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| | ====== Fieldtrip to Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah ====== |
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| | Instructors: |
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| | - Felix Beck (050-684 79 30) |
| | - Esteban Salvemini |
| | - Michael Siloh |
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| | ===== Day 1 ===== |
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| | |06:45 |Meeting at NYUAD Welcome Center | |
| | |07:00 |Start (please bring your own breakfast!) | |
| | | |Busdrive (stop at gas station for snacks, ice cubes & water) | |
| | |09:00 |Moving Image Museum (confirmation needed! ⇒ **Felix**)| |
| | |09:45 |//Activity I.// ⇒ Drawing | |
| | |10:15 |Departure| |
| | | |Busdrive| |
| | |12:00 |Lunchbreak at Emirati Restaurant (reservation needed! ⇒ **Hajer**)| |
| | |13:30 |Departure| |
| | | |Busdrive| |
| | |14:00 |Arrival at **Jazirat Al Hamra** ([[http://www.thenational.ae/arts-lifestyle/jazirat-al-hamra-step-back-in-time|interactive map]]) (⇒ hats & umbrella)| |
| | | |Guided tour with Hilal Khan (90 min. Introduction to history, traditional architecture and preservation) | |
| | |15:30 |//Activity II.// ⇒ Drawing | |
| | |16:00 |Departure | |
| | | |Busdrive (snacks & water) | |
| | |17:00 |Arrival at **Dhayah Fort** | |
| | | |climbing the mountain… | |
| | | |Introduction to history and traditional architecture | |
| | |17:30 |//Activity III.// ⇒ [[:stoneage_arrowhead_workshop|Workshop: Stoneage Arrowheads]]| |
| | |18:45 |Walk to Guest House/Scorpion Safari (flashlights!) | |
| | |19:00 |Arrival at **Qalat Dhaya Rest House** (Date Farm), refer rooms: 4 Single rooms, 7 double rooms | |
| | | |Collecting sticks and tinder | |
| | |19:30 |//Activity IV.// ⇒ 'How to make a fire' workshop ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-q9-y1TgXw&feature=em-upload_owner|movie link]]) | |
| | |20:30 |Dinner at the fireplace | |
| | | |//Stars and Stories// | |
| | |22:00 |Night rest (1x 3-bedroom (f), 1x 3-bedroom (m), 1x 2-bedroom (m), 2x single room (m) ), final confirmation needed → **Hajer** | |
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| | ===== Day 2 ===== |
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| | |06:00 |Guided tour through **Date Farm** (60 min. Introduction to water system and date cultivation)| |
| | |07:30 |Breakfast | |
| | |08:30 |Departure | |
| | |09:00 |Arrival at **Dhow Shipbuilding Yard** (Dhauwerft) | |
| | | |Guided tour (60 min. Introduction to boat building) **checking with owner ⇒ Hajer** | |
| | | |//Activity V.// ⇒ Woodwork //Japanese Sawing workshop// | |
| | |11:00 |Departure | |
| | | |Busdrive (snacks & water), Stop at Russian cargo plane abandoned in Umm Al Quwain ([[https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/shrouded-in-mystery-the-russian-cargo-plane-abandoned-in-umm-al-quwain-1.239618|The National article]]) | |
| | |12:30 |Arrival at **Al Hisn Fort Museum** | |
| | |12:45 |Picnic, checking with Museum if we can have the picnic there/organising Lebaneese Food ⇒ **Hajer** | |
| | |13:45 |Guided tour (45 min. Introduction to history and traditional architecture), checking with Museum if we can get the tour ⇒ **Hajer** | |
| | |14:30 |Departure | |
| | |15:00 |Arrival at **Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation** ⇒ guided tour: ancient machines and technologies, checking with Museum if we can get the tour ⇒ **Hajer** | |
| | | |//Activity VI.// ⇒ tasks | |
| | |16:30 |Departure| |
| | | |Busdrive back to NYUAD campus (snacks & water) | |
| | |18:45 |Arrival on campus | |
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| | ===== Things to bring ===== |
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| | * Bring everything you need to stay over night! |
| | * health insurance cards |
| | * Comfortable & light clothes and shoes |
| | * One towel |
| | * Mobile phone |
| | * Hat, umbrella |
| | * Water bottle!! |
| | * Money for snacks |
| | * The stones that you collected to build the arrow heads |
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| | * UV-flashlights and flashlights (Felix) |
| | * Drawing pad & pencils (Felix) |
| | * 1st aid kit (Felix) |
| | * Printouts (Felix) |
| | * receipt pad (Felix) |
| | * gifts from bookstore (Felix) |
| | * Safety glasses (Felix) |
| | * box for ice cubes, cokes etc. (Felix) |
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| | {{:what_technology_wants_book_cover_art.jpg?direct&200|what_technology_wants_book_cover_art.jpg}} |
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| | In his book //What Technology Wants// Kevin Kelly describes technology as a natural system – an extension of biological evolution. By mapping the behavior of life, we paradoxically get a glimpse at where technology is headed – or "what it //probably// wants". |
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| | * **Chapter 2: Inventing Ourselves** |
| | * What changed life substantially? |
| | * Please describe how Kelly retraces the development of the last 50.000 years… |
| | * Following John Neumann's determination about an evolution of technology: What will be the problems of the future? |
| | * **Chapter 3: History of Seven Kingdom** |
| | * What is meant with the term //Technium//? |
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