They also included people
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 7:54 am
In dialogue with the decentralizing possibilities of the web, the meeting in Brazil focused largely on agroecology. Brazil has a long history of political movements related to land and farming. Since the 1970s, the Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST), one of the largest social movements in Latin America, has fought for agrarian reform and productive ownership of small and medium-sized tracts of land by those who work them. Today, the movement brings together nearly 450,000 families in 24 states.
People who work the land, on the land, who had never left their villages attended the DWeb+Coolab Camp. They came with specific and localized technical problems. who live on the outskirts of Brazilian cities and have projects for popular education and the use of digital technologies. Children, adolescents, and adults came from South and North America, and from Europe. I was once again fascinated by the strength, love, and cooperation that unites this community and by the warmth of Brazil and its people, who exude affection and kindness every time they sing, dance, laugh, or speak seriously.
One of the Brazilian guests told us he'd never left his special database before.
The topics of the activities proposed by the attendees (workshops, talks, games, conversation circles, etc.) were broad. From the possibilities to the technical solutions offered by tools and developments
Antonia Bustamante was born in Bogotá, Colombia. She is interested in the intersection between code, technologies, arts and media, especially in the digital realm. She works as a programmer and researcher in the EnFlujo laboratory (https://enflujo.com/) at Los Andes University and as a live sound engineer with different musical groups. In her third life she is pursuing a master’s degree in Philosophy and takes care of cats.
People who work the land, on the land, who had never left their villages attended the DWeb+Coolab Camp. They came with specific and localized technical problems. who live on the outskirts of Brazilian cities and have projects for popular education and the use of digital technologies. Children, adolescents, and adults came from South and North America, and from Europe. I was once again fascinated by the strength, love, and cooperation that unites this community and by the warmth of Brazil and its people, who exude affection and kindness every time they sing, dance, laugh, or speak seriously.
One of the Brazilian guests told us he'd never left his special database before.
The topics of the activities proposed by the attendees (workshops, talks, games, conversation circles, etc.) were broad. From the possibilities to the technical solutions offered by tools and developments
Antonia Bustamante was born in Bogotá, Colombia. She is interested in the intersection between code, technologies, arts and media, especially in the digital realm. She works as a programmer and researcher in the EnFlujo laboratory (https://enflujo.com/) at Los Andes University and as a live sound engineer with different musical groups. In her third life she is pursuing a master’s degree in Philosophy and takes care of cats.