During August 2019 Laura helped out Adam Holt, volunteer of Internet-in-a-Box to document his work as system-manager in remote schools in Oaxaca and Chiapas. Internet in a box goal ist to the “World’s Free Knowledge (Wikipedia, Khan Academy, OpenStreetMap, E-Books and many others) to those who are offline — e.g. anybody nearby with an old smartphone, tablet or laptop”. We worked with teachers and children in the schools of Monte Alban in Oaxaca, and the schools of Techpatan, and Chamula.
Talking Hands. Re-reading maps as aesthetic practices in urban research Tuesday March 12 for the fifth episode of the Tesserae Dialogues we will meet the Berlin based collective MetroZones whose activities and approaches we often crossed during the years. Over the past years, recording processes have become increasingly important for metroZones‘ research and artistic practice. While they […]
Interesting job opportunity URBACT for an expert in sustainable tourism, with a focus on sharing economy, to help deliver an action of the Urban Agenda Partnership on Culture and Cultural Heritage. The action seeks to understand the specific problem posed by short-term rental platforms and their impact on over-tourism experienced by cities, through gathering knowledge […]
On September 23rd, 2023 Laura participated to the conference Abitare, una questione politica organised by Fondazione Michelucci in Fiesole in the context of the Festival della Nuova Città.