Announcing the first Life Itself Research Hackathon
The first Life Itself Research Hackathon takes on on Saturday 3rd June 2023. It's is a chance to come together to work on projects and ideas connected with making a radically wiser, weller world.
We are excited to announce the first Life Itself Research Hackathon, a chance to come together to work on projects and ideas connected with the Life Itself Research Community. It will take place on Saturday 3rd June 2023 (what's a hackathon?).
Our focus will be prototyping introductory reading lists, curricula and knowledge maps for the key ideas and concepts related to bringing forth a radically wiser, weller world 🌍 – read more below 👇.
This is a free event open to all and you can join online – or in person if you want to come to our Bergerac Hub. If you're interested, fill out the registration form:
Details
- What: Have fun creating together around theme of research for a radically wiser, weller world. Note: you can work on any project you like including your own personal one.
- When: Saturday 3rd June 2023 from 10am European
- Where: Online on zoom and at the Bergerac Hub
- Who: All welcome!
- Register: register here with google forms
- Schedule: 0930-1800 CET. Full schedule below. Note you can drop in for only a part of the day.
- More questions? See FAQs below
Table of Contents
Theme for the hackathon
This hackathon focuses on prototyping introductory reading lists, curricula and knowledge maps for the key ideas and concepts related to making a radically wiser, weller world 🌍.
You are also welcome to bring your own ideas and projects connected with our broader research community topics.
Reading lists and curricula
We want to create reading-lists-hackathon-project|simple reading lists for key ideas and background in our emerging field.
The goal is to help direct people towards high quality learning resources around particular topic areas. e.g. answering questions such as "How can I learn about topic X as a newcomer?" and "What are the canonical texts for topic X?".
Some inspiration for this (not in our area but showing the kind of idea):
Knowledge maps
The reading lists connect with a broader effort to create high-level knowledge map: that is interactive knowledge maps and visualization that show the key topics and themes and how they fit together. This answers questions like: "What topics should you learn about if you want to engaged with this kind of work?" and "What topics are adjacent or related to topic X e.g. inner development?"
Knowledge map inspiration:
Schedule of the day
A rough schedule for the day will look something like this (Europe/France time):
- 10:00 – Kick-off and intro
- 10:30 – Hacking
- 13:15 – Quick check-in
- 13:30 – Lunch
- 14:30 – Hacking
- 17:00 – Project presentations, feedback, Qs, discussion
- 18:00 – End
No worries if you can only join part of the day - this is about connection and hanging out as a much as making so you are welcome to show up any time
Pre-days
Some of us will be coming together to work before and after both in person and online. You are welcome to join - let us know in the registration form if this is of interest.
FAQs
What skills should I have to attend?
Curiosity is the only essential skill.
You do not need a background in research or academia.
What if I don't have a project?
No worries! We will have projects you can join.
What if I have an idea for a project that's outside of the theme?
Great! Let us know in the registration form.
Can I join for part of the day?
Yes! You are welcome to join for any part of the day or pre-days.
When are the pre-days?
If you're interested in joining for any of the pre-days, let us know in the registration form and we'll be in touch.
What is a hackathon?
A hackathon (also known as a hack day; a portmanteau of hacking and marathon) is an event where people engage in rapid and collaborative engineering over a relatively short period of time such as 24 or 48 hours. As this event is hosted by the Life Itself Research community we will be working on research projects that aren't exclusively confined to coding.
