---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Fabio Barone <[email protected]> Date: 2015-04-13 14:16 GMT-05:00 Subject: Biohack academy To: Camilo Cantor <[email protected]>, Cecilia Cardona < [email protected]>, Claudia Aguirre < [email protected]> Cc: hackerspace medellin <[email protected]>, [email protected], Sonia Sequeda <[email protected]>
Hola Acabo de tener un intercambio con Pieter van Boheemen, el impulsador de la Biohack Academy de Amsterdam: https://www.waag.org/nl/project/biohack-academy-biofactory Ya hicieron talleres en Barcelona, en Saó Paolo, en Italia y en otros lugares. Le pregunté si fuera posible organizar una en Medellín. Les adjunto la respuesta aquí abajo. Leenla y me cuentan que piensan. Para mi, si en serio estámos pensando poner un biohacklab en medallo, esto sería una preparación ideal. Yo me apunto como coordinador (leer el correo de Pieter y ver el PDF para saber para que), y podría ir a Holanda en Junio. Pero veo que el espacio adecuado no lo podemos poner nosotros de unloquer (no tenemos laser cutter a parte todo). Así que totalmente abierto a otras propuestas - sabiendo que el espacio final de parque explora solo estaría listo en noviembre a como sé yo, pero de pronto podemos organizar algo temporal? Alguna parcería con una universidad? También pongo en CC a CasaTresPatios por si se le ocurre algo. Finalmente Pieter propone la opción de que él venga a impartir el curso, mencionando más preparaciones. Leenlo y me cuentan, quedo atento **** Oooooppss - después de leer el PDF...me asusté un poco. Dizque para cada participante costos de 1000 EUR...excluyendo 500 EUR de materiales....aargh Le escribí preguntando si eso era así fijo y si no hay descuento para paises no-europeos...entonces también agrego esa respuesta. Si quieren seguir adelante los pondré de una directamente en contacto. Me cuentan. *** Primer correo de respuesta a mi solicitud sobre hackademy en Medellín *** Dear Fabio, Thank you very much for contacting us and expressing your interest in the Academy. We are indeed searching for new international partners for the next round in September. The collaboration with Sao Paulo was very pleasant and also rewarding. The Academy is living proof that Open Source methodologies make it much easier to work together and catalyze development of the international biohacker movement! We made a small brochure that describes what's needed for starting a partner lab: http://waag.org/sites/waag/files/public/media/publicaties/bha2-call-for-partners.pdf Most importantly is a local coordinator. That person needs to arrange a working space and attract participants. The space needs a 3D printer, laser cutter and some general workshop tools. Apart from that generic kitchen equipment like a stove, fridge and glass ware. We can provide the coordinator with all the tuition materials, the designs of the devices, instructions for the practicals and we will send over the biological samples of the strains that we use. Also, during weekly coordinator video calls we discuss the progress and adjust the program of the weekly live streamed lecture according to the needs. In June we are hosting a coordinator bootcamp, as a crash course for new coordinators. Would it be possible for you to come over and attend this course? It would also be possible for myself or someone else from our team to come over to Colombia and teach the course. That would entail some more preparations. What space in Medellín exactly were you referring to? In case you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. I'd be happy to discuss the details with you during a telephone or Skype call. The subscription form for partner labs can be found here: https://waag.typeform.com/to/MZLP2k All the best, Pieter *** Respuesta sobre si hay posibilidad de reducir los costos para estos lares *** Hi Fabio, The recommended fee is indeed 1000 euro per participant. The 500 euros is needed for getting the components that are needed for building all the equipment. It is our experience that hardly any student does that, as most make just a selection based on what they find most useful for their own experiments. These fees are just recommendations, based on a Western European economic reference frame. You are free to adjust it to align it with tuition fees that are considered normal in your country and make it more accessible. That's also what has been done in Brasil. What amount do you think is fair? The only thing I am trying to prevent is too much of a competition on price between the partner labs. However, if people choose to follow the course in Medellín instead of Amsterdam because it's cheaper that might not be such a bad thing. All the best, Pieter
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