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Rebecca

2023-11-13T21:16:18Z

Rebecca:

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'''Once upon a time ...'''[[File:Utopia.jpg|thumb]]In the book "The Nation of Plants" Stefano Manucso questions the human-conceived hierarchies by presenting our world as a place where all living beings are equally valuable. Nevertheless, he is convinced that in a successful coexistence of beings, humans have to request their self-perception.

We as humans know we are in a state of balancing close to the tipping point. We pretend to know everything. We pretend to be the smartest beings on earth. Meanwhile we are our biggest enemy. To get a deeper understanding, we need to '''switch the perspectives''', '''break down hierarchies''' and be more empathic.
Empathy between humans and their environment, nature and further beings has to be strengthen.

Life has existed for more than three billions of years while homo sapiens are only around 300 000 years old. So our existing is like a grain of sand in the dessert.

How can we strengthen the '''connection between humans and all the non-human existence?'''

When was the last time you have been dreaming of utopia?
Do you feel emotional connected to plants?
Does Wanderlust exist without nature?

Three true-based stories in which human show deconstructing behavior:
[[File:Four Pest campaign.pdf|left|thumb]]The stories sound like individual cases, but of course they are not. While the first two are based on the interaction of human and animals the last one points out political misleading and mistreating of human rights.

'''Performatives Storytelling'''

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2023-11-13T21:15:54Z

Rebecca:

Canvas

Rebecca

2023-11-13T21:15:12Z

Rebecca:

'''Once upon a time ...'''[[File:Utopia.jpg|thumb]]In the book "The Nation of Plants" Stefano Manucso questions the human-conceived hierarchies by presenting our world as a place where all living beings are equally valuable. Nevertheless, he is convinced that in a successful coexistence of beings, humans have to request their self-perception.

We as humans know we are in a state of balancing close to the tipping point. We pretend to know everything. We pretend to be the smartest beings on earth. Meanwhile we are our biggest enemy. To get a deeper understanding, we need to '''switch the perspectives''', '''break down hierarchies''' and be more empathic.
Empathy between humans and their environment, nature and further beings has to be strengthen.

Life has existed for more than three billions of years while homo sapiens are only around 300 000 years old. So our existing is like a grain of sand in the dessert.

How can we strengthen the '''connection between humans and all the non-human existence?'''

When was the last time you have been dreaming of utopia?
Do you feel emotional connected to plants?
Does Wanderlust exist without nature?

Three true-based stories in which human show deconstructing behavior:
[[File:Four Pest campaign.pdf|left|thumb]]The stories sound like individual cases, but of course they are not. While the first two are based on the interaction of human and animals the last one points out political misleading and mistreating of human rights.

'''Performatives Storytelling'''

[[File:Schattentheater.jpg|thumb|275x275px|left]] [[File:SadStories.jpg|thumb|270x270px|center]]

Rebecca

2023-11-13T21:15:00Z

Rebecca:

'''Once upon a time ...'''[[File:Utopia.jpg|thumb]]In the book "The Nation of Plants" Stefano Manucso questions the human-conceived hierarchies by presenting our world as a place where all living beings are equally valuable. Nevertheless, he is convinced that in a successful coexistence of beings, humans have to request their self-perception.

We as humans know we are in a state of balancing close to the tipping point. We pretend to know everything. We pretend to be the smartest beings on earth. Meanwhile we are our biggest enemy. To get a deeper understanding, we need to '''switch the perspectives''', '''break down hierarchies''' and be more empathic.
Empathy between humans and their environment, nature and further beings has to be strengthen.

Life has existed for more than three billions of years while homo sapiens are only around 300 000 years old. So our existing is like a grain of sand in the dessert.

How can we strengthen the '''connection between humans and all the non-human existence?'''

When was the last time you have been dreaming of utopia?
Do you feel emotional connected to plants?
Does Wanderlust exist without nature?

Three true-based stories in which human show deconstructing behavior:
[[File:Four Pest campaign.pdf|none|thumb]]
[[File:Four Pest campaign.pdf|left|thumb]]
[[File:Four Pest campaign.pdf|thumb|none]]

The stories sound like individual cases, but of course they are not. While the first two are based on the interaction of human and animals the last one points out political misleading and mistreating of human rights.

'''Performatives Storytelling'''

[[File:Schattentheater.jpg|thumb|275x275px|left]] [[File:SadStories.jpg|thumb|270x270px|center]]

Rebecca

2023-11-13T21:11:11Z

Rebecca:

'''Once upon a time ...'''

In the book "The Nation of Plants" Stefano Manucso questions the human-conceived hierarchies by presenting our world as a place where all living beings are equally valuable. Nevertheless, he is convinced that in a successful coexistence of beings, humans have to request their self-perception.

We as humans know we are in a state of balancing close to the tipping point. We pretend to know everything. We pretend to be the smartest beings on earth. Meanwhile we are our biggest enemy. To get a deeper understanding, we need to '''switch the perspectives''', '''break down hierarchies''' and be more empathic.
Empathy between humans and their environment, nature and further beings has to be strengthen.

Life has existed for more than three billions of years while homo sapiens are only around 300 000 years old. So our existing is like a grain of sand in the dessert.

How can we strengthen the '''connection between humans and all the non-human existence?'''

''
When was the last time you have been dreaming of utopia?
Do you feel emotional connected to plants?
Does Wanderlust exist without nature? ''

[[File:Utopia.jpg|thumb]]

Three true-based stories in which human show deconstructing behavior:
[[File:Four Pest campaign.pdf|thumb]]

The stories sound like individual cases, but of course they are not. While the first two are based on the interaction of human and animals the last one points out political misleading and mistreating of human rights.

'''Performatives Storytelling'''

[[File:Schattentheater.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:SadStories.jpg|thumb]]

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2023-11-13T21:10:03Z

Rebecca:

Schattentheater

File:SadStories.jpg

2023-11-13T21:09:42Z

Rebecca:

Sad Story

Rebecca

2023-11-13T20:25:27Z

Rebecca:

'''Once upon a time ...'''

In the book "The Nation of Plants" Stefano Manucso questions the human-conceived hierarchies by presenting our world as a place where all living beings are equally valuable. Nevertheless, he is convinced that in a successful coexistence of beings, humans have to request their self-perception.

We as humans know we are in a state of balancing close to the tipping point. We pretend to know everything. We pretend to be the smartest beings on earth. Meanwhile we are our biggest enemy. To get a deeper understanding, we need to '''switch the perspectives''', '''break down hierarchies''' and be more empathic.
Empathy between humans and their environment, nature and further beings has to be strengthen.

Life has existed for more than three billions of years while homo sapiens are only around 300 000 years old. So our existing is like a grain of sand in the dessert.

How can we strengthen the '''connection between humans and all the non-human existence?'''

''
When was the last time you have been dreaming of utopia?
Do you feel emotional connected to plants?
Does Wanderlust exist without nature? ''

[[File:Utopia.jpg|thumb]]

Three true-based stories in which human show deconstructing behavior:
[[File:Four Pest campaign.pdf|thumb]]

The stories sound like individual cases, but of course they are not. While the first two are based on the interaction of human and animals the last one points out political misleading and mistreating of human rights.

File:Utopia.jpg

2023-11-13T20:25:15Z

Rebecca:

Get in touch

File:Four Pest campaign.pdf

2023-11-13T20:03:19Z

Rebecca:

Human Deconstructioning the World

Rebecca

2023-11-07T11:20:46Z

Rebecca:

'''Once upon a time ...'''

In the book "The Nation of Plants" Stefano Manucso questions the human-conceived hierarchies by presenting our world as a place where all living beings are equally valuable. For a successful coexistence of beings, humans have to requestion their self-perception.

Here, I have picked three true-based stories of human beings failing on their own made decisions. The stories will sound like individual cases, but of course they are not. While the first two are based on the interaction of human and animals the last one points out political misleading and mistreating of human rights.

My position is that we as human beings are balancing at the tipping point. We pretend to be the smartest beings on earth, meanwhile we are our biggest enemy. To get a deeper understanding, we need to switch perspective, break down hierarchies and be more empathic.

