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Frontyard as a school. What kind of school? Well, definitely not a private school, or one with any form of certification, that is for sure. More the kind of school which is asking - what is a school, what can a school be. Asking the very question of what it means to learn and teach together - from each other. In many ways FY is already an informal school - a space for teaching, learning, thinking, making and sharing knowledge. The FYSS is simply an experiment in temporarily changing the cadence and timings of what already happens at FY. What happens when we concentrate? == Attending ==All the sessions are at Frontyard, 228 Illawarra Rd, Marrickville NSW 2204. Most sessions are open to everyone, so feel free to show up and spread the word :) A Frontyard team few sessions have limited spaces, and require an RSVP. RSVPs will be conducting planning managed by the organiser of the sessions for , so contact them using details below, or through the [[Slack|Frontyard Slack]] chat room. Session organisers should make it clear that their session requires an RSVP by adding something like "(RSVP required)" to the title, or "(fully booked)" if the session is full. == What would you like to learn? What would you like to share? ==Below is a list of topics that people have said they'd like to learn/share. You can edit that list directly, or if you're not a new summer schoolwiki user, submit ideas using [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfurFB9EapCXjQSQT5_RZ9WhUVvB3SvNYCB9-h8GvTL2pE9sg/viewform our online form].
== Topic ideas, loose list, please add more :) ==
* renters rights
* investigating local development
* peer to peer alternatives
* Read [https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/attachments/2._berlant-cruel_optimism_0.pdf 'Cruel Optimism' by Lauren Berlant] together.
* Read [https://www.writeonjustice.com/no-friend-but-the-mountains-writing-from-manus-prison/ 'No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison' by Behrouz Boochani] together.
=== How to's ===
== Sessions / Schedule, November 2018 ==
This is a working draft schedule for FFYS 2018.
There are the possibility of 3 sessions per day for the two weeks of the Summer School.
'''Mornings:''' 9am - 1pm
'''Afternoons:''' 2 - 5pm
'''Evenings:''' 6pm - late
We are booking 1 class per block, but classes do not need to take up the entire time of the block. Classes can take as much or as little time as they need. I class may take up more than one block and could extend over several days. These blocks of time are purely intended to avoid conflicts.
=== Monday, 19th Nov ===
'''Morning and Afternoon Sessions:''' Open to proposal
==== 6pm - 8pm 7:30pm - What is Web Scraping? How does it work and when do I use ? When is ituseful? An open presentation and discussion ====Organiser: Luke Bacon Web scraping is a really handy way to collect lots of data off the web. Ever need to check the same website again and again to check if something’s changed? Need to collect lots of ephemeral documents? Want to create a little software to do that manual, repetitive labour so you can do something more interesting? Web scraping can help. Web scraping is the basis of most activist software projects and plays an increasingly important role in activism as more government information goes online.
This is an open presentation to explain what web scraping is, when it's useful and when it's not.
=== Tuesday, 20th Nov ===
'''Morning and Afternoon Sessions:''' Open to proposal ==== '''5pm - 8:30pm - Hands on introduction to web scraping workshop (6 spots leftfully booked)'''====Organiser: Luke Bacon
Following Monday night’s presentation, this workshop is for those who'd like to learn how to write a web scraper themselves. It's a great introduction to programming, so if you've interested in learning some
* Step by step tutorial to set up your laptop and write a scraper https://www.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/2015/10/13/ruby-web-scraping-tutorial-on-morph-io-part-1/
* Helpful resources for web scraping in Ruby https://gist.github.com/equivalentideas/670481f8b4b2d892e1a6
=== Wednesday, 21st Nov ===
'''Morning, Afternoon Sessions:''' Open to proposal
==== 6pm - late - Ignoramus Anonymous ====
Ignoramus Anonymous is a support group for the ignorant (i.e. for anyone and everyone). The hour-long meeting is a space to ask questions, without necessarily looking for answers to them. It is a space to talk about your ignorance and receive support from one another present, with a form of pedagogy taking place in this support. You are welcome to bring something to discuss, but feel no obligation.
