Category Archives: In the media

May 9, 2020 – Interview with Jack O’Malley @ Se Telefonando

In the media, national

Almost half an hour with an interview (in Italian) by Linda Linz from Radio Rogna to Jack O’Malley.

Jack O’Malley in una recente shot with Mauro Tirannosauro

From this you may discover almost all of the stream of activities which brought to the Jug Band Colline Metallifere, with roots in the mid-Nineties, up to the Participatory Lithology project, born during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Going through: Politecnico di Milano, Centro di Ricerca, Sviluppo e Studi Superiori in Sardegna (CRS4), CH2M HILL (now Jacobs), Caffè Ricasoli in Grosseto, Etruschi from Lakota, Farma Valley Winter Fest, GFOSS.it conference in Genva, International Open Data Day, Circolo ARCI di Castelnuovo Val di Cecina, Community Maps, Ganesh Pomarance, Bar Moderno Roccastrada and various characters met along the way, with a highlight on Mauro Tirannosauro.

At the end of the interview, the second version of “Rock in Milano, Blues at la Rocca” (video to be issued on May 16).

This interview is the follow up to an initial interview in March 2019 where Jack briefly explained the concept of geomusic.

Apr. 13, 2020:Participatory Geology project in time of Covid-19 | Italy

In the media, International

An article on Participatory Lithology for the Culture360 site of the Asia-Europe Foundation:

https://culture360.asef.org/news-events/participatory-geology-project-time-covid-19-italy/

Note: the article was sent to ASEF on March 25, so it does not account for various developments occurred over the following couple of weeks, but it is perfect as an introduction.

For updated news:

Lithology: Public and Geologists Collaborate (Science Connected, Apr. 13, 2020)

In the media, International

An article by Andrea Giacomelli (pseudonym used by Jack O’Malley when he plays as environmental engineer) about the Participatory Lithology project, written for Science Connected Magazine: https://magazine.scienceconnected.org/2020/04/lithology-public-and-geologists-collaborate/

Per more information:

Participatory Lithology presented on S+T+ARTS.eu

In the media, International

S+T+ARTS is a European Union initiative focused on the promotion of projects where science, technology, and arts are integrated to raise awareness of the societal challenges and global concerns we are facing (see the starts.eu site for details).

starts.eu published an article about participatory lithology, presenting it as ” a rocky initiative launched by pibinko.org network” (and with the Metalliferous Hills Jug Band side of our project we are honoured about the “rocky” reference).

The article is availavble from this link.

For more information: micalosapevo@pibinko.org or http://www.pibinko.org/participatorylithology/

The pibinko.org network, buiometria, and participatory lithology @ Radio Popolare Milano (March 26, 2020)

In the media, national,

This was a long talk with Disma Pestalozza and Alessandro Diegoli, providing breaking news on Participatory Lithology, but also going into various flashbacks related to the pibinko.org network. These included “The Revenge of the Killer Chihuahua and of the Zombies” (2006), the ancient game of palla 21, buiometria partecipativa (participatory night sky quality monitoring), Aunt Eda’s yummy recipees, insight on Tatti, Southern Tuscsany, and how the COVID-19 lockdown is lived in lesser-known rural areas..all these stories are documented on the sito pibinko.org. You may consider using this page as an entry point.

For more information: info@pibinko.org

Mar. 24, 2020: Participatory Lithology Interview for Caterpillar (RAI Radio 2)

In the media, national

Caterpillar on RAI Radio 2 is one of the longest-running and most followed radio shows in Italy. We were honored to have our first public presentation of the project we started on March 21 with an interview by their crew. The audio is, of course, in Italian:

For more information in English on Participatory Lithology: see http://www.pibinko.org/litologiapartecipativa/, write to micalosapevo@pibinko.org or send a message to +39 3317539228 (SMS o whatsapp).

Kudos to Gabriele Sanna for the live recording. The whole show is available as a podcast from the Caterpillar web site.