====== ''Four Pest campaign'' ======
[[File:Kill bird and insect.jpg|thumb|1958 Propagandaposter |284x284px]]
Mosquitoes, flies, rats and sparrows - these four so-called plagues were to be destroyed at the end of the 1950s under Mao Zedong's rule. Mao was certain that this was "the great leap forward" to combat economic and social social inequalities in the country. The calculation seemed logical. One sparrow eats about 2 to 4 kilos of grain a year and, on this assumption, by killing one million sparrows, 60,000 people could already gain food. One killing method was distrubing birds with incredible noise until they would fell to earth. The extermination was successful, but the death of the birds was followed by a raising population of insects and thus a plague of grasshopper. The result: the great famine between 1959 and 1961. In 1960 sparrows were placed in the agenda by bed bugs. It is said that a quarter of a million sparrows were later imported from the USSR to China. Luckily, nowadays sparrows are allowed to live in peace again, nevertheless they become a rare species in China.[[File:Waschbärkissen.png|thumb|296x296px|left]]

====== ''Racoons in Europe'' ======
At the beginning of the 20th century, the North American racoon was brought to Europe - for the fur industry.
At some point, the animals were able to escape from their cages. Today they are considered a plague, as they have hardly any natural enemies in Central Europe. The situation is similar with raccoon dogs from Japan. Lynx, wolves, brown bears or, in the case of offspring eagle owls can also become enemies. The most common cause of death for raccoons is .... take a guess ... traffic.

Mentioning traffic ... 200 000 roe deers die every year on german streets. It is one every 2,5 min.

====== ''Your biosphere is my backyard'' ======
In the early 90s, the conservative nicaraguan politician Violeta Barrios de Chamorro signed a decree to turn the second largest contiguous rainforest in Latin America into a nature reserve - Bosawás. This was shortly after the indigenous population was granted more autonomy and self-determination as a result of the Sandinista revolution. Some of them lived in this rainforest. At the same time, however, there were still numerous armed militant groups and ex-military. As there was no war to serve anymore they were settled with distance to the capital in a less populated region. A large group of armed farmers ended up next to Bosawás.

In 1997, Bosawás officially became a UNESCO biosphere reserve. Since then, there have been regular violent conflicts in the centre of Nicaragua. It is not uncommon for indigenous villages to be massacred. Houses are burnt down and people are murdered on their way to their fields. The indigenous autonomy enshrined in ''nicaraguan`s law is one of the most modern'' in the world. But ''it has never (!) been implemented''. This might be working as autonomy only functions in a system with different hierarchies. So there is a more power full government (here, the central paliarment) still ruling over the people by giving them the permission of autonomy (withouth giving them real autonomy / self-determination). [[File:Massacre on Indigenous village in Nicaragua (The Oakland Institute).jpg|thumb|287x287px]]The establishment of a UNESCO biosphere reserve does not prioritise the protection of the local population. The indigenous people need the forest to survive, it is their food source, their medicine, their second lung. The new settlers, on the other hand, rely on conventional agriculture and due to this are causing immense environmental damage. Further international companies take advantage of the local disbalance as maragony wood and gold can be found in the forest. Meanwhile, the government has decided to prioritise waterfalls, monkeys and tourism over human rights. There was a paper published around 20 years ago called "Your biosphere is my backyard: the story of Bosawas in Nicaragua". Read it and you will understand! - "A decree is not a park"
alas yalahna lằni

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2023-11-07T11:19:40Z

Rebecca:

visual inspiration

Rebecca

2023-11-06T22:38:22Z

Rebecca:

'''Once upon a time ...'''

In the book "The Nation of Plants" Stefano Manucso questions the human-conceived hierarchies by presenting our world as a place where all living beings are equally valuable. For a successful coexistence of beings, humans have to requestion their self-perception.

Here, I have picked three true-based stories of human beings failing on their own made decisions. The stories will sound like individual cases, but of course they are not. While the first two are based on the interaction of human and animals the last one points out political misleading and mistreating of human rights.

My position is that we as human beings are balancing at the tipping point. We pretend to be the smartest beings on earth, meanwhile we are our biggest enemy. To get a deeper understanding, we need to switch perspective, break down hierarchies and be more empathic.

====== ''Four Pest campaign'' ======
[[File:Kill bird and insect.jpg|thumb|1958 Propagandaposter |284x284px]]
Mosquitoes, flies, rats and sparrows - these four so-called plagues were to be destroyed at the end of the 1950s under Mao Zedong's rule. Mao was certain that this was "the great leap forward" to combat economic and social social inequalities in the country. The calculation seemed logical. One sparrow eats about 2 to 4 kilos of grain a year and, on this assumption, by killing one million sparrows, 60,000 people could already gain food. One killing method was distrubing birds with incredible noise until they would fell to earth. The extermination was successful, but the death of the birds was followed by a raising population of insects and thus a plague of grasshopper. The result: the great famine between 1959 and 1961. In 1960 sparrows were placed in the agenda by bed bugs. It is said that a quarter of a million sparrows were later imported from the USSR to China. Luckily, nowadays sparrows are allowed to live in peace again, nevertheless they become a rare species in China.[[File:Waschbärkissen.png|thumb|296x296px|left]]

====== ''Racoons in Europe'' ======
At the beginning of the 20th century, the North American racoon was brought to Europe - for the fur industry.
At some point, the animals were able to escape from their cages. Today they are considered a plague, as they have hardly any natural enemies in Central Europe. The situation is similar with raccoon dogs from Japan. Lynx, wolves, brown bears or, in the case of offspring eagle owls can also become enemies. The most common cause of death for raccoons is .... take a guess ... traffic.

Mentioning traffic ... 200 000 roe deers die every year on german streets. It is one every 2,5 min.

====== ''Your biosphere is my backyard'' ======
In the early 90s, the conservative nicaraguan politician Violeta Barrios de Chamorro signed a decree to turn the second largest contiguous rainforest in Latin America into a nature reserve - Bosawás. This was shortly after the indigenous population was granted more autonomy and self-determination as a result of the Sandinista revolution. Some of them lived in this rainforest. At the same time, however, there were still numerous armed militant groups and ex-military. As there was no war to serve anymore they were settled with distance to the capital in a less populated region. A large group of armed farmers ended up next to Bosawás.

In 1997, Bosawás officially became a UNESCO biosphere reserve. Since then, there have been regular violent conflicts in the centre of Nicaragua. It is not uncommon for indigenous villages to be massacred. Houses are burnt down and people are murdered on their way to their fields. The indigenous autonomy enshrined in ''nicaraguan`s law is one of the most modern'' in the world. But ''it has never (!) been implemented''. This might be working as autonomy only functions in a system with different hierarchies. So there is a more power full government (here, the central paliarment) still ruling over the people by giving them the permission of autonomy (withouth giving them real autonomy / self-determination). [[File:Massacre on Indigenous village in Nicaragua (The Oakland Institute).jpg|thumb|287x287px]]The establishment of a UNESCO biosphere reserve does not prioritise the protection of the local population. The indigenous people need the forest to survive, it is their food source, their medicine, their second lung. The new settlers, on the other hand, rely on conventional agriculture and due to this are causing immense environmental damage. Further international companies take advantage of the local disbalance as maragony wood and gold can be found in the forest. Meanwhile, the government has decided to prioritise waterfalls, monkeys and tourism over human rights. There was a paper published around 20 years ago called "Your biosphere is my backyard: the story of Bosawas in Nicaragua". Read it and you will understand! - "A decree is not a park"
alas yalahna lằni

Rebecca

2023-11-06T01:19:09Z

Rebecca:

Once upon a time ...[[File:Kill bird and insect.jpg|thumb|1958 Propagandaposter |284x284px]]The stories will sound like individual cases, but of course they are not. We as human beings are balancing at the tipping point. We pretend to be the smartest beings on earth, meanwhile we are our biggest enemy.

====== ''Four Pest campaign'' ======
Mosquitoes, flies, rats and sparrows - these four so-called plagues were to be destroyed at the end of the 1950s under Mao Zedong's rule. Mao was certain that this was "the great leap forward" to combat economic and social social inequalities in the country. The calculation seemed logical. One sparrow eats about 2 to 4 kilos of grain a year and, on this assumption, by killing one million sparrows, 60,000 people could already gain food. One killing method was distrubing birds with incredible noise until they would fell to earth. The extermination was successful, but the death of the birds was followed by a raising population of insects and thus a plague of grasshopper. The result: the great famine between 1959 and 1961. In 1960 sparrows were placed in the agenda by bed bugs. It is said that a quarter of a million sparrows were later imported from the USSR to China. Today, sparrows are allowed to live in peace again nevertheless they become a rare species in China.[[File:Waschbärkissen.png|thumb|296x296px|left]]

====== ''Racoons in Europe'' ======
At the beginning of the 20th century, the North American racoon was brought to Europe - for the fur industry.
At some point, the animals were able to escape from their cages. Today they are considered a plague, as they have hardly any natural enemies in Central Europe. The situation is similar with raccoon dogs from Japan. Lynx, wolves, brown bears or, in the case of offspring eagle owls can also become enemies. The most common cause of death for raccoons is .... take a guess ... traffic.

