{"id":220,"date":"2025-04-03T09:28:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T07:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/interactionlab\/?p=220"},"modified":"2025-04-03T09:28:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T07:28:41","slug":"an-exercise-in-re-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/interactionlab\/2025\/04\/03\/an-exercise-in-re-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"An Exercise in Re-Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s been a while ago, but nevertheless it\u2019s newsworthy: in September 2024, a group of students, joined by our expert in ancient technology Wulf Hein, took stock of the hut for a bit of refurbishing. It had faced the forces of time and weather for over a year and had started to deteriorate in accordance with the properties of the materials that we used in its construction, as testified by Prof. Linda Hurcombe, expert on material culture in prehistory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/interactionlab\/files\/2025\/04\/DDAC0289-B188-4EF1-989E-2D0DF0A7402E_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/interactionlab\/files\/2025\/04\/DDAC0289-B188-4EF1-989E-2D0DF0A7402E_1_105_c.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/interactionlab\/files\/2025\/04\/DDAC0289-B188-4EF1-989E-2D0DF0A7402E_1_105_c-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Prof. Linda Hurcombe assesssing the state of the hut in May 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting the hut back into shape was organised as a so-called <em>micro challenge<\/em> \u2013 a two-hour workshop format with a hands-on component offered during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.una-europa.eu\/calendar\/students-congress-2024-dis-assemble-reinventing-the-university\">Una Europa Student Congress<\/a>. The overarching theme of the congress was <em>Dis-\/Assemble: Reinventing the University<\/em>, and out maintenance work fitted very well into the idea of re-assembling in a very literal sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The activity brought together a diverse and engaged group of students from various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.una-europa.eu\/\">Una Europa partner universities<\/a>, each with their different courses of study and the knowledge drawn from a variety of disciplines. While engaging in hands-on building activities, we discussed the relevance of architectural structures for human social interaction, for the development of coordination and the role of language in that essential human task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/interactionlab\/files\/2025\/04\/E4F20F77-5A55-4497-A83D-0D7DB280FB07-819x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/interactionlab\/files\/2025\/04\/E4F20F77-5A55-4497-A83D-0D7DB280FB07-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/interactionlab\/files\/2025\/04\/E4F20F77-5A55-4497-A83D-0D7DB280FB07-240x300.jpeg 240w, 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src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/interactionlab\/files\/2025\/04\/7084BFA5-4FA0-4AEB-8242-976337B3B74B_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/interactionlab\/files\/2025\/04\/7084BFA5-4FA0-4AEB-8242-976337B3B74B_1_105_c.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/interactionlab\/files\/2025\/04\/7084BFA5-4FA0-4AEB-8242-976337B3B74B_1_105_c-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/interactionlab\/files\/2025\/04\/85CBF29B-DFAF-4194-BF06-923B6A4DA054-819x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/interactionlab\/files\/2025\/04\/85CBF29B-DFAF-4194-BF06-923B6A4DA054-819x1024.jpeg 819w, 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height=\"1024\" data-id=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/interactionlab\/files\/2025\/04\/8C89F8F2-0936-46AA-A570-A59C84CD0CA5-819x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/interactionlab\/files\/2025\/04\/8C89F8F2-0936-46AA-A570-A59C84CD0CA5-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/interactionlab\/files\/2025\/04\/8C89F8F2-0936-46AA-A570-A59C84CD0CA5-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/interactionlab\/files\/2025\/04\/8C89F8F2-0936-46AA-A570-A59C84CD0CA5-768x960.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/interactionlab\/files\/2025\/04\/8C89F8F2-0936-46AA-A570-A59C84CD0CA5-1229x1536.jpeg 1229w, https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/interactionlab\/files\/2025\/04\/8C89F8F2-0936-46AA-A570-A59C84CD0CA5-1200x1500.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/interactionlab\/files\/2025\/04\/8C89F8F2-0936-46AA-A570-A59C84CD0CA5.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a few hours of work and exchange, we proudly presented the newly refurbished hut \u2013 a big thank you again to all participants and Wulf for his continued support of the project!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/interactionlab\/files\/2025\/04\/882AEA42-663C-4EDF-8B6A-50F35A61C61E-819x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/interactionlab\/files\/2025\/04\/882AEA42-663C-4EDF-8B6A-50F35A61C61E-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/interactionlab\/files\/2025\/04\/882AEA42-663C-4EDF-8B6A-50F35A61C61E-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/interactionlab\/files\/2025\/04\/882AEA42-663C-4EDF-8B6A-50F35A61C61E-768x960.jpeg 768w, 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