====== Fieldtrip to Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah ======

Instructors:

  - Felix Beck (050-684 79 30)
  - Esteban Salvemini
  - Michael Siloh

===== Day 1 =====

|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** |

===== Day 2 =====

|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  |

===== Things to bring =====

  * 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

  * 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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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".

  * **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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