====== ''Your biosphere is my backyard'' ======
[[File:Massacre on Indigenous village in Nicaragua (The Oakland Institute).jpg|thumb|287x287px]]In the early 90s, the conservative nicaraguan politician Violeta Barrios de Chamorro signed a decree to turn the second largest contiguous rainforest in Latin America into a nature reserve - Bosawás. This was shortly after the indigenous population was granted more autonomy and self-determination as a result of the Sandinista revolution. Some of them lived in this rainforest. At the same time, however, there were still numerous armed militant groups and ex-military. As there was no war to serve anymore they were settled with distance to the capital in a less populated region. A large group of armed farmers ended up next to Bosawás.

In 1997, Bosawas officially became a UNESCO biosphere reserve. Since then, there have been regular violent conflicts in the centre of Nicaragua. It is not uncommon for indigenous villages to be massacred. Houses are burnt down and people are murdered on their way to their fields. The indigenous autonomy enshrined in law is one of the most modern in the world. But it is not at all being implemented.

The establishment of a UNESCO biosphere reserve does not prioritise the protection of the local population. The indigenous people need the forest to survive, it is their food source, their medicine, their second lung. The new settlers, on the other hand, rely on conventional agriculture and due to this are causing immense environmental damage. Further international companies take advantage of the local disbalance as maragony wood and gold can be found in the forest. Meanwhile, the government has decided to prioritise waterfalls, monkeys and tourism over human rights. There was a paper published around 20 years ago called "Your biosphere is my backyard: the story of Bosawas in Nicaragua". Read it and you will understand! - "A decree is not a park"
alas yalahna lằni

Rebecca

2023-11-06T01:16:01Z

Rebecca:

Once upon a time ...

The stories will sound like individual cases, but of course they are not. We as human beings are balancing at the tipping point. We pretend to be the smartest beings on earth, meanwhile we are our biggest enemy.

====== ''Four Pest campaign'' ======
[[File:Kill bird and insect.jpg|thumb|1958 Propagandaposter |330x330px]]
Mosquitoes, flies, rats and sparrows - these four so-called plagues were to be destroyed at the end of the 1950s under Mao Zedong's rule. Mao was certain that this was "the great leap forward" to combat economic and social social inequalities in the country. The calculation seemed logical. One sparrow eats about 2 to 4 kilos of grain a year and, on this assumption, by killing one million sparrows, 60,000 people could already gain food. One killing method was distrubing birds with incredible noise until they would fell to earth. The extermination was successful, but the death of the birds was followed by a raising population of insects and thus a plague of grasshopper. The result: the great famine between 1959 and 1961. In 1960 sparrows were placed in the agenda by bed bugs. It is said that a quarter of a million sparrows were later imported from the USSR to China. Today, sparrows are allowed to live in peace again nevertheless they become a rare species in China.

====== ''Racoons in Europe'' ======
At the beginning of the 20th century, the North American racoon was brought to Europe - for the fur industry.
At some point, the animals were able to escape from their cages. Today they are considered a plague, as they have hardly any natural enemies in Central Europe. The situation is similar with raccoon dogs from Japan. Lynx, wolves, brown bears or, in the case of offspring eagle owls can also become enemies. The most common cause of death for raccoons is .... take a guess ... traffic.

[[File:Waschbärkissen.png|thumb|329x329px]]

[[File:Massacre on Indigenous village in Nicaragua (The Oakland Institute).jpg|thumb]]

====== ''Your biosphere is my backyard'' ======
In the early 90s, the conservative nicaraguan politician Violeta Barrios de Chamorro signed a decree to turn the second largest contiguous rainforest in Latin America into a nature reserve - Bosawás. This was shortly after the indigenous population was granted more autonomy and self-determination as a result of the Sandinista revolution. Some of them lived in this rainforest. At the same time, however, there were still numerous armed militant groups and ex-military. As there was no war to serve anymore they were settled with distance to the capital in a less populated region. A large group of armed farmers ended up next to Bosawás.

In 1997, Bosawas officially became a UNESCO biosphere reserve. Since then, there have been regular violent conflicts in the centre of Nicaragua. It is not uncommon for indigenous villages to be massacred. Houses are burnt down and people are murdered on their way to their fields. The indigenous autonomy enshrined in law is one of the most modern in the world. But it is not at all being implemented.

The establishment of a UNESCO biosphere reserve does not prioritise the protection of the local population. The indigenous people need the forest to survive, it is their food source, their medicine, their second lung. The new settlers, on the other hand, rely on conventional agriculture and due to this are causing immense environmental damage. Further international companies take advantage of the local disbalance as maragony wood and gold can be found in the forest. Meanwhile, the government has decided to prioritise waterfalls, monkeys and tourism over human rights. There was a paper published around 20 years ago called "Your biosphere is my backyard: the story of Bosawas in Nicaragua". Read it and you will understand! - "A decree is not a park"
alas yalahna lằni

File:Massacre on Indigenous village in Nicaragua (The Oakland Institute).jpg

2023-11-06T01:04:42Z

Rebecca:

Massacre on Indigenous village in Nicaragua (The Oakland Institute)

Rebecca

2023-11-06T00:26:40Z

Rebecca:

====== ''Four Pest campaign'' ======
[[File:Kill bird and insect.jpg|thumb|1958 Propagandaposter |330x330px]]
Mosquitoes, flies, rats and sparrows - these four so-called plagues were to be destroyed at the end of the 1950s under Mao Zedong's rule. Mao was certain that this was "the great leap forward" to combat economic and social social inequalities in the country. The calculation seemed logical. One sparrow eats about 2 to 4 kilos of grain a year and, on this assumption, by killing one million sparrows, 60,000 people could already gain food. One killing method was distrubing birds with incredible noise until they would fell to earth. The extermination was successful, but the death of the birds was followed by a raising population of insects and thus a plague of grasshopper. The result: the great famine between 1959 and 1961. In 1960 sparrows were placed in the agenda by bed bugs. It is said that a quarter of a million sparrows were later imported from the USSR to China. Today, sparrows are allowed to live in peace again nevertheless they become a rare species in China.

Stories like that are trageic but no individual cases. Human beings always find a way of disturbing nature and its balance.

====== Racoons in Europe ======
At the beginning of the 20th century, the North American racoon was brought to Europe - for the fur industry.
At some point, the animals were able to escape from their cages. Today they are considered a plague, as they have hardly any natural enemies in Central Europe. The situation is similar with raccoon dogs from Japan. Lynx, wolves, brown bears or, in the case of offspring eagle owls can also become enemies. The most common cause of death for raccoons is .... take a guess ... traffic.

[[File:Waschbärkissen.png|thumb|329x329px]]

Rebecca

2023-11-06T00:26:18Z

Rebecca:

====== ''Four Pest campaign'' ======
[[File:Kill bird and insect.jpg|thumb|1958 Propagandaposter |303x303px]]
Mosquitoes, flies, rats and sparrows - these four so-called plagues were to be destroyed at the end of the 1950s under Mao Zedong's rule. Mao was certain that this was "the great leap forward" to combat economic and social social inequalities in the country. The calculation seemed logical. One sparrow eats about 2 to 4 kilos of grain a year and, on this assumption, by killing one million sparrows, 60,000 people could already gain food. One killing method was distrubing birds with incredible noise until they would fell to earth. The extermination was successful, but the death of the birds was followed by a raising population of insects and thus a plague of grasshopper. The result: the great famine between 1959 and 1961. In 1960 sparrows were placed in the agenda by bed bugs. It is said that a quarter of a million sparrows were later imported from the USSR to China. Today, sparrows are allowed to live in peace again nevertheless they become a rare species in China.

Stories like that are trageic but no individual cases. Human beings always find a way of disturbing nature and its balance.

