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Herald-Angel: So please welcome Michelle[br]for her talk about the urban organism
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hacking in Hong Kong.[br]applause
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Michelle: So thank you for coming today.[br]First of all, you could be anywhere right
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now and you decided to come here, so, I[br]really appreciate it. This talk will
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engage the practices and protocols of[br]hacking in the context of Hong Kong, and
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the relationship of that with the socio-[br]cultural aspects of architecture and
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urbanism. But why architecture and[br]urbanism? For a brief background, I'm
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trained as an architect. But after about[br]10 years of corporate architecture, I
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needed to kind of expand my tentacles. So[br]now I build buildings to maintain that
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technical proficiency. And I work in[br]creative media which allows me to have
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more instant gratification, and a more[br]personal contact with individual people.
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And I teach in the faculty of Design[br]Environment at a university in Hong Kong.
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So the Metropolis I'm speaking of refers[br]to Hong Kong. If it wasn't obvious
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already. It is a city of contradictions, a[br]cultural pastiche of a colonial system,
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Chinese traditions and with globalized[br]modernity. So if the city slogan, Asia's world
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city, it maintains itself as a entrepôt,[br]or in other words, the intermediary
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between China and the rest of the world.[br]So before, we were trading opium, tea,
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sugar, textiles, and which now has[br]transitioned to focus more on the
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financial sector, so cocaine, insurance[br]and stocks. For many of those just passing
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through Hong Kong which is frequent and[br]obvious for anyone coming over to Asia.
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There are several factors that make it[br]such an exciting prospect. So the hyper
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density here is always a fascination. This[br]isn't super relevant, but the image on the
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left is from the Leandro Ehrlich, it's[br]called "The Room". It's a surveillance
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camera, many surveillance cameras on one[br]room and the other one does a
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juxtaposition with our typical facades in[br]Hong Kong. So the exciting prospects: One
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is the proximity to Chinese manufacturers.[br]So it's close enough where you can hop
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over to Shenzhen, so the manufacturer hub,[br]for just a few hours. You could just take
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a day trip. So if we have a MOSFET[br]emergency, you can run over there within
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an hour, and grab everythin you need and[br]go back. But, we are also just outside of
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a great firewall. We don't have any of[br]those issues, or, not most. And it's
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culturally accessible, that's number two.[br]You won't feel incredibly left out with no
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Chinese language skills. You will still be[br]a little bit left out, but not completely.
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You can still function and operate there[br]happily. And then three is the stimuli. As with
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any metropolis, there's a factor of hyper[br]activity that has this distinct scent of
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infinite possibilities. Anything can[br]happen. And this is the difference that I
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feel most because you can make anything[br]happen there if you're just willing to pay
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a little bit. Sometimes it's not a lot of[br]money and I'll go into this detail later
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actually. Excuse me. So in this socio-[br]cultural cornucopia, what gives way to
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these contradictions and complexities, is[br]a notoriously wide income gap, the soaring
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costs of real estate and as well as the[br]pressure towards commercialism. The more
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we raise ourselves into the clouds,[br]exploring the limits of the upwards
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trajectory, it also creates wider[br]separations from one another, and in that
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segregation, it creates uniformity. The[br]defining characteristics of any post-
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modern city is how control is leveraged in[br]the hands of the bureaucracy. Urban
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policy, especially in Hong Kong, is a[br]stringent arrangement serving only the
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private and the powerful. And without[br]going into the boring details, but for the
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most part, the applied label here is[br]called crony capitalism. So technological
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changes in the quality of public space[br]make it increasingly more evident that the
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urban realm is a temporary experience that[br]has imploded by the changes in the social
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contract. The enjoyment of public space is[br]normally governed by authority: public
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transportation, parks, and even the most[br]mundane section of the pavement; some are
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the responsibility of an organization. In[br]this respect, the city relinquishes itself
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as a home or a collective space, but rather[br]a temporary flow of people, information,
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and commodities. So did you know? The[br]parks in Hong Kong is nothing like the
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parks in Germany. We have signs that say,[br]no smoking, no drinking - OK, fine - no
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busking, no bicycles, no skateboards, no[br]hawking, so basically no fun. The pavements
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aswell, if you've been to Hong Kong,[br]or you see in the video, the pavements are
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about 1.2m wide before you reach the[br]façade of a building next to you. That's
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because they are keen on maximizing 100%[br]site boundaries which reach up to there.
