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-====Michka'Transiency====+==Michka'notes==
  
-===Quick Jumps=== +Project sparks that I have in mind these days, contributions welcome: 
-   * Lifestyle Re-Design +   * [[michka:subsistence|Subsistence]], a tentative inventory of inspiring subsistence strategies used by those who want to live the good life, avoid working to make the powerful & wealthy more powerful & wealthier, and/or contribute to the commons in a non-monetizable way. 
-     * [[michka:know-hows|Know-Hows]] +   * [[michka:games-for-the-future|Games for the future]], a tentative inventory of existing games playfully teaching essentials skills for a better life (with [[https://twitter.com/MikhaelPommier|Mikhael Pommier]]).
-       * [[michka:know-hows:bioproductive_balcony|Bioproductive balcony]] +
-       * [[michka:know-hows:urban_foraging|Urban Foraging]] +
-     * [[michka:daily_schedule_scheme|Daily Scheduling Scheme]] +
-   * Research +
-     * [[michka:research:supercapacitors|Upcycled Home-Made Supercapacitors]] +
-     * [[michka:research:cooked_materials|Cooked Materials]] +
-     [[michka:research:microbial_fuel_cells|Microbial Fuel Cells]] +
-   * Personal Project Management +
-     * [[michka:project_definition|Project Definition]] +
-     * [[michka:documentation_strategy|Documentation Strategy]] +
-   * Inspirations & External Connections +
-     * [[michka:reading_list|Reading List]] +
-     * [[michka:information_sources|(AlternativeInformation Sources]]+
  
-===Introduction===+This part of the libarynth was first created as a place to document part of my [[michka:transiency-main-page|transiency]] research in 2013-2014.
  
-am currently benefiting from the [[http://fo.am/macrotransiencies/|Transiency Program]] offered by FoAMThe Transiency program is designed to help creative people perform a transition in their personal and/or professional lifeAs a 25-year-old, (almostfresh out of the school, why would I like to already perform a transition There are actually some reasons.+More recently, used it to: 
 +   * document the project we performed with [[http://zprod.org|Paul Granjon]] on [[michka:research:microbial_fuel_cells|microbial-fuel-cell-powered robotics]]. 
 +   * document the two art-science workshops I lead at the Ecole Supérieure d'Arts d'Epinal (ESAL) on [[michka:phenomenes|phenomenes]] and [[michka:sable|sand]]. 
 +   * list resources on [[michka:alternative-engineering|alternative engineering]]initially for students from the "Humanities and technology" bachelor in Université Technologique de Compiègne (UTC)
 +   * other partially structured information : you can check the full list of pages of this namespace [[https://libarynth.org/?idx=michka|here]].
  
-I have been involved in [[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michka-mélo/43/877/169/|scientific/technical/engineering studies & work for seven years]]. Together with some moment of [[http://www.lapaillasse.org/news/1309/diy-bio-based-electronics-prime-a-la-maker-faire-rome|intense satisfaction]],also noticed a scary underlying long-term imabalance I would like to adress. This imbalance seems to come mainly from an extreme proportion of indoors mind-centered theoretical tasks. I would like to spend more time outdoors. I would like to have my body exercised through my work. And finally, I would like to get my hands dirty and learn practical down-to-earth know-hows. +You can also register to my aperiodic newsletter [[https://us20.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=680472e676559bd625aae5902&id=77460e00a3|here]], or check [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/michka-m%C3%A9lo-16987743/|my LinkedIn profile]], [[https://www.facebook.com/michka.melo|Facebook profile]] or [[https://twitter.com/elaborateur|Twitter feed]].
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-I benefited from an excellent training in [[http://www.epfl.ch|a very pleasant engineering school]]. However, I notice that I do not know how to fulfill my basic needs otherwise than by buying stuff. I don't know how to grow my own food. I don't know how to make or repair my own clothes. I don't know how to take care of my health in a preventive way, for instance, by enliving my body as much as my thoughts.  +
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-This is for the personal level. +
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-On the intepersonal level, I live quite uncomfortably since I understood how every single action I was performing during the day was oppressing other people somewhere else.  +
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-Turning the heat on means extracting more oil, while global warming kills more and more people through Tropical storms, or while [[http://www.bastamag.net/Gaz-de-schiste-sur-les-barricades|Romanian are beaten up and put into jail as they try to defend their homeland from well drilling oil companies]] +
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-Buying a computer means [[http://www.bastamag.net/Quand-Apple-ou-Nokia-ne-savent-pas|destroying essential ecosystems and polluting heavily groundwaters local populations are drinking]]. Is it possible, nowadays, to have a decent life without severely harming anyone  +
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-I guess self-sufficiency, and [[http://www.tedresearch.net/teds-ten/|designing to reduce the need to consume are part of the answer]]. Which happily connects with the personal level desire for more outdoors body-involving practical activities. Perfect.  +
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-Let's get started ! +
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-//[[http://fo.am/macrotransiency-michka-melo/|Here are]] some more insights on my motivations and objectives within this program.// +
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-===Lifestyle Re-Design=== +
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-You may have understood it through the introduction, I basically am involved into a Lifestyle Re-Design experiment. +
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-One essential step is to learn how to schedule my activities in order to reach my objectives. This schedule takes place on different timescales, from periods of several years to... daily activities. Although I have been trained on scheduling at mid- and long-term timescales, I was never teached how to balance my activities within a day to optimize effort, productivity and the most important: enjoyment. For insights on this topic, you can have a look at my attempt at designing an optimal [[michka:daily_schedule_scheme|Daily Schedule Scheme]]+
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-Another essential component of this Lifestyle Re-Design is learning practical down-to-earth know-hows. You will find information on my [[:michka/know-hows/bioproductive_balcony|Bioproductive Balcony]] projectas well as recipes and instructables for making objects on my [[michka:Know-Hows|Know-Hows]] page. +
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-===Open Questions=== +
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-I periodically update a [[http://transiency-diary.tumblr.com/|Transiency Diary]] where I pile up various content in chronological order. This content varies from highly theoretical statements to methodological findings, including various quotes, experiment reports and working hypothesis. It may feature more questions than answers, so contributions in the form of comments are most welcome ! +
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-===Personal Project Management=== +
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-This Transiency is also my first attempt at leading a "long-term" personal project. I therefore design/test/iterate on project management methodologies. To help anyone deal with their own (too) ambitious projects, I will document this process as much as possible. +
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-Here are first insights on my [[michka:Project_definition|Project definition]] and [[michka:documentation_strategy|Documentation Strategy]]. +
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-===Inspirations & External Connections=== +
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-Here is my [[michka:reading_list|reading list]]. +
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-I periodically consult several [[michka:information_sources|information sources]], and post articles I found worth the reading there on [[http://twitter.com/elaborateur|my twitter account]]+
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-Some of these article may become [[michka:landmark-papers|Landmark Papers]]. These are articles which have shaped my current u/dis-topias. They either outline inspiring thoughts or actions helping to understand that change is possibleor shocking observations and analysis helping to understand better why change is desirable. +
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-I periodically update a [[http://www.pearltrees.com/|Pearltrees]] which displays [[http://www.pearltrees.com/michkasylvain/projects-connected-transiency/id10475091|Connected Projects]]. They are projects I stumbled upon during some online or real-life wanderings, and happened to kind of connect to in the spirit. +
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-===You don't like to read ?=== +
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-Some pictures illustrating these activities will be posted on [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam|FoAM's Flickr account]]+
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-===Contact=== +
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-Don't hesitate to contact me: michka dot melo at gmail dot com.+
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