A Community Map and Loads of Good Music. Two Days with the Jug Band (Il Tirreno, Grosseto edition, Feb. 29, 2020)
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Five walks around Tatti, Southern Tuscany
In July 2019 we have published some maps with simple walks in the immediate surroundings of Tatti, in the area of Massa Marittima, Southern Tuscany. The walks have been suggested by Auro Luti, a Tatti resident with a deep knowledge of this territory, and are rather short trails (around 5 km).
A peculiarity of these maps is that you will find there also place names which are not part of official cartography. These have been compiled in the past months with interviews and meetings with the Tatti community, as well as the perimeter of the commons (usi civici) related to the village.
The maps are available from Ixtlan Agricamping and Fattoria di Tatti, who sponsored the creation of the maps.
For more information: info@pibinko.org
Presentation of the pibinko.org Network in Brussels (May 22, 2019): How did it go?
Last Wednesday, after close-of-business on a workshop for research ethics in the Internet sector, I had the possibility of organizing a brief yet intense presentation of the pibinko.org network at Piola Libry, in Brussels, Belgium.
This followed our participation in early April to the final conference of the DITOs project, and various on- and off-line meetings where the pibinko.org network, and especially its Metalliferous Hills Jug Band version, is active on the topic of participatory investigation and community engagement.
More in general, this event was part of our line of Spring situations, which you find gradually announced on pibinko.org/calendar, and then documented more in detail on http://www.pibinko.org/notizie
More or less from left to right:
- A Tattistampa” business card (hand made)
- The Langscape article on ten years of open innovation in the Farma Valley, triggered by the palla a 21 mission to Chicago
- A palla a 21 o palla eh! ball
- Drum brushes to play with the Jug Band dalle Colline Metallifere (Metalliferous Hills Jug Band)
- Chioccolo built by Edo Giacomelli in the Seventies in Ribolla (Southern Tuscany)
- Poster for the geomusical tour of the JBCM in Germany, via Politecnico di MilanoManifesto della tournée geomusicale della Jug Band dalle Colline Metallifere in Germania via Politecnico di Milano
- Anoter palla a 21/palla eh! ball
- A buiometria partecipativa sticker
- Giù la testa CD by Etruschi from Lakota
- Mechanical parts produced by the BM factory in Torniella
- buiometro (sky quality meter)
- ruler
- book on Monte Cassino
- book on Woody Guthrie (from which Dario Canal and Mirio Tozzini produced a musical reading)
- shaker
- apricot juice by Bartoli Loriano
- aubergine cream with chili pepper by Bartoli Loriano
- article on the export version of the Farma Valley Winter Fest in Florence
- article on the Third Farma Valley Winter Fest
- Poster for the event with Politecnico di Milano in the Farma Valley (May 11, 2019)
- Farma Valley Community map, version 3
Not in the picture:
- A “panforte” (medieval cake from Siena, used to demonstrate an ancient game, andh then gobbled up by the players)
- Cavallucci (another medieval biscuit from the Siena area)
- Salame with Porcino mushroom, from Boccheggiano
- Pecorino cheese from Massa Marittima
- Less local pecorino cheese (but produced near our area)
- White Léllero (vermentino az. Bartoli Loriano)
It is interesting to note the evolution of the “catalog” from one event to the other (check out here what we presented in Florence at the end of February).
Putting together the map base and the thematic data, plus the personal background of the participants, we were able to draw an interesting picture, ranging from the definition of “Maremma” , to the role of Polish troops during the Monte Cassino operation, to ancient games and state-of-the-art environmental monitoring. We also had a surprise ending with some Sicilian flair.
For the musical part, in the absence of instruments, and not wanting to delve into body percussion, we showed some videos of the Jug Band dalle Colline Metallifere, also to promote the imminent tour to Milano and Germany.
Thanks to Piola Libri for hosting the event, and to Alberto B. for suggesting the location.