====== Racoons in Europe ======
At the beginning of the 20th century, the North American racoon was brought to Europe - for the fur industry.
At some point, the animals were able to escape from their cages. Today they are considered a plague, as they have hardly any natural enemies in Central Europe. The situation is similar with raccoon dogs from Japan. Lynx, wolves, brown bears or, in the case of offspring eagle owls can also become enemies. The most common cause of death for raccoons is .... take a guess ... traffic.

[[File:Waschbärkissen.png|thumb]]

Rebecca

2023-11-06T00:22:43Z

Rebecca:

''Four Pest campaign''
[[File:Kill bird and insect.jpg|thumb|1958 Propagandaposter ]]
Mosquitoes, flies, rats and sparrows - these four so-called plagues were to be destroyed at the end of the 1950s under Mao Zedong's rule. Mao was certain that this was "the great leap forward" to combat economic and social social inequalities in the country. The calculation seemed logical. One sparrow eats about 2 to 4 kilos of grain a year and, on this assumption, by killing one million sparrows, 60,000 people could already gain food. One killing method was distrubing birds with incredible noise until they would fell to earth. The extermination was successful, but the death of the birds was followed by a raising population of insects and thus a plague of grasshopper. The result: the great famine between 1959 and 1961. In 1960 sparrows were placed in the agenda by bed bugs. It is said that a quarter of a million sparrows were later imported from the USSR to China. Today, sparrows are allowed to live in peace again nevertheless they become a rare species in China.

Stories like that are trageic but no individual case. Human beings always find a way of disturbing nature and its balance.

[[File:Waschbärkissen.png|left|thumb|Raccoon Fur Cushion]]
At the beginning of the 20th century, the North America was brought to Europe - for the fur industry.
At some point, the animals were able to escape from their cages. Today they are considered a
plague, as they have hardly any natural enemies in Central Europe. The situation is similar
with raccoon dogs from Japan. Lynx, wolves, brown bears or, in the case of offspring
eagle owls can also become enemies. The most common cause of death for raccoons is
traffic.

File:Waschbärkissen.png

2023-11-06T00:22:16Z

Rebecca:

Raccoon fur cushion

Rebecca

2023-11-06T00:13:22Z

Rebecca: Created page with "''Four Pest campaign'' Mosquitoes, flies, rats and sparrows - these four so-called plagues were to be destroyed at the end of the 1950s under Mao Zedong's rule. Mao was certain that this was "the great leap forward" to combat economic and social social inequalities in the country. The calculation seemed logical. One sparrow eats about 2 to 4 kilos of grain a year and, on this assumption, by killing one million sparrows, 60,000 people could already gain food. The extermi..."

''Four Pest campaign''
Mosquitoes, flies, rats and sparrows - these four so-called plagues were to be destroyed at the end of the 1950s under Mao Zedong's rule. Mao was certain that this was "the great leap forward" to combat economic and social social inequalities in the country. The calculation seemed logical. One sparrow eats about 2 to 4 kilos of grain a year and, on this assumption, by killing one million sparrows, 60,000 people could already gain food. The extermination of the birds was successful, but the death of the birds was followed by a raising population of insects and thus a plague of grasshopper. The result: the great famine between 1959 and 1961. In 1960 sparrows were placed in the agenda by bed bugs. Today, sparrows are a rare species in China.

[[File:Kill bird and insect.jpg|thumb|1958 Propagandaposter ]]

At the beginning of the 20th century, the North America was brought to Europe - for the fur industry.
At some point, the animals were able to escape from their cages. Today they are considered a [[File:Kill bird and insect.jpg|thumb|1958 Propagandaposter ]]
plague, as they have hardly any natural enemies in Central Europe. The situation is similar
with raccoon dogs from Japan. Lynx, wolves, brown bears or, in the case of offspring
eagle owls can also become enemies. The most common cause of death for raccoons is
traffic.

File:Kill bird and insect.jpg

2023-11-06T00:12:38Z

Rebecca:

1958 Propagandaposter, 'Exterminate The Four Pests!

GMU:Beings and Machines

2023-11-05T23:45:43Z

Rebecca: /* Participants */

[[File:Beings and Machines.jpg|thumb|608x608px]]
The project module introduces into media that moderate the living and the digital. We look into environments in their diverse natures, and how various actors live in them, network and relate to each other. The aim is to develop interfaces, methods and practices that enable such communication between different actors. The project addresses both questions of craftsmanship in the use of sensors as well as the performative use of media as an enactment of a writing of history and culture of technologies. In the end, our physicality is and remains the central point of orientation and the measure of reference and evaluation. Subjectivity - experienced as artistic expression - remains an essential measure for artefacts in the making. But addressing the subjectivity of the other person also means taking their interests into account and planning for them.

On this basis we want to thematize ideological questions that arise from the narratives of performance with media and how these can be brought into a non-violent relation and strategy to and in the present.

The project expects participants to conceive and elaborate a self-defined work, but also offers numerous literature and digressions on the topic.

Students are expected to be able and willing to work in a self-organized manner and to actively engage in the discourses of the module.

A prerequisite is prior enrollment in a specialized module with the co-workers of GMU or the Interface Design Professorship.

An accompanying course of the modules of the professorship is recommended.

====== Syllabus ======
'''each Monday we have lecture time at DBL at 15.15'''
# 10.10.2023: Informal meeting for coffee...
# 17.10.2023: First official meeting, introduction, Topics, lecture
# 24.10.2023: Your short presentations (recent works, plans for the semester)
# 31.10.2023: Holiday, no meeting
# 07.11.2023: '''You should present your concept and a workplan for the semester!'''
# 14.11.2023: Start with your lectures related to your topic
# 21.11.2023
# 28.11.2023
# 05.12.2023: '''Midterm Presentations'''
# 12.12.2023
# 19.12.2023
# 08.01.2024-11.01: class in Siegmundsburg: Excursion to Siegmundsburg and Jena with Dr. Klaus Fritze
# 16.01.2024
# 23.01.2024
# 30.01.2024
# 06.02.2024: Final presentation

====== Artworks in presentations related to the course ======

-> Moodle!

====== Drawing examples for concepts ======

* https://www.gansterer.org/
* https://www.adelheidmers.org/
* https://www.suzannetreister.net/
* https://www.tomasschmit.com/
* Carthographies of Time: A History of the Timeline ISBN 9781568987637
* Birgit Schneider, Christoph Ernst, Jan Wöpking: Diagrammatik-Reader; Grundlegende Texte aus Theorie und Geschichte ISBN 9783110380309
======Materials======

*[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=567 W. Ross Ashby: Design for a Brain]
*[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=506 Stafford Beer: Designing Freedom]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cymMEKrKoh0 Katherine Hayles on Cybernetics]
*James Bridle: Ways of Being ISBN 9780141994260
*[https://peterasaro.org/writing/Asaro_Dissertation.pdf Peter Asaro: On the Origins of the Synthetic Mind: Working Models, Mechanisms, and Simulations] [https://journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/oezg/article/view/3917/3664 german version]
*Donna Haraway: Staying with the Trouble. Making Kin in the Chthulucene <nowiki>ISBN 978-0822362241</nowiki>
*Lynn Margulis: Symbiotic Planet: A New Look At Evolution ISBN 978-0465072729
*[https://www.hausderkunst.de/en/eintauchen/inside-other-spaces-environments Inside Other Spaces. Environments by Women Artists 1956 – 1976]
*[https://georgtrogemann.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CodeArt-first-chapter.pdf Georg Trogemann, Code@Art first chapter]
*[https://mitp-arch.mitpress.mit.edu/the-architecture-machine The Architecture Machine]
*[https://www.google.com/search?q=turtle+robotics+walter+grey&client=firefox-b-d&sca_esv=567971749&ei=EfsPZarHI7TAlAafxb24DA&ved=0ahUKEwjqk4TG8cKBAxU0IMUKHZ9iD8cQ4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=turtle+robotics+walter+grey&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiG3R1cnRsZSByb2JvdGljcyB3YWx0ZXIgZ3JleTIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIIECEYFhgeGB1IxmxQuA1Y3GFwAXgBkAEAmAGLAaAB4gmqAQQxMy4yuAEDyAEA-AEBwgIKEAAYRxjWBBiwA8ICChAuGIoFGLADGEPCAgoQABiKBRiwAxhDwgIHEAAYExiABMICCBAAGBYYHhgTwgIKEAAYFhgeGBMYCsICBxAAGA0YgATCAgYQABgeGA3CAgYQABgWGB7CAgoQABgWGB4YDxgTwgIFEAAYogTiAwQYACBBiAYBkAYK&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:085b936b,vid:lLULRlmXkKo,st:0 Turtles by William Grey Walter]

