News from Instituto Procomum – May 2021

News from Instituto Procomum – May 2021

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Publication discusses the role of art in the crisis (UN)Farm: The End Of The World As We Know is a publication that compiles the thinking of 15 artists, activists and commoners from Brazil around communities, politics, aesthetics and imagination. The Cycle was based on the thoughts of Brazilian artists such as Ailton Krenak, Denise Ferreira da Silva, Eduardo Viveiros de Castro and Débora Danowski, whose works approached the concept of the end of the world in different ways.The participants in the conversation cycle were invited to produce texts with reflections on the topic., which can be read and downloaded for free in its online version. https://issuu.com/institutoprocomum/docs/ip_desfazenda-en-v1 Eight citizen innovation actions and ideas for climate change To support communities, economies and the environment to adapt to the impacts caused by climate change, the Instituto Procomum and the British Council Brazil launched this year the second edition of Climate Change LAB. Among them, it is worth mentioning the construction of the Guarani Culture House and Community Kitchen in...
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Citizen-led data journalism from Brazil’s favelas fills historical information gap

Citizen-led data journalism from Brazil’s favelas fills historical information gap

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Citizen-led data journalism from Brazil’s favelas fills historical information gap: while the favela communities may be ignored by the government, a local organisation, Data Labe, is using the power of data journalism and narrative storytelling to re-write these, often forgotten, histories of the favelas, and the people who call them home. Through this, Data Labe is working to empower and uplift these communities, fighting for a new legacy of social agency and political representation. @Internewsviews wrote a super cool article about @data_labe and our citizen-generated data project: Poopoozap (@cocozapmare). The report tells a little about the history of the project and the impact of our actions on the 'Favela da Maré' and its residents. It is a great opportunity for GIG partners to understand a little about the basic sanitation problems in Brazil's favelas and how we have been working, through data generated voluntarily and community-based for political impact on the topic. Keep up with us on our social platforms instagram.com/data_labe twitter.com/data_labe ...
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Join Global Scale Up X – a new community for female entrepreneurs to connect, be empowered, and scale up!

Join Global Scale Up X – a new community for female entrepreneurs to connect, be empowered, and scale up!

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"Join Global Scale Up X – a new community for female entrepreneurs to connect, be empowered, and scale up!" Founded by MIT D-Lab and Inclusive Business Action Network, Global Scale Up X features inspiring stories from female founders around the world who have successfully raised funding for their business. Learn more on their Instagram ...
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Internet of Production launches Open Know-Where to help share data about manufacturing capabilities online.

Internet of Production launches Open Know-Where to help share data about manufacturing capabilities online.

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A pioneering data model has been launched that will enable a consistent way of documenting and sharing information about manufacturing capabilities. “Open Know-Where” will make it easier for anyone to know where they might be able to make anything, by providing a mechanism for the discovery and exchanges of the location of manufacturing capabilities. It has been designed to improve the discovery of manufacturing facilities and equipment within the manufacturing industry and maker communities. This initiative is particularly interested in the accessibility of knowledge relating to making things useful in humanitarian and development situations. As a data model, the aim is not to create a single database of all the information, but rather to enable the data stored indifferent places to be shared more easily. The specification is designed to be adopted by anyone who collects or shares data about manufacturing capabilities and where to get something made, including government, manufacturers, trade associations, non-government organizations (NGOs), aid agencies, mapping communities, makers and online maker...
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r0g launches the #MMN Migrant Media Network Field Guide

r0g launches the #MMN Migrant Media Network Field Guide

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The #MMN initiative is proud to announce the launch of its new #MMN Migrant Media Network Field Guide kit!   In 2019 #MMN developed the first Social Media Hate Speech Mitigation Field Guide, using materials and information gathered during a diaspora training in Berlin. This field guide was then used to facilitate workshops and roundtable discussions in Ghana.  In 2020, using feedback from the local coordinators in Ghana, the field guide was updated. The updated field guide handout has been streamlined and is more to the point. Designed as a hands-on resource, it covers the most relevant information pertaining to migration and provides links to reliable external information sources. The Field Guide kit consists of: 1x Field Guide handout    1x information poster    1x game2x dice to play the game4x game pawns to play the game    13x rumor cards    1x USB key2 sticky notes1 pen The new #MMN Field Guide kit serves as a flexible and modular resource for trainers to use in Ghana to help them...
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Olabi launches a project to empower and engage seniors through technology.

Olabi launches a project to empower and engage seniors through technology.