For more information: info@pibinko.org o 3317539228
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 part of the series of meetups with the pibinko.org network on Maremma map(pear)ing (see blog announcement). Now on we go, with Edoardo Bennato singing “a blues about trains..“
Between April 1 and April 4 I had the opportunity of representing the pibinko.org network in Brussels, Belgium, in two events related to citizen science and, more in general, to community engagement in scientific and research activities (or the engagement of scientists and researchers in community activities?).
This is a field in which I have been increasingly working since 2008 (we may mention as first steps things like the outreach video on free/open source geographic information with Tuscan hamlet residents acting, or the m(‘)appare Milano campaign), and which I started elaborating even earlier. In fact, since I was working at CRS4, in Sardinia (1997-2002). As an example, in 2000 I launched a survey about geographic information system skills in the island, obtaining over 120 replies and triggering on these various technology transfer actions toward the local communities.
On Tuesday, April 2, I was at the workshop of the “Empowerment, Inclusiveness, and Equity” working group of ECSA (European Citizen Science Association). Say what? This is a group, composed partly by researchers, and partly by practitioners, dealing in various forms with projects where experts on a given topic need to cooperate with folks who are “less expert”. The group works on identifying problems and solutions in order for these processes to be inclusive, equitable, and empowering.
In the workshop we elaborated further in some issues discussed a couple of months ago in Paris. I also had the opportunity of getting to know more experts, and to present the overall pibinko.org activities to the participants. I then proposed the Jug Band dalle Colline Metallifere (JBCM, or Metalliferous Hills Jug Band) as a “context” to facilitate empowerment, inclusiveness and equity in various projects, extending what we have been doing over the past year in Italy, and which we can further develop in the coming months with PORGEP2019.
The following day the audience grew, with the setup of a stand in the marketplace at the final event of the Do-it-together Science (DITOs) European project, in the stunning venue of the Brussels Natural Science Museum. For this event I prepared yet another installation of the pibinko.org network travelling micro-museum, I shared with a part of the circa 150 attendees the geomusical approach on which we are working with JBCM, and I played a couple of songs, with a guitar kindly provided by the museum (since I could not carry mine on the plane).
On both days the issues in the spotlight were related to the pibinko.org Spring series of events. Among these, a special focus was on the Brescia national conference on interdisciplinary protection and promotion of the night sky on May 16, and -two weeks later- the geomusical tour by the Metalliferous Hills Jug Band in Germany, via Politecnico di Milano, which you too can support.
For more information: info@pibinko.org or +393317539228
Si ringraziano il progetto DITOs e i responsabili del gruppo di lavoro “EIE” dell’ECSA per l’invito e per il supporto economico sulle spese di viaggio.
It’s in Florence: returning soon (the Farma Valley Community Map)
TO BE TRANSLATED
Nell’immagine in evidenza sopra, Mario Straccali, con valido supporto morale, completa la campitura artigianale dello scotch di carta usato per spiegare che se la bacheca su cui da un paio di anni spicca la mappa di comunita’ della Val di Farma (anche citata in un rapporto della Banca Mondiale) e’ vuota, c’e’ un motivo utile.
La mappa, con una copia stagionata da dieci mesi di esposizione agli elementi naturali, e’ stata infatti staccata per essere riesposta nel micromuseo della Val di Farma & friends che troverete tra venerdi’ 22 e domenica 24 febbraio presso l’Hotel Lombardi di Firenze (in particolare ci sara’ una visita guidata fra le 18 e le 20 di sabato 24).
Per ulteriori informazioni sulla manifestazione, potete leggere la presentazione dell’evento, scrivere a info@pibinko.org oppure chiamare il 3317539228
Apr. 13, 2019. The presentation of the Tatti, Tuscany, Community Map
This will be the presentation of the first version of the Tatti Community map. The event will be at Il Barrino between 6PM and 8PM. For more information: info@pibinko.org
Map(pear)ing Maremma, Spring 2019 Edition, first call
Some plants are starting to blossom from the seeds planted in the past months, apparently with work done with the Third Farma Valley Winter Fest and the subsequent events, plus some new collaborations.
