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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.92,0:00:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HOW DID THE UNMONASTERY IDEA COME ABOUT?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.09,0:00:06.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea for the unMonastery
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.61,0:00:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has now been going for 16 months.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.61,0:00:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It came about in a session
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.39,0:00:17.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the first unconference in Strasbourg.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.83,0:00:21.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a room of about 30 people
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.88,0:00:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who came together with the realization that,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.00,0:00:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to continue to do the work
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.22,0:00:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they were doing and not burn out,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.67,0:00:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not become alienated,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.24,0:00:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was the need to build a strong foundation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.59,0:00:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or what I refer to as an infrastructure
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.40,0:00:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on which to do that work.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.28,0:00:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because although people refer to things
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.29,0:00:45.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the sharing economy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.12,0:00:49.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a great evolution or paradigm shift or whatever,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.53,0:00:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite how great we may think this is,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.65,0:00:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our experiences with it,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.30,0:00:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn't really cut the mustard
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.63,0:00:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it comes to actually feeding outselves
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.50,0:01:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or paying rent and stuff like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.96,0:01:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the unMonastery evolved from that conversation of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.88,0:01:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we need is a physical space
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.07,0:01:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because none of us really use that much money,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.48,0:01:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,funding isn't necessarily needed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.92,0:01:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a lot of the stuff that we execute on
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.73,0:01:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's skill-based, it's code-based,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.92,0:01:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the tools are normally free
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.11,0:01:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if they're not free we can probably build them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.62,0:01:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we do struggle with is having
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.24,0:01:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,property and space in which to do those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.73,0:01:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that was the kind of natural conversation
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.19,0:01:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that evolved that led us to say "Let's start a set of spaces".
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.71,0:01:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WHY "unMonastery"?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.33,0:01:40.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason why we adopted the name "unMonastery"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.15,0:01:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because we wanted to create a space
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.83,0:01:45.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that doesn't necessarily have a fixed purpose
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.37,0:01:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but is kind of multi-use
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.08,0:01:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so when we thought about the different kinds of spaces
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.95,0:01:52.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have existed throughout history
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.31,0:01:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we thought about the monastery because of the way
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.76,0:01:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have never really had this fixed purpose:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.92,0:02:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they would brew beer,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.84,0:02:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was scripture,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.80,0:02:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was prayer and worship,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.58,0:02:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was a completely different set of actions
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.91,0:02:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were executed in these spaces
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.56,0:02:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which seemed to mirror the way in which we wanted
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.70,0:02:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to construct a new space
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.72,0:02:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we looked to other existing structures
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.46,0:02:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as hackerspaces
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.64,0:02:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thought there was something incredibly useful and powerful
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.30,0:02:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in those kinds of structures
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.71,0:02:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and particularly their spread.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.87,0:02:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one of the things we struggled with is that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.87,0:02:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hackerspaces don't necessarily have a civic or social contract
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.46,0:02:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the communities in which they are based
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.76,0:02:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and generally serve the individuals,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.48,0:02:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it be hobbies or personal projects
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.07,0:02:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and things like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.16,0:02:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the monastery seemed like an interesting model
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.83,0:02:51.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it had the same kind of silo approach
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.99,0:02:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the hackerspaces have
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.00,0:02:55.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also has
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.01,0:02:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this kind of social contract and interaction with its community.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.05,0:03:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since coining that term as a group actually
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.99,0:03:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you begin to look at what the monasteries were doing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.57,0:03:11.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the early seventh or eighth century
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.49,0:03:13.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you begin to realize that maybe the name should have been
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.31,0:03:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,REmonastery, because the contribution
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.00,0:03:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that monks and monastic life made to communities
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.06,0:03:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of building the infrastructure and things like that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.77,0:03:25.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is actually a lot of what we're attempting to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.39,0:03:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HOW DID THE IDEA BECOME A PROTOTYPE?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.40,0:03:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So after the first conference the idea did stick
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.08,0:03:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we didn't really get very far in its development
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.15,0:03:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we continued to have conversations,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.79,0:03:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and write documents, and try and think:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.76,0:03:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how do we get something like this off the ground?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.23,0:03:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it wasn't until the 2nd conference in December of last year
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.51,0:03:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we all sat down, we were like
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.50,0:03:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Okay, of all the things that we've spoken about
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.48,0:03:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the project that we're most committed to".
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.69,0:04:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the space of three days
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.04,0:04:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we worked together to formalize some of the structure
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.89,0:04:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what the space might look like.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.03,0:04:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We mined the metaphor of the monastery,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.76,0:04:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,begun to think about what would monastic principles
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.26,0:04:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look like in this sense,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.00,0:04:16.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and built the website, created the logo,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.61,0:04:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put out an initial call for applications,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.09,0:04:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that asked quite a lot of complex and difficult questions
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.20,0:04:29.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of anybody that wanted to apply,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.42,0:04:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we saw this is like a real pledge of commitment.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.68,0:04:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Five or six edgeryders came forward and said
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.01,0:04:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"yes I would fully commit to this project,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.93,0:04:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were you to establish it somewhere".
