Author: Lina Cannone

Stitching roots – Exploring family history through code and stitch

I would love to share my experience in a primary school in Italy. The school is located in a peripheral neighborhood where there is a lack of structured opportunities or places to socialize. The origin of the inhabitants is heterogeneous and often there is no family support network. The area is characterized by a constantly… Read more »

Biotinkering 101

Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract – sustainable development. Kofi Annan Over the years I have tried often how I can work in a fablab or a makerspace sustainably, the answer came last year when I discovered the DIY-Bio movement. What is DIY BIO? “Is a… Read more »

Reflections on Seymour Papert’s article “The Gears of my Childhood”

  I have read Seymour Papert’s article “The Gears of my Childhood” before and it always inspires the same questions. I feel I have only found a partial answer at the moment: What is meaningful? What triggers in children and/or adults the sense of involvement that allows them to “fall in love” with a project?… Read more »