Solarpunk Prompts

Solarpunk Prompts

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Solarpunk Prompts episodes

  • The Hackerspace

    The Hackerspace

    In this episode we discuss hackers, hacker culture, and hackerspaces before using this setting for the basis of our latest writing prompt. What does playful discovery have to do with Solarpunk? Can we find a modal for the future in these communities of today?

    Transcript: https://wiki.tomasino.org/writing/Solarpunk-Prompts---The-Hackerspace

    Links mentioned:

    • “Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution” - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers:_Heroes_of_the_Computer_Revolution
    • Noisebridge - https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Noisebridge
    • OmniCommons - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zccga90hcY
    • Hacklab - https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=eAGKsgaArn2
    • sudo room and counter culture labs - https://my.matterport.com/webgl_player/?m=9JVcHS4y7aY
    • list of character archetypes - https://wiki.glider.ink/characters/archetypes
    • Hackerspaces.org - https://hackerspaces.org/

      • Music from:

      yourdiscovery - astrobotany - https://globalpattern.bandcamp.com/album/solarpunk-a-brighter-perspective

      Illustration CC-BY-SA 4.0 The Lemonaut - https://www.tumblr.com/the-lemonaut

      12 min
    • The Canteen

      The Canteen

      In this episode our writing prompt brings us to the mess hall of an isolated scientific community surrounded by difficult conditions. We explore the justaposition of these challenges in their mission with the everyday humanity of their unique culture.

      Transcript: https://wiki.tomasino.org/writing/Solarpunk-Prompts---The-Canteen

      Links mentioned:

      • Antarctica No Appendix Club - https://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/people-in-antarctica/health/
      • UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity - https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000127162

        • Episode illustration by The Lemonaut - https://www.tumblr.com/the-lemonaut/755198344755904512/did-an-illustration-on-one-episode-of-the

        Music from:

        nikodimov - weeds - https://globalpattern.bandcamp.com/album/solarpunk-a-brighter-perspective

        12 min
      • The Community Center

        The Community Center

        In this episode our writing prompt explores the transformative power of libraries and community centers. With the power to train communities and empower them with knowledge, what would happen if such a place grew into a place sought by pilgrims for inner truth?

        Transcript: https://wiki.tomasino.org/writing/Solarpunk-Prompts---The-Community-Center

        Links mentioned in the video:

        • CILIP - https://www.cilip.org.uk/

          • Music from:

          Andy McDade - Ylid - https://globalpattern.bandcamp.com/album/solarpunk-a-brighter-perspective

          Episode illustration by The Lemonaut - https://www.tumblr.com/the-lemonaut/755198344755904512/did-an-illustration-on-one-episode-of-the

          #solarpunk #writing #podcast

          8 min
        • The Refugee Camp

          The Refugee Camp

          In this episode our writing prompt takes us to a near-future town that has grown out of a refugee camp. We discuss refugee camps today, community organizations, makers, and the creation that comes from them. We also discuss creole languages and the truths they reveal about a community.

          Transcript: https://wiki.tomasino.org/writing/Solarpunk-Prompts---The-Refugee-Camp

          Links mentioned in the video:

          • r0g_agency - https://openculture.agency/
          • Communitere - https://communitere.org/
          • “Dialect” - https://thornygames.com/pages/dialect

            • Music from:

            ExMemory - Solar Grid - https://globalpattern.bandcamp.com/album/solarpunk-a-brighter-perspective

            #solarpunk #writing #podcast

            11 min
          • An Introduction

            What is Solarpunk and why should we care? Why would I want to write Solarpunk stories?

            In this introduction video I talk briefly about what Solarpunk is and why it is important to create new stories with its unique optimistic framing. This video sets the stage for a series of videos with individual writing prompts, and grounds the writer firmly in the genre with guidelines to follow.

            Transcript: https://wiki.tomasino.org/writing/Solarpunk-Prompts---Introduction

            Links mentioned in the video:

            HOPE 2020: Technological Narratives - https://bit.ly/3sKsB0g

            Coindesk Solarpunk - https://bit.ly/3TShfTx
            Chobani Commercial - https://youtu.be/z-Ng5ZvrDm4
            Story Hooks - https://bit.ly/3zu6QW6

            Music from:

            float oat - how we found it

            9 min

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