in > > São Paulo, but rather a de-centralized methodology that should be > > appropriated, replicated and re-created everywhere, by whoever would > > want to. Since then, MetaReciclagem has got many different faces: from a > > one-man spore with no computer in the coast of Bahia to a educational > > approach strategically adopted by huge projects developed by the > > Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Communications. > > Involved People: The access to MetaReciclagem project is completely > > open: we have a mailing list and a wiki, and most colllective decisions > > are made there. There are not fixed positions or responsabilities, as > > everything is de-centralized and self-organized. Hierarchy, if there is > > any, is based on reputation. Some of the people who created > > MetaReciclagem have some influence over the others, but the same is true > > for others who joined the network six months ago. There's usually a > > group of nearly a dozen engaged people, who dedicate a good part of > > their lives to develop MetaReciclagem, another twenty or thirty who > > collaborate, say, once a week or twice a month, and the other hundred > > lurkers. But these numbers vary from time to time. The mailing list > > (today) has 158 members, and plenty of other people develop > > MetaReciclagem in the spores. > > Lessons learned: Since the project started, we have faced a lot of > > difficulties. Perhaps the worst is the fact that we developed a way of > > organizing that has no legal counterpart. We took a while to decide for > > an emergent approach: there is a set of principles on what is > > MetaReciclagem, based on which anyone can decide whether what they do is > > or ain't part of the project. The advantage of that positioning is that > > we were able to be present in different organizations: some NGOs, one or > > other companies, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of > > Communications, universities, the city administration of São Paulo. If > > we were to incorporate into one NGO, we could not have the autonomy to > > be in all those places. We organized MetaReciclagem not as an > > organization, but a movement instead. The downside is that we always > > have problems in getting funding, as we have no legal existence as a > > group. That makes us too dependent on political issues of specific > > partnerships. We are not able to force collective decisions, because in > > every instance we are, we're more individuals than a group. Sometimes, > > the fragmentation overcomes the threshold of understandable complexity. > > But then again, there are more advantages: since we don't have a static > > structure, there is no routine, and creative dynamics is maintained. We > > are always re-inventing what MetaReciclagem is and what it does. The > > collective innovation is an ongoing process. > > Technical Information > > Technological basis: Since the beginning, MetaReciclagem decided to use > > free and open source software for everything, not only for economical > > reasons, but because of its flexibility and freedom to understand the > > code. It is true even for uses that are not that easy of software: for > > the autolabs project, a project on mediatic alfabetization, and later > > for the Pontos de Cultura project, MetaReciclagem members had to > > struggle against the resistance of people who were already used to buy > > pirated software to their projects. There was always the excuse that > > using pirated software was a tactical, protest use of technology, with > > which we never agreed: teaching 300 youngsters to use pirated software, > > we're creating a new generations of slaves to the proprietary software. > > If we use free and open source software instead, we are bringin more > > people to its development, even if their only contribution is test > > software. > > In that sense, all the projects we have developed are based on GNU/Linux > > environments and f(l)oss. Audio workstations are configured with Jack + > > Ardour, rezound, audacity, hydrogen and many others; graphic workstation > > with scribus, sodipodi, the gimp, blender and inkscape; and video > > workstations with kino, cinelerra, jahshaka and others. The telecenters > > often use a TC-TS (Thin Client - Thick Server) to optimize the use of > > old computers. All of our online environments are developed with free > > scripts for LAMP, such as drupal, wordpress, scuttle, mailman and others. > > Solutions: MetaReciclagem is not exactly a software, but a > > de-constructive approach to all possibles uses of technology, including > > software. Our uses of software usually look for the development of > > different ways to make people talk to each other. In that sense, a > > telecenter running on Linux with instant messenger clients or a mailing > > list available on the web are the same thing. > > Implementations: Our online environments are available on the world wide > > web: > > http://wiki.metareciclagem.org <http://wiki.metareciclagem.org> > > http://lista.metareciclagem.org > > http://agregador.metareciclagem.org > > http://blog.metareciclagem.org > > Local implementations of MetaReciclagem tech methodology can be found in > > all the current spores and ConecTAZes: Galeria Olido, in São Paulo > > downtown; Centro de Referência do Movimento Hip Hop, in Teresina; Bailux > > in Arraial d'Ajuda; the development center for the Pontos de Cultura > > project, west zone of São Paulo; IP media center, in Lapa, Rio de > > Janeiro; the Humanist Place in Santa Cecília, São Paulo; and many others. > > Users: Anyone willing to create different uses of information technology > > – from a charity aiming at providing internet access for its community > > to artists who wish to experiment the limits of technology and human > > interaction. > > License: Everything we develop is published under open licenses, even > > non-technical production. All the documentation in our wiki is under a > > GNU-FDL license, including the projects, methodologies and texts. > > Statement of Reasons: Because we are successfully influencing thousands > > of people about how to handle technology in a more human way and made > > them aware that technology is not a black magic box (it might be, but > > then everyone can be its wizard). > > Planned use of prize money: MetaReciclagem, as a network, has many > > needs. The most important are developing further the methodology and > > ellaborating documentation. We have already started to draft an outline > > of the Green Book on MetaReciclagem, but we must provide ways for people > > to dedicate to it. If we get prize, the Green Book would be product of > > the prize money. > > > > > > -- > > FelipeFonseca > > .''`. > > : :' : > > `. `'` > > `- Orgulhoso ser MetaRecicleiro > > http://fff.hipercortex.com > > http://metareciclagem.org > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Metarec mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.colab.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/metarec > > > _______________________________________________ > Metarec mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.colab.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/metarec > > > -- FelipeFonseca .''`. : :' : `. `'` `- Orgulhoso ser MetaRecicleiro http://fff.hipercortex.com http://metareciclagem.org
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