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Make it shareable – Bits of my talk at Interactivos 2015

  At the beginning of December 2015 I was in Madrid for “Objects in common” seminar session at Medialab Prado. Here’s the summary of my talk and below the slides: Open source projects are focused on involving a community of users and engaging them in different ways. It’s not only a matter of uploading a file, or some code. The process of sharing is a complex effort of internal and external communication: it’s about understanding the immaterial value that can be exchanged among the people participating but also the limits and obstacles you encounter on your path of growth. In the last 10 years, the debate around open source has been growing in unexpected areas of the socalled “creative industries”. From software, code and computer’s operating systems (like Linux), open source moved to content creation, knowledge, art, journalism, photography, music. Thanks to the power of the web and the accessibility of personal computers and mobile phones connected to it, it

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Shaping the Future of Digital Social Innovation in Europe

In 2013 I was invited by Nesta to join the Advisory Group to advise on a major new policy study on digital social innovation in Europe. The study has been looking at grassroots civic innovation enabled by the internet, and at how social innovation is being enabled by the “network effect” of the Internet and new open innovation models. The study has been run by Nesta, in partnership with the WAAG Society (NL), ESADE (SP), IRI (FR), and Future Everything (UK) and it has been exploring how emerging technologies in the digital economy can transform society by the mobilisation of collective action, enable a more collaborative economy, new ways of making, citizen participation, sustainability and social innovation. In February I’ll be in Brussels to discuss lessons from the 18-month research and the future of DSI in Europe.

Makers: Cosa, Chi, Dove, Perché – Dibattito al Museo della Scienza

Il 20 Novembre, all’interno del percorso della Settimana della Cultura d’Impresa, sono stata ospite al Museo della Scienza e della tecnica di Milano a parlare di makers con Francesca Olivini (Curatore Materiali, Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci), Stefano Buratti (Responsabile TinkeringZone, Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci), Bertram Niessen, (project manager CheFare), Maximiliano Romero (Lab Physical Computing, Dipartimento di Design, Politecnico di Milano), Patrick Tabarelli (Artista e maker). Makers: Cosa, Chi, Dove, Perché Il fenomeno dei makers sta prendendo piede in maniera importante nella società di oggi. Da molti è considerato il “cuore” della terza rivoluzione della produzione. Il Museo vuole raccontare questo fenomeno incontrando alcuni dei suoi protagonisti e presentando il documentario “Makers”, uno tra i più recenti ad affrontare questa realtà.