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GIG is hiring: Support Ukrainian Makers with Project Tolocar

GIG is hiring: Support Ukrainian Makers with Project Tolocar

Ricardo RuizNov 29, 20225 min read

GIG is…. Global Innovation Gathering (GIG) is a vibrant, diverse community of innovation hubs, makerspaces, hackerspaces and other grassroots innovation community spaces and initiatives, as well as individual innovators, makers, technologists and changemakers.  GIG is pursuing a new vision for global cooperation based on equality, openness and sharing. We aim to enable more diversity in the production of technology and global innovation processes and support open and sustainable solutions developed by grassroots innovators. With solid roots…

Sailing on Knowledge Waves

Sailing on Knowledge Waves

Ricardo RuizNov 3, 20226 min read

In 2014, Nave à Vela – a start-up co-founded by GIG member Miguel Chaves in Brazil – has the purpose of, in partnership with schools, building a more meaningful education, promoting increasingly innovative teaching, and respecting the particularities and reality of each school. The mission is to transform schools into places where students’ creativity and curiosity awake. They develop activities encouraging them to build knowledge through practices, projects and even life purposes. The Curricular Base for…

Learning with Head, Heart and Hand – A Plea for Maker Education

Learning with Head, Heart and Hand – A Plea for Maker Education

Mugethi GitauOct 31, 20225 min read

Global Innovation Gathering is proud to have Junge Tüfler*innen among our members. During workshops, they observe how children are fascinated by plants that make music, plasticine that glows because it can conduct electricity, or a talking poster. When they understand how these things are made, they quickly arrive at the point: “Maybe I can do that, too. I’ll try that myself!” Doing things yourself to develop and experience your effectiveness is an essential part of maker education and,…

Critical Making awarded at Bali FabFest

Critical Making awarded at Bali FabFest

Ricardo RuizOct 28, 20222 min read

Picture by saadcaffeine During October’s first quarter, FabFest Bali gathered experts and enthusiasts at Jimbaran Hub for ten days of inspiring activities and new connections at the premier conference for people-centred digital transformation. Representing the Critical Making project, former GIG Executive Board Member Regina Sipos explained: “How Critical Makers Propose Alternative Futures”. The article, built upon the research conducted by consortium partners on the Critical Making project, explores how Making can be more gender-inclusive and support education and open-source hardware projects. …

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