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The Fermentation GutHub Project and the Internet of Microbes

The Fermentation GutHub Project and the Internet of Microbes

Marketa Dolejsova, Denisa Kera
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781522508274|ISBN10: 1522508279|EISBN13: 9781522508281
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0827-4.ch002
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Dolejsova, Marketa, and Denisa Kera. "The Fermentation GutHub Project and the Internet of Microbes." Enriching Urban Spaces with Ambient Computing, the Internet of Things, and Smart City Design, edited by Shin'ichi Konomi and George Roussos, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 25-46. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0827-4.ch002

APA

Dolejsova, M. & Kera, D. (2017). The Fermentation GutHub Project and the Internet of Microbes. In S. Konomi & G. Roussos (Eds.), Enriching Urban Spaces with Ambient Computing, the Internet of Things, and Smart City Design (pp. 25-46). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0827-4.ch002

Chicago

Dolejsova, Marketa, and Denisa Kera. "The Fermentation GutHub Project and the Internet of Microbes." In Enriching Urban Spaces with Ambient Computing, the Internet of Things, and Smart City Design, edited by Shin'ichi Konomi and George Roussos, 25-46. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0827-4.ch002

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Abstract

The Fermentation GutHub is a local community of fermentation enthusiasts in Singapore formed around ‘smart' human-microbial interactions. The project is a critique of the common IoT utopia claiming efficient and transparent interactions between citizens and various stakeholders using smart sensors and monitoring devices in the cities of the future. Instead of relying on technology produced and supported by corporate actors or large government plans, the GutHub scenario uses existing fermentation groups and DIY tools as a model for designing resilient and symbiotic urban communities. Against the utopia of evidence-based decision making driven by policy and corporate actors, it emphasizes the importance of collective experience with risk and opportunities negotiated on a grassroots level. The project supports citizens' exchanges of various cultures, fermentation practices, and sometimes dangerous but also beneficial experiments with our guts as an interface, and proposes a model for messier IoT scenarios of future cities.

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