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The Workers’ Economy
Over the last few days we have been completely exhausted, stimulated, moved and frustrated by the conference 'The Workers' Economy: Self management and the Distribution of Wealth'. It is not news to the progressive that something interesting has been happening down...
Inspiration
Last week we also met with Dante Munoz and Carlos Levinton from the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Buenos Aires. Carlos directs the Centro Experimental de la Production (CEP) - Experimental Recycling Centre - and welcomed us as family members into its...
Wading into the Waters
We left North America two weeks ago with a handful of contacts in Buenos Aires, a sample 3inch x 3inch composite tile fabricated in Caroline’s Queens U. lab, years of experience as educational developers, scientific knowledge about waste plastics and natural fiber...
The press in the making
Describing the Kingston Hot Press in the making at the site powered by the WordPress... The last in many coincidences that led to this involvement. Before going on with the story about the press itself, let me step back a bit and paint the background. This journal...
Kingston Hot Press
Here at Queen's University in Kingston we are making the first press prototype these days (July 2007). The whole process is quite exciting for us all, but sometimes frustrating, of course. In the pages below, I will describe the press design, point out the things to...
Finding ourselves
Arriving in San Telmo, BA after a very tiring and annoying journey complete with delays and lost luggage, we opened the doors to our new apartment full of character, shuttered windows, and the charm of new discoveries. The neighborhood, with its cobbled streets,...