======Recommended Artists======

*[http://adamwbrown.net/ Adam Brown]
*[http://heavythinking.org/ Verena Friedrich]
*[http://www.agnes-meyer-brandis.de/ Agnes Meyer-Brandis] [[http://www.blubblubb.net/OneTreeID/index.html One Tree ID]], [[http://www.blubblubb.net/mga/index.html The Moon Goose Analogue]] and others...
*[https://www.adachitomomi.com/ Tomomi Adachi]
*[https://niklasroy.com/ Niklas Roy] [[https://niklasroy.com/20windmills/ Windmills]]
*[https://www.felipecastelblanco.com/ Felipe Castelblanco] [[https://vimeo.com/782667500/fb0ccecdb8 Video Reporte por Ñambi Rimai Colectivo de Medios: Quemas de Páramo en el Pueblo Quillacinga]], [[https://vimeo.com/715583135 La Jungla Amazónica]]
*[https://geobodies.org/ Ursula Biemann]
*[https://www.theartstory.org/artist/clark-lygia/ Lygia Clark]
*[https://jennasutela.com/ Jenna Sutela]
*[https://hyungkoolee.com Hyungkoo Lee]
*[https://robertina.net/ Robertina Sebjanic] [[https://robertina.net/aurelia-1hz-proto-viva-sonification/ Aurelia 1-Hz]]
*[https://vimeo.com/neozoon Neozoon], [[https://vimeo.com/61511109 My BBY 8L3W] ]
* William Forsythe [https://synchronousobjects.osu.edu/<nowiki>]</nowiki>
* [http://iasl.uni-muenchen.de/links/GCA-III.2e.html Thomas Drehers Website on Computer Art]

====== Participants ======
*Mojjo
*[[Stefffen]]
*[[Amy Zimber]]
*Betül Peker
*[[Mina Boylu]]
*parisa salimi
*Çağdaş Biber
*[[Gift Lalicha Lalitsasivimol]]
*[[Rebecca]]

User:Rebecca

2023-11-05T23:44:39Z

Rebecca: Blanked the page

GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Rebecca Hilbel

2019-11-01T23:43:59Z

Rebecca: Created page with "Hello! I am studying environmental / civil engineering and media arts / design."

Hello!

I am studying environmental / civil engineering and media arts / design.

GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats

2019-11-01T23:42:36Z

Rebecca: /* Students */

[[File:HUMUS sapiens Vilnius5.jpg|400px|thumb|left]]

Lecturer: [[Julian Chollet]] 

Credits: 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]] 

Dates:
04.11. – 08.11.2019 (10:00 – 17:00) 
''Every day from 10-12 'open science breakfast' - OPEN for EVERYONE (Room 204)''
Venue: [[Marienstraße 7b]], [[GMU:DIY BioLab|DIY BioLab]] (Room 202) 

 

===THIS IS THE WIKI FOR THE COURSE IN WS 2019===

==open science breakfast==
bring your friends, coffee, food,… who will bring hummus?

==Syllabus==
Our air, soil and water as well as all plants and animals contain complex ecosystems.

This course will introduce you to various creatures colonizing the ground beneath our feet and give you the opportunity to experience methodologies and experimental strategies that are used in the natural sciences. While working in the DIY BioLab (Chair of Media Environments) you will learn how to think like a microbiologist and what it means to do scientific research. Educational objectives include literature research, experiment design, result documentation, discussion and scientific writing.

The module will be structured in a flexible way, tailored to the needs of the participants and includes lectures as well as practical work in the laboratory. Attendance during the 5 days of the course, as well as the delivery of detailed project documentation (paper, artwork, etc.) until the end of the semester is required.

The 5 day intensive course is integrated into the wider concept of the project module [[GMU:MfA_Masterproject_Soil–Humus–Earth|Soil-Humus-Earth]] (Prof. Ursula Damm) as well as the module [[GMU:Raised_Beds_and_Pets|Raised Beds and Pets]] (Mindaugas Gapsevicius).

==Students==
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Maggy_Hamel-Metsos|Maggy Hamel-Metsos]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Maximilian_Goetz|Maximilian Goetz]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Rebecca_Hilbel|Rebecca Hilbel]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/IChen_Lai|I Chen Lai]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Elizabeth_McTernan|Elizabeth McTernan]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Keno_Westhoff|Keno Westhoff]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Benazir_Basauri_Torres |Benazir Basauri Torres]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Why_Elliy|Why Elliy]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Funda_Zeynep_Ayguler|Funda Zeynep Ayguler]]

==Guest lecturers==

Mindaugas Gapševičius will support us on 04. and 05.11. He will offer an introduction to the world of nematodes. In addition, the students learn the basic cultivation techniques and the handling of C. elegans in the laboratory.

Stefan Doepner will support us on 6 and 7.11. as a guest lecturer. He is involved in the following projects, among others: 
http://www.f18institut.org/ 
http://www.obrat.org/about 
http://www.cirkulacija2.org/?page_id=247 

==Projects==
* ...

[[Category:WS19]]

[[Category:Werkmodul]]

[[Category:Fachmodul]]

[[Category:Julian Chollet]]

==Questions==
===What is life? / What is humus?===

===Which different types of organisms live in the soil?===

===How is soil life interacting / what is the soil food web?===

===Which methods are suitable to learn more about soil microbes?===

 

==Basic concepts==

===Humus===
"It is difficult to define humus precisely because it is a very complex substance which is not fully understood." 

In soil science, humus (derived in 1790–1800 from the Latin humus for earth, ground[1]) denominates the fraction of soil organic matter that is amorphous and without the "cellular cake structure characteristic of plants, micro-organisms or animals".[2] Humus significantly affects the bulk density of soil and contributes to its retention of moisture and nutrients.

In agriculture, "humus" sometimes also is used to describe mature or natural compost extracted from a woodland or other spontaneous source for use as a soil conditioner.[3] It is also used to describe a topsoil horizon that contains organic matter (humus type,[4] humus form,[5] humus profile).[6]

Humus is the dark organic matter that forms in soil when dead plant and animal matter decays. Humus has many nutrients that improve the health of soil, nitrogen being the most important. The ratio of carbon to nitrogen (C:N) of humus is 10:1. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humus

===Life===
"There are over a 100 definitions for 'life' and all are wrong" 
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170101-there-are-over-100-definitions-for-life-and-all-are-wrong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life#Definitions 
Since there is no unequivocal definition of life, most current definitions in biology are descriptive. Life is considered a characteristic of something that preserves, furthers or reinforces its existence in the given environment. This characteristic exhibits all or most of the following traits:
Homeostasis
Organization
Metabolism
Growth
Adaptation
Response to stimuli
Reproduction

===Organism===
In biology, an organism (from Greek: ὀργανισμός, organismos) is any individual entity that exhibits the properties of life. It is a synonym for "life form". 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organism

===Microorganism===
Living beings that are too small to be seen with the (human) eye.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microorganism 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_interactions_with_microbes

The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from ancient times, such as in Jain scriptures from 6th century BC India and the 1st century BC book On Agriculture by Marcus Terentius Varro. Microbiology, the scientific study of microorganisms, began with their observation under the microscope in the 1670s by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.

