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.
On December 9 Laura Colini will facilitate the online panel “Regroup, Rethink, React: Practical solutions to promote and implement human rights based migration policies”organised by From the Sea to the City. The COVID-19 crisis put into sharp relief the importance of guaranteeing access to information, adequate shelter and housing, and healthcare services in order to secure the lives of […]
Florence, Italy: The iconic Venere Biomeccanica (Biomechanical Venus) sculpture is under threat of being removed as part of a larger regeneration project in the city. The 5-meter tall anthropomorphic statue is located in a former textile machine factory complex in the Rifredi neighbourhood of Florence. The sculpture was built by a group of activist artists who […]
From August to September 2019, in the frame of the Co-creation EU H2020 project, Laura Colini did her secondment at UNAM University of Mexico City. During five weeks she lectured at the department of Social Studies, did field work for the case study about housing rights in CDMX, volunteered for documenting Internet in a Box project with […]