Kick-off of the M(‘)appare Milano Project

[Note: this presentation was written in September 2008] Collaborative free mapping takes on Milano Between March and June 2008 a collaborative mapping campaign was hosted in Milano, through the collaboration of GFOSS.it, an Italian not-for-profit association for awareness raising on free/open source geographic information systems, a group of activitists from the OpenStreetMap community, and MenteLocale, … Continue reading Kick-off of the M(‘)appare Milano Project

A representative from the Jug Band Colline Metallifere at the ECSA Conference in Vienna: How did it go?

We announced in early January that a delegation from the Jug Band Colline Metallifere (namely Jack O’Malley and Mauro Tirannosauro) would have been attending the fifth European Citizen Science Association conference. This is a medium-large event for a congress (around 500 participants), with a significant presence of extra-European folks. The topic is “citizen science”, where … Continue reading A representative from the Jug Band Colline Metallifere at the ECSA Conference in Vienna: How did it go?

A Year in Review with the pibinko.org Network and the Jug Band Colline Metallifere

We have only one event left to close one year of work with the pibinko.org network and the Jug Band Colline Metallifere: this will be the epilogue of the Fourth Winter Fest, on Dec. 21. We then considered that we might start some housekeeping, by offering you a bird’s eye view on the blog articles … Continue reading A Year in Review with the pibinko.org Network and the Jug Band Colline Metallifere

pibinko.org in Brussels, April 2019 (EIE WG and DITOs Final event)

Before we dive in the report, we would like to remind you that the next opportunity to experience all the stories explained below (except Belgian chocolates) will be on Saturday, April 13, in Tatti, Southern Tuscany, from 6PM to 8PM. Here we will be presenting the first version of the Tatti community map, as a … Continue reading pibinko.org in Brussels, April 2019 (EIE WG and DITOs Final event)

Come to Tatti (Southern Tuscany) for the metalliferous version of the 2019 International Open Data Day

The Open Data Day is an international event, in its ninth edition, celebrating open data, and its meaning for governments, business, and society all over the world. If this sounds a bit geeky, consider that many public bodies have adopted for some years now open data policies, and that the private sector is not ignoring … Continue reading Come to Tatti (Southern Tuscany) for the metalliferous version of the 2019 International Open Data Day

Temporary slow-down for English translations on the pibinko.org website

On pibinko.org we normally publish all content in Italian and English (and occasionally in other languages). From mid-November through Christmas we are having an acceleration in the publication of blog posts and site pages due to the combination of various activities. Primarily we are accelerating towards the Third Farma Valley Winter Fest, managing the pilot … Continue reading Temporary slow-down for English translations on the pibinko.org website

Thu. Nov. 22, 2018: Planning the upper half of the landscape at Politecnico di Milano with the BuioMetria Partecipativa project

Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018 from 2.30PM to 3.30PM with the landscape planning  course at the Faculty of Architecture, Politecnico di Milano (via Bonardi),  there will be a seminar on  Planning the “upper half of the landscape” (pianificare l’altra metà del paesaggio, in Italian) where we will explain the BuioMetria Partecipativa point of view on this topic. … Continue reading Thu. Nov. 22, 2018: Planning the upper half of the landscape at Politecnico di Milano with the BuioMetria Partecipativa project

Pibinko.org Newsletter #5: Pisa tomorrow, and highlight for Milano at the end of the month

If you have not yet seen the summary of the “No music allowed, episode 1” event on May 9 in Torniella, you can check it out HERE. Then, we will be waiting for you tomorrow afternoon (May 16) at the University of Pisa, close to the leaning tower. We will give a lecture from 2PM to … Continue reading Pibinko.org Newsletter #5: Pisa tomorrow, and highlight for Milano at the end of the month

Save the date: Milano, March 11: Community maps of Earth, Sea, and Sky in Fa’ la Cosa Giusta

Fa’ la Cosa Giusta is the biggest and most widely known Italian Fair on sustainable lifestyles. Between 3 and 4PM on Saturday, March 2017, you can find us there with an event which, as usual, will be considered too long by communication and marketing experts. This is not the first time that I participate in … Continue reading Save the date: Milano, March 11: Community maps of Earth, Sea, and Sky in Fa’ la Cosa Giusta

From the red rocks of Arbatax to the slate-coloured rocks of Roccatederighi (4-5 Feb.)

[TO BE TRANSLATED] Se non avete la tracheite, sabato 4 e domenica 5 febbraio potete venire la trachite a Roccatederighi, frazione di Roccastrada (GR) a sentire e gustare dal vivo il resoconto della missione per m(‘)appare la Sardegna svolto dal 9 al 29 gennaio scorso. Il luogo non è scelto a caso, dato che è … Continue reading From the red rocks of Arbatax to the slate-coloured rocks of Roccatederighi (4-5 Feb.)