===Soil microorganisms===
"Microbes can make nutrients and minerals in the soil available to plants, produce hormones that spur growth, stimulate the plant immune system and trigger or dampen stress responses. In general a more diverse soil microbiome results in fewer plant diseases and higher yield." 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_microbiology

==Resources==

==Related Projects from the DIY Biolab @Bauhaus==
*[[GMU:Board Games for Humans and Nonhumans/Maike Effenberg|Bio.match]]
*[[GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/PhyChip synthesiser|PhyChip synthesiser]]
*[[GMU:Habitats_SS18]]
*[[GMU:BioArt_WS15/Physarum_polycephalum_and_unconventional_computing]]

please add projects!! :)

==PDFs==
* https://exploringtheinvisible.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/manual2013.pdf

* [[:File:Guide_to_scientific_writing.pdf]] 
* [[:File:Physarum Polycephalum - mapping chemical inputs.pdf]] 
* [[:File:Quorum sensing and biofilms.pdf]] 

==Links==
* [[GMU:DIY BioLab|DIY BioLab]]
* [https://mikroBIOMIK.org/en mikroBIOMIK]

GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats

2019-11-01T23:42:06Z

Rebecca: /* Students */

[[File:HUMUS sapiens Vilnius5.jpg|400px|thumb|left]]

Lecturer: [[Julian Chollet]] 

Credits: 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]] 

Dates:
04.11. – 08.11.2019 (10:00 – 17:00) 
''Every day from 10-12 'open science breakfast' - OPEN for EVERYONE (Room 204)''
Venue: [[Marienstraße 7b]], [[GMU:DIY BioLab|DIY BioLab]] (Room 202) 

 

===THIS IS THE WIKI FOR THE COURSE IN WS 2019===

==open science breakfast==
bring your friends, coffee, food,… who will bring hummus?

==Syllabus==
Our air, soil and water as well as all plants and animals contain complex ecosystems.

This course will introduce you to various creatures colonizing the ground beneath our feet and give you the opportunity to experience methodologies and experimental strategies that are used in the natural sciences. While working in the DIY BioLab (Chair of Media Environments) you will learn how to think like a microbiologist and what it means to do scientific research. Educational objectives include literature research, experiment design, result documentation, discussion and scientific writing.

The module will be structured in a flexible way, tailored to the needs of the participants and includes lectures as well as practical work in the laboratory. Attendance during the 5 days of the course, as well as the delivery of detailed project documentation (paper, artwork, etc.) until the end of the semester is required.

The 5 day intensive course is integrated into the wider concept of the project module [[GMU:MfA_Masterproject_Soil–Humus–Earth|Soil-Humus-Earth]] (Prof. Ursula Damm) as well as the module [[GMU:Raised_Beds_and_Pets|Raised Beds and Pets]] (Mindaugas Gapsevicius).

==Students==
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Maggy_Hamel-Metsos|Maggy Hamel-Metsos]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Maximilian_Goetz|Maximilian Goetz]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Rebecca|Rebecca]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/IChen_Lai|I Chen Lai]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Elizabeth_McTernan|Elizabeth McTernan]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Keno_Westhoff|Keno Westhoff]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Benazir_Basauri_Torres |Benazir Basauri Torres]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Why_Elliy|Why Elliy]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Funda_Zeynep_Ayguler|Funda Zeynep Ayguler]]

==Guest lecturers==

Mindaugas Gapševičius will support us on 04. and 05.11. He will offer an introduction to the world of nematodes. In addition, the students learn the basic cultivation techniques and the handling of C. elegans in the laboratory.

Stefan Doepner will support us on 6 and 7.11. as a guest lecturer. He is involved in the following projects, among others: 
http://www.f18institut.org/ 
http://www.obrat.org/about 
http://www.cirkulacija2.org/?page_id=247 

==Projects==
* ...

[[Category:WS19]]

[[Category:Werkmodul]]

[[Category:Fachmodul]]

[[Category:Julian Chollet]]

==Questions==
===What is life? / What is humus?===

===Which different types of organisms live in the soil?===

===How is soil life interacting / what is the soil food web?===

===Which methods are suitable to learn more about soil microbes?===

 

==Basic concepts==

===Humus===
"It is difficult to define humus precisely because it is a very complex substance which is not fully understood." 

In soil science, humus (derived in 1790–1800 from the Latin humus for earth, ground[1]) denominates the fraction of soil organic matter that is amorphous and without the "cellular cake structure characteristic of plants, micro-organisms or animals".[2] Humus significantly affects the bulk density of soil and contributes to its retention of moisture and nutrients.

In agriculture, "humus" sometimes also is used to describe mature or natural compost extracted from a woodland or other spontaneous source for use as a soil conditioner.[3] It is also used to describe a topsoil horizon that contains organic matter (humus type,[4] humus form,[5] humus profile).[6]

Humus is the dark organic matter that forms in soil when dead plant and animal matter decays. Humus has many nutrients that improve the health of soil, nitrogen being the most important. The ratio of carbon to nitrogen (C:N) of humus is 10:1. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humus

===Life===
"There are over a 100 definitions for 'life' and all are wrong" 
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170101-there-are-over-100-definitions-for-life-and-all-are-wrong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life#Definitions 
Since there is no unequivocal definition of life, most current definitions in biology are descriptive. Life is considered a characteristic of something that preserves, furthers or reinforces its existence in the given environment. This characteristic exhibits all or most of the following traits:
Homeostasis
Organization
Metabolism
Growth
Adaptation
Response to stimuli
Reproduction

===Organism===
In biology, an organism (from Greek: ὀργανισμός, organismos) is any individual entity that exhibits the properties of life. It is a synonym for "life form". 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organism

===Microorganism===
Living beings that are too small to be seen with the (human) eye.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microorganism 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_interactions_with_microbes

The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from ancient times, such as in Jain scriptures from 6th century BC India and the 1st century BC book On Agriculture by Marcus Terentius Varro. Microbiology, the scientific study of microorganisms, began with their observation under the microscope in the 1670s by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.

===Soil microorganisms===
"Microbes can make nutrients and minerals in the soil available to plants, produce hormones that spur growth, stimulate the plant immune system and trigger or dampen stress responses. In general a more diverse soil microbiome results in fewer plant diseases and higher yield." 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_microbiology

==Resources==

==Related Projects from the DIY Biolab @Bauhaus==
*[[GMU:Board Games for Humans and Nonhumans/Maike Effenberg|Bio.match]]
*[[GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/PhyChip synthesiser|PhyChip synthesiser]]
*[[GMU:Habitats_SS18]]
*[[GMU:BioArt_WS15/Physarum_polycephalum_and_unconventional_computing]]

please add projects!! :)

==PDFs==
* https://exploringtheinvisible.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/manual2013.pdf

* [[:File:Guide_to_scientific_writing.pdf]] 
* [[:File:Physarum Polycephalum - mapping chemical inputs.pdf]] 
* [[:File:Quorum sensing and biofilms.pdf]] 

==Links==
* [[GMU:DIY BioLab|DIY BioLab]]
* [https://mikroBIOMIK.org/en mikroBIOMIK]

GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats

2019-11-01T23:41:50Z

Rebecca: /* Students */

[[File:HUMUS sapiens Vilnius5.jpg|400px|thumb|left]]

Lecturer: [[Julian Chollet]] 

Credits: 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]] 

Dates:
04.11. – 08.11.2019 (10:00 – 17:00) 
''Every day from 10-12 'open science breakfast' - OPEN for EVERYONE (Room 204)''
Venue: [[Marienstraße 7b]], [[GMU:DIY BioLab|DIY BioLab]] (Room 202) 

 

===THIS IS THE WIKI FOR THE COURSE IN WS 2019===

==open science breakfast==
bring your friends, coffee, food,… who will bring hummus?

==Syllabus==
Our air, soil and water as well as all plants and animals contain complex ecosystems.

This course will introduce you to various creatures colonizing the ground beneath our feet and give you the opportunity to experience methodologies and experimental strategies that are used in the natural sciences. While working in the DIY BioLab (Chair of Media Environments) you will learn how to think like a microbiologist and what it means to do scientific research. Educational objectives include literature research, experiment design, result documentation, discussion and scientific writing.

The module will be structured in a flexible way, tailored to the needs of the participants and includes lectures as well as practical work in the laboratory. Attendance during the 5 days of the course, as well as the delivery of detailed project documentation (paper, artwork, etc.) until the end of the semester is required.

The 5 day intensive course is integrated into the wider concept of the project module [[GMU:MfA_Masterproject_Soil–Humus–Earth|Soil-Humus-Earth]] (Prof. Ursula Damm) as well as the module [[GMU:Raised_Beds_and_Pets|Raised Beds and Pets]] (Mindaugas Gapsevicius).

==Students==
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Maggy_Hamel-Metsos|Maggy Hamel-Metsos]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Maximilian_Goetz|Maximilian Goetz]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Rebecca|Rebecca Hilbel]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/IChen_Lai|I Chen Lai]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Elizabeth_McTernan|Elizabeth McTernan]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Keno_Westhoff|Keno Westhoff]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Benazir_Basauri_Torres |Benazir Basauri Torres]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Why_Elliy|Why Elliy]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Funda_Zeynep_Ayguler|Funda Zeynep Ayguler]]

==Guest lecturers==

Mindaugas Gapševičius will support us on 04. and 05.11. He will offer an introduction to the world of nematodes. In addition, the students learn the basic cultivation techniques and the handling of C. elegans in the laboratory.