RSVP not necessary, but for more information email: malcolm.whittaker@gmail.com
=== Thursday, 22nd Nov ===
'''Morning, Afternoon Sessions:''' Open to proposal
==== 6pm - late - Reading Group + Potluck Dinner: Lauren Berlant ''Cruel Optimism'' ====
A night of collectively reading Berlant's [https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/attachments/2._berlant-cruel_optimism_0.pdf Cruel Optimism].
No need to have read the text before the night. We will be reading the text together, with open space for conversation as we progress through the text.
Bring along some food to share.
=== Friday, 23rd Nov ===
'''Morning, Afternoon, Evening Sessions:''' Open to proposal
=== Saturday, 24th Nov ===
==== '''9am -1pm DIY Radio transmission 1''' ====
Organiser: Sally Schessell; Teacher: Sophea Lerner
'''FULL''' (still a couple of places in week 2)
Part 1: Building a mini FM transmitter
Part 2: Audio streaming and internet radio
"The material of radio is the network, not the sound" --Gregory Whitehead
These workshops will introduce you to building your own networks for radio-making.
Practical skills for DIY creative transmission practices will be shared in these workshops along with a brief overview of the history and context of these tools. There will be some reading and materials to view in advance of each workshop and preference will be given to participants committing to both parts 1 & 2. There will be a modest cost associated with materials for part 1 (around $10, tbc). Software for part 2 will be advised in advance and will free and open source. Prior experience of soldering and electronics, whilst helpful, is not necessary; we will start from scratch. Participants are encouraged to bring lunch to share after the workshops and invited to informally discuss their own transmission projects over food.
About the teacher: Sophea has 30 years experience as a creative broadcaster, technical producer and teacher of audio production, sonic arts and transmission practices. She has worked for pirate, community and public stations and pioneered distributed, participatory, open content radio that combined digital and analogue networks.
=== Sunday, 25th Nov ===
'''Morning & Evening Sessions:''' Open to proposal
==== 2pm - 5pm - Sunday afternoon chess ====
Casual games of chess on a Sunday. Nothing more, nothing less. If you have never played - come and learn how.
RSVPs not necessary.
=== Monday, 26th Nov ===
'''Morning & Afternoon Sessions:''' Open to proposal
==== 6:30pm - 8pm - Reading group - The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning and Black Study ====
Discussion on chapters 4, 5, and 6.
Bring snacks and stories.
Text is available free as a PDF here - http://www.minorcompositions.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/undercommons-web.pdf
=== Tuesday, 27th Nov ===
==== 10am - 12:30pm - How to investigate local development, companies and landholders with Wendy Bacon ====
Learn how to investigate and report on development and construction.
Organised by Wendy Bacon, activist, investigative journalist, long time journalism educator.
'''Afternoon:''' Open to proposal
==== 6:30pm - 8:30pm - How to investigate local development, companies and landholders with Wendy Bacon ====
Learn how to investigate and report on development and construction.
Organised by Wendy Bacon, activist, investigative journalist, long time journalism educator.
=== Wednesday, 28th Nov ===
'''Morning, Afternoon:''' Open to proposal
==== 6:20pm - late - Reading group 'Translating into English' from 'An Aesthetic Education in the Era of Globalisation' - Gayatri Spivak ====
Reading and discussing Gayatri Spivak’s text ’Translating into English’.
We will go in and out of Spivak’s text and into practice, with Beth Sometimes and Julia Bavyka speaking about their related projects - such as the collaborative project ''Apmere angkentye-kenhe'' that Beth is involved with in Alice Springs, and Julia’s Language School proposal.
The text will be used as a starting point to talk about language work and translation. It was published in Spivak’s book "An Aesthetic Education in the Era of Globalisation” (2012).