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That's why we are all closed in because[br]the pavement in front of every building is
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typically owned by the business in front[br]of it. So that is actually their section
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of the pavement, not yours but it's[br]theirs. So while each technological
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revolution allows us to offset mundane[br]tasks, we've also been offsetting the
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responsibility of monitoring these[br]machines to large scale institutions.
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Technology has been an extension of[br]ourselves for a long time but very few pay
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mind of what part of us that amputates.[br]The quote from Gary Taubes where he writes
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about sugar, like candy, the sugar: "It's[br]a substance that causes pleasure with a
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price that is difficult to discern[br]immediately, and painful only years and or
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decades later." That's from the case[br]against sugar, 2016. And if we consider
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cities moving more into the virtual realm,[br]into cyber urbanism with smart technology,
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we're heading into a world that is[br]shackled by algorithmic conformity. For
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one example, by mass implementation of[br]self driving cars. And within these
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networks of organized complexities, we[br]were never meant to be in concrete boxes,
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hovering in the sky, hermetically sealed[br]from one another. For thousands of years,
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our genetic programming had us living in[br]tribes. And while the world seemed to
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shrink in distance, with steam engines,[br]airplanes, and the Internet, the space
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with and between each other expanded even[br]more. So machines replaced our fingers,
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and we no longer needed each other to meet[br]our needs, but instead on a system.
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Hopefully, I set the stage now for this[br]very dystopian Blade Runner view-esque of
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the city. So a certain level of uniformity[br]is inevitable. And to me, uniformity is
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not so bad if we can translate this to[br]cooperation. And to begin our detailed
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understanding of similarities before we[br]implicate and find the changes within the
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cracks. We have this inherent quality in[br]us, the small children, with such joy in
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playing with switches and boxes, pushing[br]buttons, and identifying objects as mine
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and yours. But because of this innate[br]desire to make changes to our
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environments, and leave a mark in this[br]world. So our ability to make collective,
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(Two images disappeared, sorry)[br]So our ability to make collective,
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inflexible cooperation in large numbers is[br]our strength in this world. And I mean
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that's why we're all here in this amazing[br]event, built by so many hands that are
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sometimes organized and sometimes not.[br]Together, we're finding a balance between
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the ecological and the engineered, or the[br]organic versus the designed. And to me,
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the metaphorical link between the city and[br]hacker spaces also have something in
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common with termites, ants, birds,[br]mussels, and mold. It's the experimental,
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harmonic composition that arises from[br]spatial self organization.
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So it shows something that's difficult to miss,[br]once you crossed your path. It's a horde of
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termites animating a still branch, both[br]building and destroying the physical
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environment at the same time. And I enjoy[br]observing termites and ants for their
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emergent complex co-operative, yet[br]primitive behaviour. And so in this line
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of thinking, the macro and micro of our[br]environments. And that is one of the
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aspects that draws me to hacker spaces[br]because they too are part of this greater
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concept of collective, distributive[br]action. Although part so to this very
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messy human factor called the hacker[br]community. So, Dim Sum Labs, Hong Kong's
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first and only hackerspace. Started off[br]like most hacker spaces, with a few people
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getting together in informal places to[br]chat about all things geeky. And then the
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official location was secured in 2011 with[br]about 10 different cofounders in a
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commercial building in Sheung Wan which is[br]near the center. So super convenient for
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people to access, but also means, there's[br]a scarcity of space. It's kind of a funny
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name. The red part means Dim Sum, touch[br]your heart, literally. But Dim Sum
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naturally refers to a particular cuisine[br]or an activity in Hong Kong where you can
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potentially spend hours nibbling on things[br]in bamboo steamer baskets and whatnot. And
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when lots of people join together, you[br]have this very diverse opportunity to
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taste and experiment so many different[br]things. It's cute, right? (Oh, I lost another
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image. So is the image of Dim Sum. And[br]I'm going crazy now.) OK. So, as I described
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earlier, our proximity to China, because[br]of our limited space, because of the
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context where money is king and we are[br]fools in this court, it shapes the culture
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of our space in ways like affording[br]ourselves really cheap equipments and
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components. For example, our laser cutter[br]was 4000 RNB, which is about 500 Euro,
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and components, so it's about a 1000[br]resistors for half a Euro. But instead, we
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spend the rest of the money on rent[br]instead. And also, what changes the
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culture is very transitional[br]atmosphere of people that move onto their
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journeys, their hobbies, or their[br]lifestyle. And in Hong Kong, like the rest
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of the world outside of Germany, hacking[br]has a very different connotation than we'd
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prefer. So as I define it, it is the[br]intellectual activity of exploring an
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object, system or protocol beyond its[br]intended means. Of course, most people
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don't see it that way, which is why (oh,[br]get out of here termites, okay) which is
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why there is a book called "The Field[br]Guide to Hacking". It's a handshake, if you
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will, to the greater community. How can we[br]encourage others to hack, without showing
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them how? So the book contains a[br]collection of projects in an instructable
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manner, sort of. Essays and snapshots of[br]the activity in our nebulous community,
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And is ordered into 6 sections, each[br]prefaced by essays by someone who can
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explain some peripheral topics of hacking.[br]It begins with a foreword by Mitch Altman
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because if you're going to talk about[br]community, how can you not involve Mitch?
