Reboot Now: A Convergence For The Alternatives

Robots - an icon for all of us humans immersed in the digital world. The robot was born in Marxist theory. Czech playwright Karel Capek coined the word in its 1921 play “Rossums Universal Robots”. Capek took ‘robot’ from the Czech ‘forced labour’. On electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk’s theme “We Are The Robots”, they sing “Ja tvoi sluga” (“I’m your slave”) and “Ja tvoi Rabotnik (“I’m your worker”).
There’s something cool on robots on sci-fi movies, but, on the opposite, this simple word is being associated with the mechanical levels of mankind. Most of the present paradigms are based on the assumption of normalized traits of human beings, lead by robotic and repetitive behaviors. In its 11 years of existence, Boom is a place for freedom. A place where all can experience a break away from the impetus of the robotic-based perspective of life. A perspective imposed by mainstream culture through the media and cultural dogmas.
We don’t like manipulations. We are up to rebooting the system now!

Reboot Now: A Convergence For The Alternatives
Reboot Now is a gathering to celebrate the emergence of new paradigms, where you can become a catalyst for change by the unlearning of old patterns. From the 2nd to the 9th of August, happening on the beautiful shores of Idanha-a-Nova, in Portugal, Reboot Now will celebrate ecologically-sustainable and socially-just ways of organizing people-nature relationships. Reboot Now, produced by Boom Festival Team in conjunction with several partner orgs, will take us into the depth of matters, by inviting you to contribute into the creation of preferred sustainable futures.
Converging at Reboot Now are NGOs, lecturers, thinkers, indie media, scientists, ecologists, philosophers and a wide variety of activists from all over the world.
A week later (11 - 18 August) the Boom Festival will take place at the same site and filled with the energies of Reboot Now.More information: www.rebootnow.org