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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 (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. ⇒ 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 (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 (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)
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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