Programm - Final Version
Recht auf Stadt. Der Kongress. / Right to the City. The Congress.
2. - 5. June 2011 at Hamburg
Sa, 2011-06-04
The Fab Lab (Saturday)
Urban production for all!
"Fabulous St. Pauli", the local initiative for a Fab Lab in Hamburg, will present its tools and the concept of a new urban, open-source fabrication facility for two days in Centro Sociale. Everybody is invited to come along, join the fab crowd and create your own things with a 3D printer, a laser cutter or a paper cutter. Introduction, help and assistance is provided by Fabulous St. Pauli. / "Fabulous St. Pauli", die Initiative für ein Fab Lab in Hamburg, stellt Geräte und Konzept einer offenen Hightech-Werkstatt für Stadt-Communities vor. Alle sind eingeladen, vorbeizuschauen und 3D-Drucker, Laserschneider und Papierschneider auszuprobieren.
The urban crisis is also a crisis of production. Many cities have become centers of the service and "creative" industries – immaterial production – while the material production of everyday things is increasingly moved to the maquiladoras of the global south. In New York City, for instance, in 1960 29 % of the workforce were employed in fabrication; in 2005 it was a mere 4 %. At the same time people are pushed to consume more and more. This situation is countered by a new wave of urban fabrication concepts that want:
- a self-determined local production
- with advanced tools
- that are often open-source hardware
- to empower urban people to become producers themselves again - but not necessarily for markets or commercialisation. One such concept is the Fab Lab, originated in 1998/9 at MIT, that has spawned a network of 50 Fab Labs worldwide, including many of them in the global south. The Hamburg Fab Lab initiative "Fabulous St. Pauli" will give a hands-on introduction to the idea on Friday and Saturday. It's located in the building of Centro Sociale, in the so-called "Büro" (watch out for the "F" sign). You can find more information on the Fabulous website (link below).
| Schedule | |
|---|---|
| Day | Sa - 2011-06-04 |
| Room | Centro Sociale |
| Start time | 11:00 |
| Duration | 08:00 |
| Tracks | Experiment |
| Language used for presentation | English |