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.18,0:04:45.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And coupled with that we have Alberto Cottica,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.41,0:04:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is one of the the founding members of Edgeryders,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.48,0:04:53.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was working with Matera 2019
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.75,0:04:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the [European] City of Culture [2019] bid,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.73,0:05:01.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was only in this context the we had the opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.47,0:05:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to offer this as a potential model
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.94,0:05:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Matera was interested and said yes
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.07,0:05:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so that's kind of,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.47,0:05:12.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of necessity of realizing the project,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.95,0:05:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how we end up in Matera.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.42,0:05:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think it's really important to understand,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.68,0:05:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly when I came here for the first time,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.83,0:05:27.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's an incredible place
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.100,0:05:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but one can't describe to other people;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.30,0:05:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the generosity
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.78,0:05:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the way in which the community
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.00,0:05:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here has interacted with us
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.04,0:05:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,makes it seem like
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.96,0:05:40.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it almost couldn't start in any other place!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.51,0:05:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WHAT'S THE FOCUS FOR unMonastery?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.04,0:05:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Edgeryders originally developed within a policy context,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.21,0:05:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the unMonastery does have a policy slant.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.30,0:05:54.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But [it] is much more focused on constructing a model
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.61,0:05:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can create meaning and can create a safe space
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.92,0:06:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which to articulate that meaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.80,0:06:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the present moment there are a set of problems
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.48,0:06:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the unMonastery has kind of been constructed to solve
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.23,0:06:10.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by combining them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.13,0:06:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the 3 primary issues that the unmonastery is focused on is
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.01,0:06:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- high unemployment, particularly on the part of
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.02,0:06:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,skilled people graduating from University
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.97,0:06:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- a massive amount of unused housing stock,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.99,0:06:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and commercial stock, throughout Europe
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.30,0:06:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- and with the onset of austerity you see
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.32,0:06:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rolling back of states service provision
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.84,0:06:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the need to plug that gap if we're to continue.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.32,0:06:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then there's 2 other things that are less primary, but that's
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.12,0:06:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- brain drain from small towns and cities to capital cities.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.52,0:06:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's the desire to roll that back in some way,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.32,0:06:54.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unMonastery is very firmly a model
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.23,0:06:57.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can only be used in the context of small towns and cities,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.67,0:06:59.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and never be placed in the capital city
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.89,0:07:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's just not appropriate.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.32,0:07:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- and the last thing is a particular focus
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.54,0:07:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on creating resilient processes, infrastructure,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.52,0:07:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ways of working that can be sustainable
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.67,0:07:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the event of future and existing crises.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.82,0:07:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think those things are really fundamental
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.21,0:07:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to what the unmonastery essentially is
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.83,0:07:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN MATERA,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.60,0:07:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AND WHAT'S NEXT FOR unMonastery?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.11,0:07:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The unMonastery project has been
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.44,0:07:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quite a heavy thing to carry
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.84,0:07:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there hasn't been any money involved.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.76,0:07:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Edgeryders is already
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.03,0:07:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quite a precarious distributed network of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.28,0:07:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the second conference, when we really knew
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.57,0:07:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we were going to do it,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.16,0:07:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stepped forward and said that I would facilitate
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.10,0:07:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and administrate the project
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.22,0:07:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that would not mean that I was in any way its sole owner
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.80,0:07:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that I would get to make specific decisions
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.61,0:07:58.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've tried to extricate myself
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.71,0:08:01.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as much as possible from that process.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.41,0:08:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is probably the first real opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.72,0:08:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since that moment
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.51,0:08:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come together again as a community
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.75,0:08:12.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to feed in all of the things that we've been thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.99,0:08:16.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and roughly sketching out online
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.79,0:08:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since that conference in December of last year,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.62,0:08:23.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and really solidify what the challenges are,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.33,0:08:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,punch holes in the existing model,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.75,0:08:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and figure out how we can make something like this
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.14,0:08:30.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,effective in 4 months
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.91,0:08:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it is only really a prototype,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.21,0:08:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so there's a lot to build, and construct, and agree on
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.48,0:08:39.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before we actually turn up here in February.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.65,0:08:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the things going forward is
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.58,0:08:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,establishing clearer roles for the people
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.50,0:08:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who've stepped forward to be involved in the project,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.02,0:08:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to accept a series of applications
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.48,0:08:55.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have been made meet the criteria of
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.41,0:08:59.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[addressing the] challenges that exist within Matera
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.69,0:09:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think also what has arisen out the last 24 hours
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.47,0:09:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the need to keep this building alive
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.30,0:09:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between now and February.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.07,0:09:12.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's a stack of other things that need doing
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.23,0:09:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I would say that's probably the list of priorities.