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And if anyone doesn't know who he is, he[br]also yearly organizes a hacker's trip to
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China, so many of you have come to visit[br]some labs in Hong Kong which is amazing.
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Some of the projects, we start off with[br]something very simple, like a button badge
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that you can solder yourself, with links[br]to github repository and all your
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components that you need to do it, and[br]potentially teach you how to solder it. Some
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projects are a little more functional.[br]This is the kilowatt countered that we
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have in our space where we monitor the use[br]of electricity in the space. And that also
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helps if someone has left the air con on[br]and it's empty, so we know. Some of the
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products are a little more polemic. This[br]is Neomi "SexyCyborg" Wu. She's quite well
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known. If you follow her on Twitter and if[br]you want to check her Twitter, you'll find
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out yourself. general laughter And there[br]are some projects that are a little more
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artistic. So this is fields by me and[br]Savio. There's one here which maybe I'll
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show you later if I have time. Mine is not[br]very instructional but I teach you how to
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hack it and how it works which I suppose[br]is more important. And then the essays not
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only provide the spike from the sea of[br]projects, but also a gesture for those who
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would like to know more about hacking but[br]perhaps not participate into it,
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participate in it physically. So this is[br]when I write a little bit about urbanism,
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and surveillance capitalism. This is from[br]Dr. Daniel Howe who teaches a class on
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hacktivism at the school of creative media[br]in the city university whose essay ponders
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the relationship between artistic freedom[br]and expression in Hong Kong. And Scott
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Edmunds who founded the Bauhinia genome[br]project. He works on a different kind of
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code. It's a four letter code of DNA. And[br]while cultivating a stronger relationship
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between locals and Hong Kong's history, by[br]way of citizen science. And on
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inclusivity, Sarah Fox writes about[br]technology and recognition with respect to
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the feminist space. And then we round it[br]all off with Luis Filipe R. Murilo who
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writes about this from an anthropologyst[br]perspective and empirically as a former
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member of Dim Sum Labs. So I hope that[br]throughout this talk and the book, that it
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provides some insight into the backdrop of[br]some of the issues that face Dim Sum Labs
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every day. It's not the easiest task to[br]have people on the other side of the world
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to have this empathetic sharing of our[br]Zeitgeist, but we try. Some of the things
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that have been asked to me, is where can I[br]find the book? So there's the website,
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and there's the email. The next question[br]is actually, can I buy the book? Well, not
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really, because I ran out, and because the[br]publisher is called Dim Sum Labs Press
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which isn't just me. So if anyone knows a[br]publisher that would like to help me?