Stefan Doepner will support us on 6 and 7.11. as a guest lecturer. He is involved in the following projects, among others: 
http://www.f18institut.org/ 
http://www.obrat.org/about 
http://www.cirkulacija2.org/?page_id=247 

==Projects==
* ...

[[Category:WS19]]

[[Category:Werkmodul]]

[[Category:Fachmodul]]

[[Category:Julian Chollet]]

==Questions==
===What is life? / What is humus?===

===Which different types of organisms live in the soil?===

===How is soil life interacting / what is the soil food web?===

===Which methods are suitable to learn more about soil microbes?===

 

==Basic concepts==

===Humus===
"It is difficult to define humus precisely because it is a very complex substance which is not fully understood." 

In soil science, humus (derived in 1790–1800 from the Latin humus for earth, ground[1]) denominates the fraction of soil organic matter that is amorphous and without the "cellular cake structure characteristic of plants, micro-organisms or animals".[2] Humus significantly affects the bulk density of soil and contributes to its retention of moisture and nutrients.

In agriculture, "humus" sometimes also is used to describe mature or natural compost extracted from a woodland or other spontaneous source for use as a soil conditioner.[3] It is also used to describe a topsoil horizon that contains organic matter (humus type,[4] humus form,[5] humus profile).[6]

Humus is the dark organic matter that forms in soil when dead plant and animal matter decays. Humus has many nutrients that improve the health of soil, nitrogen being the most important. The ratio of carbon to nitrogen (C:N) of humus is 10:1. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humus

===Life===
"There are over a 100 definitions for 'life' and all are wrong" 
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170101-there-are-over-100-definitions-for-life-and-all-are-wrong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life#Definitions 
Since there is no unequivocal definition of life, most current definitions in biology are descriptive. Life is considered a characteristic of something that preserves, furthers or reinforces its existence in the given environment. This characteristic exhibits all or most of the following traits:
Homeostasis
Organization
Metabolism
Growth
Adaptation
Response to stimuli
Reproduction

===Organism===
In biology, an organism (from Greek: ὀργανισμός, organismos) is any individual entity that exhibits the properties of life. It is a synonym for "life form". 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organism

===Microorganism===
Living beings that are too small to be seen with the (human) eye.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microorganism 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_interactions_with_microbes

The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from ancient times, such as in Jain scriptures from 6th century BC India and the 1st century BC book On Agriculture by Marcus Terentius Varro. Microbiology, the scientific study of microorganisms, began with their observation under the microscope in the 1670s by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.

===Soil microorganisms===
"Microbes can make nutrients and minerals in the soil available to plants, produce hormones that spur growth, stimulate the plant immune system and trigger or dampen stress responses. In general a more diverse soil microbiome results in fewer plant diseases and higher yield." 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_microbiology

==Resources==

==Related Projects from the DIY Biolab @Bauhaus==
*[[GMU:Board Games for Humans and Nonhumans/Maike Effenberg|Bio.match]]
*[[GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/PhyChip synthesiser|PhyChip synthesiser]]
*[[GMU:Habitats_SS18]]
*[[GMU:BioArt_WS15/Physarum_polycephalum_and_unconventional_computing]]

please add projects!! :)

==PDFs==
* https://exploringtheinvisible.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/manual2013.pdf

* [[:File:Guide_to_scientific_writing.pdf]] 
* [[:File:Physarum Polycephalum - mapping chemical inputs.pdf]] 
* [[:File:Quorum sensing and biofilms.pdf]] 

==Links==
* [[GMU:DIY BioLab|DIY BioLab]]
* [https://mikroBIOMIK.org/en mikroBIOMIK]

User:Rebecca

2019-11-01T23:40:59Z

Rebecca:

Bachelorstudentin:

Bauingenieurwesen [Konstruktion Umwelt Baustoffe] mit dem Schwerpunkt Umwelt;

Medienkunst / Mediengestaltung

User:Rebecca

2019-11-01T23:40:29Z

Rebecca: Created page with "Bachelorstudentin: Bauingenieurwesen [Konstruktion Umwelt Baustoffe] mit dem Schwerpunkt Umwelt Medienkunst / Mediengestaltung"

Bachelorstudentin:

Bauingenieurwesen [Konstruktion Umwelt Baustoffe] mit dem Schwerpunkt Umwelt
Medienkunst / Mediengestaltung

GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats

2019-11-01T23:36:22Z

Rebecca: /* Students */

[[File:HUMUS sapiens Vilnius5.jpg|400px|thumb|left]]

Lecturer: [[Julian Chollet]] 

Credits: 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]] 

Dates:
04.11. – 08.11.2019 (10:00 – 17:00) 
''Every day from 10-12 'open science breakfast' - OPEN for EVERYONE (Room 204)''
Venue: [[Marienstraße 7b]], [[GMU:DIY BioLab|DIY BioLab]] (Room 202) 

 

===THIS IS THE WIKI FOR THE COURSE IN WS 2019===

==open science breakfast==
bring your friends, coffee, food,… who will bring hummus?

==Syllabus==
Our air, soil and water as well as all plants and animals contain complex ecosystems.

This course will introduce you to various creatures colonizing the ground beneath our feet and give you the opportunity to experience methodologies and experimental strategies that are used in the natural sciences. While working in the DIY BioLab (Chair of Media Environments) you will learn how to think like a microbiologist and what it means to do scientific research. Educational objectives include literature research, experiment design, result documentation, discussion and scientific writing.

The module will be structured in a flexible way, tailored to the needs of the participants and includes lectures as well as practical work in the laboratory. Attendance during the 5 days of the course, as well as the delivery of detailed project documentation (paper, artwork, etc.) until the end of the semester is required.

The 5 day intensive course is integrated into the wider concept of the project module [[GMU:MfA_Masterproject_Soil–Humus–Earth|Soil-Humus-Earth]] (Prof. Ursula Damm) as well as the module [[GMU:Raised_Beds_and_Pets|Raised Beds and Pets]] (Mindaugas Gapsevicius).

==Students==
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Maggy_Hamel-Metsos|Maggy Hamel-Metsos]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Maximilian_Goetz|Maximilian Goetz]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Rebecca Hilbel|Rebecca Hilbel]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/IChen_Lai|I Chen Lai]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Elizabeth_McTernan|Elizabeth McTernan]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Keno_Westhoff|Keno Westhoff]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Benazir_Basauri_Torres |Benazir Basauri Torres]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Why_Elliy|Why Elliy]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Funda_Zeynep_Ayguler|Funda Zeynep Ayguler]]

==Guest lecturers==

Mindaugas Gapševičius will support us on 04. and 05.11. He will offer an introduction to the world of nematodes. In addition, the students learn the basic cultivation techniques and the handling of C. elegans in the laboratory.

Stefan Doepner will support us on 6 and 7.11. as a guest lecturer. He is involved in the following projects, among others: 
http://www.f18institut.org/ 
http://www.obrat.org/about 
http://www.cirkulacija2.org/?page_id=247 

==Projects==
* ...

[[Category:WS19]]

[[Category:Werkmodul]]

[[Category:Fachmodul]]

[[Category:Julian Chollet]]

==Questions==
===What is life? / What is humus?===

===Which different types of organisms live in the soil?===

===How is soil life interacting / what is the soil food web?===

===Which methods are suitable to learn more about soil microbes?===

 

==Basic concepts==

===Humus===
"It is difficult to define humus precisely because it is a very complex substance which is not fully understood." 

In soil science, humus (derived in 1790–1800 from the Latin humus for earth, ground[1]) denominates the fraction of soil organic matter that is amorphous and without the "cellular cake structure characteristic of plants, micro-organisms or animals".[2] Humus significantly affects the bulk density of soil and contributes to its retention of moisture and nutrients.

