The collection will show that all of society’s survival needs may be fulfilled by open-source technology. Houses may be built and filled with objects with the aid of 3D printing, with food and medicine being produced and improved on an open-source basis, with the aid of free textbooks.
The Museum of Care will provide each visitor with the opportunity to download its entire Survival Kit collection. Visitors will be able to take some of the exhibited physical objects home with them.
THE SURVIVAL KIT COLLECTION
MUSEUM OF CARE IN SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
A DAVID GRAEBER INSTITUTE PROJECT
The David Graeber Institute is developing an anti-colonial Museum of Care in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines using an abandoned ship that is set to be pulled ashore and installed near the old oceanfront airport. The museum will be organized around a collection called the Survival Kit, which focuses on the maintenance of human life rather than the preservation of art objects.
The collection will show that all of society’s survival needs may be fulfilled by open-source technology. Houses may be built and filled with objects with the aid of 3D printing, with food and medicine being produced and improved on an open-source basis, with the aid of free textbooks.
The Museum of Care will provide each visitor with the opportunity to download its entire Survival Kit collection. Visitors will be able to take some of the exhibited physical objects home with them.
In contrast to a colonial museum, where the owners are proud of the treasures in their possession that have been taken from all over the world, our museum will take pride in the copies that are produced. We wish to create a network of museums around the world that will reproduce, add to, develop, and in turn distribute their collections to all countries and continents!
We believe that humanity has already developed the technology required to produce enough of everything. The challenge now is to figure out how to collect, maintain, and distribute it equitably to everyone who may need it.