For a PDF of the text email: bavyka.julia@gmail.com
This will be a relaxed discussion with an improvised dinner. Bring along some food to share.
Organisers: Julia Bavyka and Beth Sometimes
=== Thursday, 29th Nov ===
'''Morning, Afternoon, Evening Sessions:''' Open to proposal
=== Friday, 30th Nov ===
'''Morning, Afternoon, Evening Sessions:''' Open to proposal
=== Saturday, 1st Dec ===
==== '''9am -1pm DIY Radio transmission 2''' ====
'''Sign-up: https://goo.gl/forms/iyKlr0P017xRRn6X2'''
Organiser: Sally Schessell; Teacher: Sophea Lerner
Sign-up: see week 1
Part 1: Building a mini FM transmitter
Part 2: Audio streaming and internet radio
"The material of radio is the network, not the sound" --Gregory Whitehead
These workshops will introduce you to building your own networks for radio-making.
Practical skills for DIY creative transmission practices will be shared in these workshops along with a brief overview of the history and context of these tools. There will be some reading and materials to view in advance of each workshop and preference will be given to participants committing to both parts 1 & 2. There will be a modest cost associated with materials for part 1 (around $10, tbc). Software for part 2 will be advised in advance and will free and open source. Prior experience of soldering and electronics, whilst helpful, is not necessary; we will start from scratch. Participants are encouraged to bring lunch to share after the workshops and invited to informally discuss their own transmission projects over food.
About the teacher: Sophea has 30 years experience as a creative broadcaster, technical producer and teacher of audio production, sonic arts and transmission practices. She has worked for pirate, community and public stations and pioneered distributed, participatory, open content radio that combined digital and analogue networks.
==== 3pm - 5pm An annotated bibliography ====
A book browsing session live annotated by Benjamin Forster and Melissa Ratliff
Sharing a collection of books and journal articles in our possession on topics of alternative education, radical pedagogy, artist-run art schools and contemporary art schools.
'''Evening Sessions:''' Open to proposal
=== Sunday, 2nd Dec ===
'''Morning, Evening Sessions:''' Open to proposal
==== 2pm - 6pm Alternatives, Maybes, A Peer to Peer Web Workshop with Benjamin Forster ====
This workshop will be a practical introduction to Beaker Browser. Beaker Browser is a new web browser for the peer to peer (P2P) web - think Chrome or Safari but for the P2P web. Are you asking yourself, "What is the P2P web"? This workshop will answer that question - but maybe its an escape from the capitalist fuck trap which is google/amazon/facebook.
This workshop is for anyone interested in publishing on the web (including writers, visual artists, musicians, sound artists, bloggers, or anyone on social media).
Bring along your computer. You will learn how to install and use Beaker Browser to create and share content. Together we will build a small temporary P2P network at FY, sharing content between ourselves in constellations. We will also learn how to connect our private networks, with each other and the mainstream internet.
Spaces limited.
RSVP to benjamin@emptybook.net
== Summer School Left Overs ==
==== Thurs 6th Dec, 6-8pm: WAGE COMMONING ====
A group discussion and shared reading list around wage commoning.
At Frontyard, we’ve been loosely talking about setting up a workers co-operative. Most often co-ops are based on a ‘profit share’ methodology, but that places it inside the capitalist model, in that it determines that one of the things to be produced is ‘profit’.
Let’s decide and talk together about an alternative model of ‘wage commoning’, where wages are pooled and redistributed, without requiring the necessary production of ‘surplus’.
Some starting thoughts:
It is through (re)production in common that communities of producers decide for themselves the norms, values and measures of things.
The “working class” is divided in a wage hierarchy and no ideological call for unity will ever bring the different segments to work together in the direction of a radical transformation of their production in common beyond capital, and therefore beyond their hierarchy.
==Reflection / Critique == 6pm - late - Open Door Potluck Dinner ====What worked? What didn't? How might this change in the next iteration?
