Our friends from WAFT Lab in Surabaya were invited to do a hands-on workshop on Soil Microscopy using the Hackteria “classic” DIY microscope stage assembly kit with their own re-design for the BIOHAHA series.
As part of the International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS 13) at Universitas Airlangga in Surabaya, Indonesia, on July 28–August 1, 2024, Huiying Ng (@livingsoil.asia), Dimas D. Laksmana and colleagues organised workshops and a roundtable to engage in and share conversations on soil health in Southeast and East Asia. The “Grounding Soils” workshop and “A Roadmap for Grounding Soils in Southeast Asia” strategic roundtable brought together over 20 young soil and interdisciplinary scholars, artists, and activists in the ICAS framework to share practices and knowledges on soils in Southeast and East Asia. In addition to these events, they also organised a DIY microscope making workshop with WAFTLab, a maker and hackerspace in Surabaya.
During the recent year there has been many collaborations with WAFT Lab for the ROSA Gathering in Yogya, TUAK residensi in Tuban, Helmi’s BIR Residency in Switzerland and the co-organisation of workshops and เหลู้าบ CoLaboratory in Chiangmai, where we co-developed and share various workshops ideas and methodologies. Nice to see how the Surabaya geng picked up various bio art ideas and biohacking tools over the last years!