The document discusses alternatives to industrialization and mass production, advocating for "production by the masses" through approaches like open source hardware, Fab Labs, and do-it-yourself communities. It argues that big industry is addicted to constant growth, which is incompatible with sustainability, and proposes sharing knowledge of simple, sustainable technologies as a better approach to meet needs.
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Décroissance 2012
1. Des technologies libres
vers des communautés
autonomes
(Technologies for autonomous communities)
Julien Lamarche, student
Francis Poisson, student
19. Production by the masses
Do it yourself
Urban
Agriculture
Software
Hardware (Tangible material)
20. Production by the masses
Do it yourself
A well-installed community in USA and in
the world through magazines, blogs, faires.
Based on an ethic of self-sufficiency, to the
idea that ones can make anything he wants
on itself.
Knowledge-sharing oriented community
21. Production by the masses
Fabrication Laboratory (Fablab)
Iniciated by MIT, it has borned in the idea of
equiping a space with the tools to do “almost
anything”
Tools that go from manual tools to 3D printers
International Network
22. Production by the masses
Open Source Hardware
“Open Source Hardware (OSHW) is a term for
tangible artifacts -- machines, devices, or other
physical things -- whose design has been
released to the public in such a way that
anyone can make, modify, distribute, and use
those things.“
26. A better sharing of
knowledge
Founded by EF Schumacher in 1996
Mission: To contribute to poor people’s wellbeing, using
technology to challenge poverty by:
- Building the capabilities of poor men and women,
- Improving their access to technical options and knowledge,
- And working with them to influence social, economic and
institutional systems for innovation and the use of technology.
29. A better sharing of
knowledge
Through sharing of technology knowledge :
Help Global South to tackle poverty with an
access to appropriate technology
Lead Global North from an industrialized
economy to an artisan sustainable production
system
30. A better sharing of
knowledge
Through sharing of technology knowledge :
Help Global South to tackle poverty with an
access to appropriate technology
Lead Global North from an industrialized
economy to an artisan sustainable production
system
31. A better sharing of
knowledge
Not more high-technology, but a better distribution of simple and
sustainable technologies
« Not mass production, but production by the masses »
By sharing knowledge, tackle poverty in Global South and reach
an artisan economy in Global North