In the coming weeks more details will be provided for each single day. Meanwhile we encourage you to take note of dates and locations, or to write to info@pibinko.org for additional information. Also, if you browse the “news” section of the pibinko.org site you can get a feel for the activities leading to this series of initiatives (please note: we are a bit behind with the translations into English of the news, so you want to see the real action, just switch to the Italian version of the site and go to “notizie“).
To learn, or to refresh, the mapp(ear)ing concept, proposed for the first time in 2008, you may check this articleo.
- sat. April 13, 6.30PM 18.30 Tatti (GR) @ Barrino, the first version of the Tatti Community map
- sat. April 20 , Scansano (GR), Protection and Promotion of the Night Sky with Buiometria Partecipativa
- sat. April 27 , Tirli (GR), come and play Palla Eh!, or palla a 21
- sun April 28, Punta Ala (GR), Metalliferous Hills Jug Band Live
The pibinko.org Network will have a stand at the final DITOs event in Brussels (Apr. 3, 2019)
Following the installations of the pibinko.org mobile museum in various Italian sites (with the one in Florence with a cultural and archaeological focus on February 23, 2019 as a flagship event to date), we are glad to announce that the same situation will have an exhibition space within the final event of the “Doing it Together Science” (DITOs) European Project.
You may visit us on Wednesday, April 3, at the Brussels Natural Sciences Museum.
This is not the first time that palla a 21 balls, night sky quality meters, forgotten Tuscan valley community maps, or geomusical song lists travel with pibinko, but this is the first time that these items will be proposed in an official EU exhibition space.
The pibinko.org network will be present in a group of fourteen stands from various European countries, as well as the European Commission itself:
Thanking the DITOs project for this opportunity and for granting travel support, we go back to work on the final preparations for the mission, with The Seeker in the background.
The outcome of this experience will be reported to our audience at home towards the end of April, with three events planned in Southern Tuscany (see the first call)
For more information info@pibinko.org / +393317539228.
Peter Crivelli, Wolfgang Scheibe, and Petra G. at the International Open Data Day in Tatti, Tuscany
While various representatives of the Tatti community were busy on their map, some instruments brought by the Jug Band dalle Colline Metallifere, next to some paintings by Pietro Crivelli, led to variable jam sessions.
We didn’t know who was going to play, so we could not plan photos of videso, but this was a good one.
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 the topic. You may also check out this short video for an introduction to the topic (and to have a peek of Tatti in the first seconds).
Pibinko.org uses free/open-source software since 1994, and is actively promoting it since 2004 . In 2008 pibinko.org also started promoting open data, either by promoting specific OpenStreetMap initiatives (such as the m(‘)appare Milano) project, or by producing videos and other communication on this topic (or both).
Also in 2008, the network started creating original data sets. First with the citizen science campaigns on night sky quality with BuioMetria Partecipativa (2009), then, in collaboration with various amateur astronomic observatories, with the creation of the Italian network for light pollution data collection (CORDILIT, since 2011). Our array of data grew then in 2014 with the Farma Valley Community Map, which was cited last year in a Worlb Bank report among 50 best practices of re-use of governmental data by local communities.
The bottom-up place name mapping is the story which pibinko.org proposes also in the 2019 edition of the Open Data Day, adding a new venue, following the Open Data Days in Piloni (2013) and Scansano-Torniella-Castelnuovo Val di Cecina (2017).
You can join us on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 6.00PM in Tatti (Southern Tuscany), this is the part of the metalliferous hills where you can see the sun set behind the Elba Island. The meetup will be at the “circolino”, a small community center, where we will continue to interview and digitizing work started last December in the Third Farma Valley Winter Fest. There is a geographic link between the Farma Valley and Tatti, since the Farma creek originates in fact just North of Tatti, very close to where the locals work and operate (in addition to personal relationships between these communities, encouraging us to merge these two maps).
For more information: info@pibinko.org o +3317539228