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Because right now I'm just printing it[br]from Taobao. And if there's going to be
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another version, I kind of need more[br]content. So if you want to be part of
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this, and you are kind of part of the[br]community, please let me know. Contact is
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there. So this is not really a conclusion,[br]but I'm just going to assume it is. Hong
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Kong has become part of this geopolitical[br]experiment. So we are on this precarious
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edge between maintaining its openness, in[br]this sense where individuals can maintain
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their cultural roots, and are osmosis with[br]Shenzhen or China, a city where it lives
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under the guise of China's rules and[br]regulations, but as well as, breaking
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beyond its limitations in the physical and[br]the social sense. In Hong Kong, the type
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of travelers that I come across, always[br]have the same fascination towards the
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city. It's this kind of magical wonder as[br]one travels up the escalator in the center
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of the city, leaning over the edge just to[br]catch a glimpse of the sky as the towers
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are leaning towards each other. It's[br]amazing on one hand. Because it's a
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massive scale of structures that we built[br]with this comparatively tiny hands, and
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it's similar with electronics and whatnot.[br]We are encapsulating and embedding our
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perspectives within these artifacts that[br]perpetuate around us. But I also see it as
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relinquishing our dominion. We are[br]complicit to our own detriment by not
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really addressing who our environments[br]belong to. So in all respects: the
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physical, the temporal, and digital strata[br]that our streets are paved upon.
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That's it.[br]applause
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Herald-Angel: Thank you very much,[br]Michelle. We now have time for Q and A's,
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and I can see that we already have one[br]question from the microphone number 2.
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Microphone 2: So, thank you for your talk.
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What would you say to a inaudible[br]laughter
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Michelle: I'm thinking of how to say this.[br]Number one, you can't just calm, there's
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plenty of Europeans there, you'll fit[br]right in. Number two, there's - I just
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tell you - there is a way you can get your[br]own visa because it's very easy to start a
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business in Hong Kong. And then you can[br]kind of hire yourself and give yourself a
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visa.[br]M2: Thank you.
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Michelle: Don't tell anyone I said that.[br]Herald-Angel: Just between you and the
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internet. And speaking of that, do you[br]have any questions from the internet,
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Signal-Angels? No, no, it's no. So,[br]there's still two microphones and we have
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time for questions. So please if you have[br]it, we have a question from microphone
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number 1.[br]Microphone 1: Well, it's not a question,
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it's more, there is a publisher called[br]"No Starch Press", and it's for geeky stuff.
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So if you are looking for one, I[br]would suggest that one.
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Michelle: Ah, I did look at them. I[br]haven't gotten that far, yet, because as I
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pointed out, I kind of doing everything[br]myself, so. But if you know a contact.
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M 1: Will have a look.[br]H: And microphone number 2.
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M 2: Where do you see the difference[br]contact between Hong Kong and in Europe?
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Michelle: The fundamental activity of[br]hacking, I think, is not that different.
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As in, we are all people trying to explore[br]things: What cool thing can come out
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of the stuff around us? The difference, I[br]find most, is how we spend our time, and
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how generous we are with ourselves.[br]Because if you live in a very commercial
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city that is dominated by this mentality[br]of finance, and money, and how do I pay
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rent, and whatever, then your time becomes[br]money, and you do feel, or you get the
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feeling that people don't want to extend[br]so much because they're too busy with
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work, or they have to go to dinner, or[br]they just have better things to do, than
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to basically volunteer in a space.[br]H: And question from Microphone number 1
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Microphone 1: Hi, question: How famous are[br]hacker communities in Hong Kong, or the
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region in general? So if I would be[br]looking for an alternative to the Chaos
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Computer Congress here, what would I be[br]looking for in Asia, like, if not Hong
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Kong, then Singapore, or Tokio, like Asia.[br]Michelle: Can you rephrase your question?
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I don't know..[br]Microphone1: So, question is, if I'm
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looking for a hacker event in Asia. What[br]do I look for? Which city, what event?
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Michelle: We don't have very many hacker[br]events in Asia. There is some in
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Singapore, and I suppose the Tokyo Maker[br]Fair is pretty cool in terms of like
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artifacts and stuff. But we don't have as[br]much of this community because hacking is
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very much so a Western concept, and the[br]way a lot of Asia, if we include China and
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the rest of it, it's not necessarily[br]considered hacking. I mean if you
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understand the way Chinese do things, if[br]we bring in the concept of Shanzhai, they
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don't think that's hacking. That's kind of[br]just part of the culture. That's what you
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do to make things work for yourself. So[br]it's a little more dispersed and it's not
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under the umbrella term that is easy to[br]find here.
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M 1: Shenzhen Maker Fair?[br]Michelle: Oh yeah, Shenzhen Maker Fair is
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also really cool.[br]Herald-Angel: We have a question from
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number 2.[br]M 2: Meeting here inaudible it's really cool
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How do you reach outside the community,[br]beyond the hackerspace, beyond the
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industry. How this works. Around Hong[br]Kong, if you do it? How do you do it?
