FAB 16 – Fabricating the Commons

FAB 16 – Fabricating the Commons

#Fabricating the Commons AB16 brings together members of the international Fab Lab Network, as well as government representatives, academic researchers and experts in the field of digital fabrication, to present, envision, discuss, and create community around digital fabrication, manufacturing, technology and innovation. This meeting includes several events for the manufacturing community and for the general public. The community component includes a symposium with conferences about Fab Labs, digital manufacturing methods, innovative and ecological approaches, digital fabrication workshops given by the fabber community, and a Super Fab Lab, large innovative space intended for manufacturing prototypes and workshops. FAB16 reaches more than 1800 Fab Labs and over 1200 attendees : fabbers, ecofriendly designers, people in the manufacturing industry, artists, teachers, researchers, and more. For a larger audience, the Fab Festival event will be the window for the entire Montréal community, a totally free event. Adults and children will discover making technologies and prototyping demonstrations about Fab Labs from around the world. Get your early bird ticket now...
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4 years #defyhatenow

4 years #defyhatenow

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Over the past four years #defyhatenow and its partners has strengthened the voices of civil society actors and helped building capacities to mitigate hate speech amongst South Sudanese civil society organisations. The project pursues and encourages collaboration with local civil society actors including diaspora groups, international organisations such as the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Uganda and UNMISS in South Sudan and created a network and an agenda against hate speech. Initiated in 2014 in response to the South Sudan political and civil crisis, the project #defyhatenow was designed to develop counter strategies in collaboration with local civil society organizations. Founded as a community peacebuilding, training and conflict reconciliation effort, the project intended to strengthen the voices and actions of youth-oriented civil society organizations while including South Sudanese diaspora communities in online and offline community building efforts. We are currently developing strategies and proposals to continue our work on peace building in South Sudan and other parts of the world. Contact us...
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