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Mehringplatz Anknipsen 2 – Nachbarschaftsatlas
activism · collaborative mapping · heritage · local community · neighbourhood atlas · storytelling · urban exploration · workshop

Mehringplatz Anknipsen 2 – Nachbarschaftsatlas

(English below)  Digitaler Nachbarschaftsatlas der Südlichen Friedrichstadt – Workshopreihe Mehringplatz Anknipsen II – Du bist Bewohner*in der Südlichen Friedrichstadt / der Gegend um den Mehringplatz? Und du möchtest dich mehr mit lokalen Themen zur Nachbarschaft auseinandersetzen? Vielleicht bist du schon aktiv oder willst es werden… – dann werde Teil der Workshopreihe “Mehringplatz Anknipsen II”. Was ist […]

Mapping Creativity and Resistance in Kreuzberg
activism · cocreation · collaborative mapping · right to the city · tools · urban development · urban reconnaissance · workshop

Mapping Creativity and Resistance in Kreuzberg

(In progress report) Between November 11th and 25th we have run the “Who Owns Kreuzberg” workshop at the FXHB Museum. This Urban Reconnaissance laboratory  involved a group of activists and researchers in “mapping creativity and resistance”  in Kreuzberg, with the aim to provide an insight into the complexities of urban transformations in the city and to […]

Emidio di Treviri School of territorial activism
activism · local community · solidarity

Emidio di Treviri School of territorial activism

From October 18 -20 we attended the school of territorial activism. Located in Fornara, between the wonderful Laga and Sibillini mountains and organised by the Emidio di Treviri association, the school invited activists, researchers and inhabitants to discuss strategies for development and resistance in the areas affected by the recent earthquake and beyond. Emidio di Treviri […]

Who Owns Kreuzberg – Registration open
collaborative mapping · creativity · workshop

Who Owns Kreuzberg – Registration open

After due to technical reasons at the hosting venue we had to postpone the event planned in September, the new dates for  Who Owns Kreuzberg: mapping spaces of creativity and resistance are established. The workshop will take place at the FXHB Museum on November 11, 18 and 25 at 2pm. Interested in taking part?  Please fill the registration form online.   Nachdem wir aus technischen […]

Internet in a Box_ Oaxaca and Chiapas Mexico
collective knowledge · learning · Mexico

Internet in a Box_ Oaxaca and Chiapas Mexico

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, […]

URBEX final meeting
neighbourhood atlas · urban exploration · urbex · urbexplorers · youths

URBEX final meeting

On July 30-31 we met in London at the University College with the partners of the URBEX ErasmusPlus project. We discussed the outcomes of the laboratories of urban exploration that took place in five neighbourhoods in Palermo, Ljubljana, Albacete, London and Berlin. In Mehringplatz Tesserae collaborated with the youths of KMA Antenne in drafting the H-Town tour, an itinerary […]

WHO OWNS KREUZBERG?
activism · article · cocreation · community museum · Horizon · media activism · urban reconnaissance · urban studies · workshop

WHO OWNS KREUZBERG?

Mapping spaces of creativity and resistance An Urban Reconnaissance workshop with ogino:knauss Coordinated by Tesserae, Berlin In November 2019, media artists ogino:knauss and urban research practitioners Tesserae will lead ‘Who Owns Kreuzberg’, a workshop aimed at activists, artists and engaged citizens in Berlin exploring the complexities of urban transformations in the city and tools for […]