reading through some of the stuff i missed…
and picking up the “feminist microscope”
we have been exploring some stuff around the DIY microscope during the THF, trans hack feminist festival, at calafou. started with just putting some “tribute to mary ward” on the design.
http://www.hackteria.org/wiki/Laser-cut_microscopy_stages#Hon.Mary_Ward-_THF_special_edition
it’s been then intensively continued within the GynePunk projects over the last years, developing and using these DIY lab-tools in that context.
http://www.hackteria.org/wiki/Wet_Mount_(Vaginitis_Test,_Wet_Prep)
http://www.hackteria.org/wiki/Category:GynePunk
for me personally it was a great journey, as a new use-case, more on the bio-political side, and not the tech. they just had a series of activities in mexico, and i’ll meet them again on tuesday. could connect.
greets,
marc