In agriculture, "humus" sometimes also is used to describe mature or natural compost extracted from a woodland or other spontaneous source for use as a soil conditioner.[3] It is also used to describe a topsoil horizon that contains organic matter (humus type,[4] humus form,[5] humus profile).[6]

Humus is the dark organic matter that forms in soil when dead plant and animal matter decays. Humus has many nutrients that improve the health of soil, nitrogen being the most important. The ratio of carbon to nitrogen (C:N) of humus is 10:1. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humus

===Life===
"There are over a 100 definitions for 'life' and all are wrong" 
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170101-there-are-over-100-definitions-for-life-and-all-are-wrong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life#Definitions 
Since there is no unequivocal definition of life, most current definitions in biology are descriptive. Life is considered a characteristic of something that preserves, furthers or reinforces its existence in the given environment. This characteristic exhibits all or most of the following traits:
Homeostasis
Organization
Metabolism
Growth
Adaptation
Response to stimuli
Reproduction

===Organism===
In biology, an organism (from Greek: ὀργανισμός, organismos) is any individual entity that exhibits the properties of life. It is a synonym for "life form". 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organism

===Microorganism===
Living beings that are too small to be seen with the (human) eye.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microorganism 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_interactions_with_microbes

The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from ancient times, such as in Jain scriptures from 6th century BC India and the 1st century BC book On Agriculture by Marcus Terentius Varro. Microbiology, the scientific study of microorganisms, began with their observation under the microscope in the 1670s by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.

===Soil microorganisms===
"Microbes can make nutrients and minerals in the soil available to plants, produce hormones that spur growth, stimulate the plant immune system and trigger or dampen stress responses. In general a more diverse soil microbiome results in fewer plant diseases and higher yield." 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_microbiology

==Resources==

==Related Projects from the DIY Biolab @Bauhaus==
*[[GMU:Board Games for Humans and Nonhumans/Maike Effenberg|Bio.match]]
*[[GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/PhyChip synthesiser|PhyChip synthesiser]]
*[[GMU:Habitats_SS18]]
*[[GMU:BioArt_WS15/Physarum_polycephalum_and_unconventional_computing]]

please add projects!! :)

==PDFs==
* https://exploringtheinvisible.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/manual2013.pdf

* [[:File:Guide_to_scientific_writing.pdf]] 
* [[:File:Physarum Polycephalum - mapping chemical inputs.pdf]] 
* [[:File:Quorum sensing and biofilms.pdf]] 

==Links==
* [[GMU:DIY BioLab|DIY BioLab]]
* [https://mikroBIOMIK.org/en mikroBIOMIK]

GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats

2019-11-01T23:34:57Z

Rebecca: /* Students */

[[File:HUMUS sapiens Vilnius5.jpg|400px|thumb|left]]

Lecturer: [[Julian Chollet]] 

Credits: 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]] 

Dates:
04.11. – 08.11.2019 (10:00 – 17:00) 
''Every day from 10-12 'open science breakfast' - OPEN for EVERYONE (Room 204)''
Venue: [[Marienstraße 7b]], [[GMU:DIY BioLab|DIY BioLab]] (Room 202) 

 

===THIS IS THE WIKI FOR THE COURSE IN WS 2019===

==open science breakfast==
bring your friends, coffee, food,… who will bring hummus?

==Syllabus==
Our air, soil and water as well as all plants and animals contain complex ecosystems.

This course will introduce you to various creatures colonizing the ground beneath our feet and give you the opportunity to experience methodologies and experimental strategies that are used in the natural sciences. While working in the DIY BioLab (Chair of Media Environments) you will learn how to think like a microbiologist and what it means to do scientific research. Educational objectives include literature research, experiment design, result documentation, discussion and scientific writing.

The module will be structured in a flexible way, tailored to the needs of the participants and includes lectures as well as practical work in the laboratory. Attendance during the 5 days of the course, as well as the delivery of detailed project documentation (paper, artwork, etc.) until the end of the semester is required.

The 5 day intensive course is integrated into the wider concept of the project module [[GMU:MfA_Masterproject_Soil–Humus–Earth|Soil-Humus-Earth]] (Prof. Ursula Damm) as well as the module [[GMU:Raised_Beds_and_Pets|Raised Beds and Pets]] (Mindaugas Gapsevicius).

==Students==
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Maggy_Hamel-Metsos|Maggy Hamel-Metsos]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Maximilian_Goetz|Maximilian Goetz]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Rebecca|Rebecca Hilbel]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/IChen_Lai|I Chen Lai]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Elizabeth_McTernan|Elizabeth McTernan]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Keno_Westhoff|Keno Westhoff]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Benazir_Basauri_Torres |Benazir Basauri Torres]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Why_Elliy|Why Elliy]]
*[[GMU:Humus-Micro-Habitats/Funda_Zeynep_Ayguler|Funda Zeynep Ayguler]]

==Guest lecturers==

Mindaugas Gapševičius will support us on 04. and 05.11. He will offer an introduction to the world of nematodes. In addition, the students learn the basic cultivation techniques and the handling of C. elegans in the laboratory.

Stefan Doepner will support us on 6 and 7.11. as a guest lecturer. He is involved in the following projects, among others: 
http://www.f18institut.org/ 
http://www.obrat.org/about 
http://www.cirkulacija2.org/?page_id=247 

==Projects==
* ...

[[Category:WS19]]

[[Category:Werkmodul]]

[[Category:Fachmodul]]

[[Category:Julian Chollet]]

==Questions==
===What is life? / What is humus?===

===Which different types of organisms live in the soil?===

===How is soil life interacting / what is the soil food web?===

===Which methods are suitable to learn more about soil microbes?===

 

==Basic concepts==

===Humus===
"It is difficult to define humus precisely because it is a very complex substance which is not fully understood." 

In soil science, humus (derived in 1790–1800 from the Latin humus for earth, ground[1]) denominates the fraction of soil organic matter that is amorphous and without the "cellular cake structure characteristic of plants, micro-organisms or animals".[2] Humus significantly affects the bulk density of soil and contributes to its retention of moisture and nutrients.

In agriculture, "humus" sometimes also is used to describe mature or natural compost extracted from a woodland or other spontaneous source for use as a soil conditioner.[3] It is also used to describe a topsoil horizon that contains organic matter (humus type,[4] humus form,[5] humus profile).[6]

Humus is the dark organic matter that forms in soil when dead plant and animal matter decays. Humus has many nutrients that improve the health of soil, nitrogen being the most important. The ratio of carbon to nitrogen (C:N) of humus is 10:1. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humus

===Life===
"There are over a 100 definitions for 'life' and all are wrong" 
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170101-there-are-over-100-definitions-for-life-and-all-are-wrong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life#Definitions 
Since there is no unequivocal definition of life, most current definitions in biology are descriptive. Life is considered a characteristic of something that preserves, furthers or reinforces its existence in the given environment. This characteristic exhibits all or most of the following traits:
Homeostasis
Organization
Metabolism
Growth
Adaptation
Response to stimuli
Reproduction

===Organism===
In biology, an organism (from Greek: ὀργανισμός, organismos) is any individual entity that exhibits the properties of life. It is a synonym for "life form". 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organism

===Microorganism===
Living beings that are too small to be seen with the (human) eye.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microorganism 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_interactions_with_microbes

The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from ancient times, such as in Jain scriptures from 6th century BC India and the 1st century BC book On Agriculture by Marcus Terentius Varro. Microbiology, the scientific study of microorganisms, began with their observation under the microscope in the 1670s by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.

===Soil microorganisms===
"Microbes can make nutrients and minerals in the soil available to plants, produce hormones that spur growth, stimulate the plant immune system and trigger or dampen stress responses. In general a more diverse soil microbiome results in fewer plant diseases and higher yield." 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_microbiology

==Resources==

==Related Projects from the DIY Biolab @Bauhaus==
*[[GMU:Board Games for Humans and Nonhumans/Maike Effenberg|Bio.match]]
*[[GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/PhyChip synthesiser|PhyChip synthesiser]]
*[[GMU:Habitats_SS18]]
*[[GMU:BioArt_WS15/Physarum_polycephalum_and_unconventional_computing]]

please add projects!! :)

==PDFs==
* https://exploringtheinvisible.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/manual2013.pdf

* [[:File:Guide_to_scientific_writing.pdf]] 
* [[:File:Physarum Polycephalum - mapping chemical inputs.pdf]] 
* [[:File:Quorum sensing and biofilms.pdf]] 

==Links==
* [[GMU:DIY BioLab|DIY BioLab]]
* [https://mikroBIOMIK.org/en mikroBIOMIK]