Retrospectives of dialogues across Latin America 2022
15 December - 2022
2022 was a year of many dialogues and network building between Silo and Latin America!
We’ve gathered some conversations in which our director Cinthia Mendonça participated, to talk about experimentation laboratories, rural libraries, and participatory innovation processes. Check them out:
III Austral Forum on Contemporary Museology (Chile)
At the invitation of the Museum Directorate of the Austral University of Chile, Cinthia Mendonça participated in the III Austral Forum on Contemporary Museology, in a livestream on November 22, where they presented the diverse realities of Latin American museums. The forum’s central focus was the presentation of Institutional Manifestos, which allow us to understand the commitments they assume with society and the various communities with which their respective museums relate. Watch the [complete livestream]
Urban Circuit 2022 Brazil I Localizing the SDGs: leaving no one and no place behind
We were present at the Urban Circuit, an initiative of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), one of the agencies of the United Nations System.
Our panel, which had as its theme “The role of citizen innovation laboratories for the localization of the SDGs”, featured participants from different organizations to present experiences of citizen laboratories in different contexts and, based on reflection on their practices, advance the discussion on continued citizen participation. How does citizen political behavior emerge, re-emerge and/or sustain itself? How can the concepts of collaboration, experimentation, and open innovation guide the outlining of guidelines for the continued engagement of citizens with the development of localized solutions to issues of global interest?
Urban Circuit 2022 had as its theme “Localizing the SDGs: Leaving no one and no place behind” and the events were organized around five thematic lines: Know, Plan, Participate & Innovate, Finance & Implement, Monitor & Evaluate.
Watch the complete livestream:
13th International Living Library Seminar (SP)
The 13th International Living Library Seminar, which took place in São Paulo with the theme “Digital cultures: movements and possibilities”, invited us to moderate the online lecture on “Rural Libraries in Germany: what challenges do they face and how much can they achieve?”, with Mirko Winkelmann (German Library Association). The lecture was broadcast on July 6, on the SisEB YouTube channel, watch:
Meeting with Minerva (Argentina)
The third edition of the cycle Meeting with Minerva invited Cinthia Mendonca to talk about our Governance Laboratory. Meeting with Minerva is a dialogue series, part of the Public Innovation 360° project by Asuntos del Sur, which addresses debates around public innovation and collective intelligence. Watch:
Seminar Opportunities for public libraries: a transition towards innovation (Peru)
We had the joy of participating, on June 16, in the Seminar “Opportunities for public libraries: a transition towards innovation”, organized by the National Library of Peru, the governing body of the National Library System. The objective of the seminar is for participants to internalize and understand the importance and need to use different processes and technical tools in library management, managing to identify strategies and lines of action that allow for constant improvement of library processes and efficient provision of information access services to citizens.
FITS - Digital Innovation and Technology Festival 2022 (Colombia, Mexico and Argentina)
In June we participated in FITS - Digital Innovation and Technology Festival 2022, organized by Wingu, an organization present in Colombia, Mexico and Argentina, which seeks to enhance the work of non-profit organizations and projects in Latin America through the incorporation of technology and innovative methodologies. Our conversation brought experiences in approaching participatory innovation processes with rural communities, focusing on co-creation methodologies, traditional knowledge, and the future of family farming in Brazil. Watch:
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