We are GIG
Written by Mugethi Gitau
GIG is celebrating as we have received confirmation from the European Commission that our project mAkE will receive funding from the Horizon grant programme and we can start implementation in February 2022. This is an amazing opportunity to advance decentralised production systems between African and European makerspaces as mAkE will create a joint ecosystem with […]
Written by Mugethi Gitau
Re:publica Sessions GIG – DDMP We are excited to announce that this year the Global Innovation Gathering will be hosting a pre-publica programme on May 20th together with the Distributed Design Europe Network. The programme is going to feature makers and innovators from around the world showcasing their work and discussion current topics Whether virtual […]
Written by Mugethi Gitau
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 […]
Written by Mugethi Gitau
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 […]
Written by Mugethi Gitau
“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
Written by Mugethi Gitau
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 […]
Written by Mugethi Gitau
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 […]
Written by Mugethi Gitau
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 […]
Written by Theresa Fend
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 […]
Written by Theresa Fend
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 […]