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Michelle: You mean reaching the community[br]outside of the hacker space?
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M 2: Artists inaudible[br]Michelle: So I'm hoping that's what the
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book accomplishes. Since I have pushed it[br]through a non-profit architectural design,
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yeah, non-profit, so that's reaching a[br]different network. Unfortunately, by doing
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that, and same with architects and[br]education, hacking and hacker spaces is
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kind of this counterculture underground[br]thing where it's cool now. So that's
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another thing I have to negotiate because[br]I don't want it to be just a trend, or a
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toy that someone says like, your[br]alternative version of whatever, but more
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as a way of life, way of thinking type[br]thing.
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Herald-Angel: We still have time for more[br]questions. There is a question from
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Microphone number 2.[br]Microphone 2: Hello from a fellow Hong Kong
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citizen. So I'm just wondering what the[br]inaudible Hong Kong is inaudible politically?
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inaudible just an example.[br]Michelle: If you say, do you mean
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politically like, just directly against[br]China and Hong Kong then I wouldn't say so
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much. Because the current member base is[br]not very local, and they have their own
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politics to establish. Although, if you[br]consider politics as in Open Source then
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there are people that do that.[br]It's a very vague answer, I'm sorry.
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Microphone: The question i've had, the[br]number of educational programs...
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I'm just, I couldn't keep on reading the
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inaudible from Hong Kong.
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I don't think hacking, or learning about[br]coding is such a marginal thing, it seems
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that it is the trend... It's that a lot of[br]rich Hong Kong parents, they are very
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eager to put their kids into learning[br]coding and stuff, maybe there is something
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there that spaces can look into?[br]Michelle: I agree with that idea that it's
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very big now to... kids' camps and coding[br]and whatnot, although I still believe that
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because you're introducing these kits to a[br]child, that you develop this and this is
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what happens, that they still maintain[br]that mindset. And what I'm hoping is that
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they have... they can change their[br]thinking into: What do I need this kit for
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when I can mix up all these other things[br]that are outside of it. So it's... that
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idea's based on the educational system in[br]Hong Kong as well, where, you know that
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it's mostly about regurgitation and less[br]about critical thinking. So that's what
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I'm kind of pushing them more towards, in[br]terms of actually doing it in education.
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I try to do it with my students but I can[br]really only do so much.
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Herald-Angel: Please don't be shy. There[br]is still time for questions and I'm quite
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sure that Michelle has more to offer you[br]in terms of dialogue. So get up behind the
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microphones if you have any questions. And[br]also do we have any questions from the
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internet? No, no questions from the[br]Internet. You, Michelle, you brought along
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a thing that you have on the table. Do you[br]want to share it with us?
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Michelle: This is just in case I talk too[br]fast and I didn't finish my presentation.
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Then I brought this thing. So this is the[br]book that I was talking about. It's covered
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in stickers because it is my copy. [br]So there's two pieces of copper on
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the front of the limited edition version.[br]I'm sorry you didn't get one.
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The limited edition version.
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And in the back there's supposed [br]to be a PCB embedded into it.
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So how it works is that as you draw a line[br]with a graphite pencil connecting the two
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pieces of copper it changes the frequency[br]of the sound that's coming out from the
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back PCB. So then this version was turned[br]into a through hole mount version so it
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can be presented at Seoul or Hong Kong. So[br]this is the through hole version. So I
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guess I'm just going to play with it for[br]you a little, wind this up. Also this was
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built because the Dim Sum Lab's logo is a[br]cha siu bao, so a barbecue pork bun, on a
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5-5-5 IC timer, so this whole thing is[br]built on, is based on that 5-5-5.
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Just to be inaudible.[br]device emits sound
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So this is volume...[br]Michelle adjusts volume on the device
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Then we can change the pitch...[br]Michelle changes pitch from high to low
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And then the inaudible[br]device emits sound
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And then we have switches that can change[br]it from a continuous manner
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to a step fashion...[br]device emits changed sound
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Yes, that's kind of it.[br]laughter
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Applause
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Herald-Angel: Thank you very much, Michelle.
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And I think we should give Michelle[br]another round of applause
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for her excellent presentation.
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Applause
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