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In May of this year, Olabi held the second edition of "Aprenda com uma avó". The project was created in 2020 to be exclusively face-to-face, but its activities were adapted to a 100% digital environment during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a proposal for people over 60 to offer classes on varied knowledge to a wide audience. The idea is to build a space that connects older people who want to transmit knowledge through digital tools in online classes, promoting a meeting of different generations, valuing the knowledge accumulated in our society, and bringing a reflection about the aging of the population. In the process of assembling their content, the seniors learn more about new technologies, expanding their digital literacy. To deal with this matter, the project was divided into two stages: the first is digital training for the elderly, which provides classes on several digital tools, such as Zoom, presentation techniques, narrative and social networks, taught by selected monitors in a...
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r0g_agency: Discussions On Migration, Open Technology, and Hate Speech

r0g_agency: Discussions On Migration, Open Technology, and Hate Speech

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As part of the Disruption Network Lab’s focus on Borders of Fear, the r0g_agency’s #migrantmedianetwork hosted a session in October that centered on questions of migration from African countries to Germany. The evening’s activities, which included role play and expert discussions, focused on the obstacles individuals face when attempting to apply for a visa and possible solutions to these hurdles. To read more about the evening, visit our blog here. The session in October was followed by two sessions in November that focused on data privacy and creating safe passages for migration. The r0g_agency’s #defyhatenow project launched it’s latest Social Media Hate Speech Mitigation Field Guide for Cameroon, available in both English and French. The Field Guide, currently also being developed for implementation in Ethiopia, focuses on providing tools to identify and counteract online hate speech and incitement to violence. Read more about the guide and its recent launch here. Our #ASKnet programme hub partners have been running events aimed at empowering...
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LAB Procomum: Memórias, Narrativas e Tecnologias negras da Baixada Santista

LAB Procomum: Memórias, Narrativas e Tecnologias negras da Baixada Santista

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LAB Procomum is launching an action-research to highlight the role of the black population of Santos-SP.The LAB Procomum citizen laboratory is located in Santos-SP, a coastal city and the largest port in the country. Historically known as the land of freedom and the vanguard in the fight against slavery, in recent years the city has undergone a process of social and racial exclusion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRRYvfMVZso Watch the teaser video of LAB Procomum's project Memórias, Narrativas e Tecnologias negras da Baixada Santista! The new LAB Procomum project Memories, Narratives and Black Technologies from Baixada Santista seeks to highlight the historical and contemporary importance of the black population in the region in an action research and a series of training activities using open technologies, art and culture.The project is just beginning, you can follow it here! ...
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Four Careables members have been chosen as Global Community Bio Fellows!

Four Careables members have been chosen as Global Community Bio Fellows!

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We are proud of our Careables members that were chosen for the Global Community Bio Fellowship 2020! Some of our lovely Careables members were chosen for the Global Community Bio Fellowship 2020 - an initiative at MIT Media Lab! Our congrats go to:ARAVINTH PANCH, DreamSpace Academy, Batticaloa, Sri LankaSTEPHANIE OKEYO, Under The Microscope, Nairobi, KenyaJAIKSANA SORO, Platform Africa, Arua city, UgandaMowoh Azong from "With the knowledge from this fellowship, I will be able to establish the Open Bioeconomy in Sri Lanka, and we will be able to create local biotechnology solutions to solve our local challenges, such as to protect the biodiversity in SriLanka. I’m very happy to share this with my friends : Stephanie, Jaiksana and Nadine, who have been making huge social impact in Sub- Saharan Africa." - Aravinth Panch The Global Community Bio Fellowship is designed to provide professional development and leadership training for the emerging global community bioLeaders. This initiative is providing a space for the global community of community biologists, biohackers and open bioLabs. See all fellows here! ...
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Celebrating the Creative Economy: Colaboradora – Empreender e Transformar

Celebrating the Creative Economy: Colaboradora – Empreender e Transformar

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At the end of the 12-month mentoring and development program  for creative social impact entrepreneurs selected through a public call, "Colaboradora - Empreender e Transformar" launches their downloadable manual! https://youtu.be/5VmoexXbi08 Along with the toolkit the group also released a video that marks the end of their mentoring process. The publication systematises the project's methodology and learnings and contains the pedagogical journey the participants went through. Along with the manual, participants produced a video summarising their experiences with the free and collaborative learning journey that was hosted by Instituto Procomum and LAB Procomum, Brazil. Klick here to download the toolkit! ...
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