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 yan-alexander
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20161115T170500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20161115T192500
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DESCRIPTION:This is the first experiment at Temporary by&nbsp\;Convivial Me
 chanics. We hope that it will be the first of an irregular series of fires
 ide chats. The format will be simple. People will bring their own cushions
  to sit on. They will bring a snack to share. We will bring a pretend fire
 place. There will be a conversation between two people that will open out 
 into a roomwide discussion. We will livestream the chat and make the video
  available for posterity at the convivial mechanics website. The topics wi
 ll be connected\, in one way or another\, to the idea that we are "stories
  all the way down".\n\nThe first fireside chat will test the format and\, 
 if it works\, we will return to propose a full series.\n\nThe pilot will c
 entre around the work of Bryan Alexander\, and specifically his interest i
 n uncanny valley memes\, which you can find&nbsp\;here. You can find out m
 ore than you will want to know about Bryan at&nbsp\;bryanalexander.org. He
  is in Helsinki for a week and we want to hear what he has to say about th
 e fact that "we haunt every medium we make".\n\nThe part of the host will 
 be played by Owen Kelly.\n\nGoals:\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n\n	to create a format for
  sharing ideas while eating snacks\;&nbsp\;\n	to provide a venue for diffe
 rent ways of approaching the idea that we have no self\;&nbsp\;\n	to bring
  together speakers and listeners who would not normally meet each other\;&
 nbsp\;\n	to arrange for the differences between speakers and listeners to 
 melt away.\n\n\nConvivial mechanics&nbsp\;names a hypothetical branch of s
 cience and artistic research that explores the existence of natural limits
  on human behaviour\, both material and social\; researches the implicatio
 ns of conviviality for cultural democracy\; and applies this to the design
 \, construction and operation of digital tools that will serve the aims of
  a reborn and convivial sufficiency.\n\n&nbsp\;\n
LOCATION:Temporary\, Kolmas linja 7\, Helsinki
SUMMARY:viv002 Fireside Chat: Bryan Alexander
URL;VALUE=URI:https://temporary.fi/events/convivial-mechanics/viv002-firesi
 de-chat-bryan-alexander
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