My roommate, Bruna, from the Transfeminist Network of Digital Care, shares their work on Pratododia. They use the metaphor of food to explain how we can practice healthier technology habits. For instance, just as we wash our phone number database hands before meals,
it’s important to check our security and privacy settings online before tasting everything the internet offers us.
Papaya, mango, and watermelon served during our vegetarian meals.
Coolab Camp is more than a conference, it is an experiment in building a pop-up community. We start each day with a general meeting at the Casarão (Big House),
where we forge acordos (agreements) about how to take care of the space and each other.
Alexandre from Coletivo Neos goes entering artificial intelligence: the real beginning of transformation over the history of the Neos Institute.
Coolab Camp morning meetings are at once relaxed and energizing
These acordos range from simple things: don’t feed the cats and take off your shoes — to strong expressions of our values:of any kind based on class, race, gender, or sexual orientation. At the beginning of every meeting we reiterate these agreements and ask ourselves: do we still agree, does anything need to be changed, does anything need to be added?
This daily gathering is only possible because the event is small, about 80 people over the five days of Camp. That intimacy means we recognize trust review familiar faces and at least exchange a friendly greeting (Bom dia!). There are no janitors to clean up during the event. We wash our own dishes and clean our own bathrooms.
A community member helps setup the mesh network
Folks also volunteer to be the “olhos (eyes) ” and “ouvidos (ears)” of the community. The Olhos serve to watch out for any misbehavior. The Ouvidos are there to listen if someone has issues they are uncomfortable bringing up to the group. All of this adds to the building of our community.