{"id":4000,"date":"2020-08-31T13:09:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T13:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/ville-collaborative\/?p=4000"},"modified":"2020-09-01T08:09:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T08:09:10","slug":"go-back-and-get-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/ville-collaborative\/2020\/08\/31\/go-back-and-get-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Go back and get it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/ville-collaborative\/fr\/?p=2760\">FR<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">POC Sankofa<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>Go back and get it<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Making\u00a0<em>boundary object<\/em> from indigenous materials? Storytelling and social connectedness in this period of disruption? Igniting the spirit of\u00a0<em>Ubuntu<\/em>\u2013togetherness \u2013 for innovation beyond the\u00a0pandemic?\u00a0<em>Sankofa<\/em>\u2013 looking back into our cultures \u2013 to design and transform livelihoods and spaces and promote a culture of resilience in the post-pandemic era.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/ville-collaborative\/files\/2020\/08\/Figure-1a_-Cultures-of-resilience-Credit_-TEK-Photos-KNUST-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3992\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/ville-collaborative\/files\/2020\/08\/Figure-1a_-Cultures-of-resilience-Credit_-TEK-Photos-KNUST-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/ville-collaborative\/?attachment_id=3992\" class=\"wp-image-3992\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/ville-collaborative\/files\/2020\/08\/Figure-1a_-Cultures-of-resilience-Credit_-TEK-Photos-KNUST-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/ville-collaborative\/files\/2020\/08\/Figure-1a_-Cultures-of-resilience-Credit_-TEK-Photos-KNUST-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/ville-collaborative\/files\/2020\/08\/Figure-1a_-Cultures-of-resilience-Credit_-TEK-Photos-KNUST-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/ville-collaborative\/files\/2020\/08\/Figure-1a_-Cultures-of-resilience-Credit_-TEK-Photos-KNUST-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/ville-collaborative\/files\/2020\/08\/Figure-1a_-Cultures-of-resilience-Credit_-TEK-Photos-KNUST-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/ville-collaborative\/files\/2020\/08\/Figure-1a_-Cultures-of-resilience-Credit_-TEK-Photos-KNUST-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Cultures of resilience&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Africa as a continent has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in many people working remotely. Physical spaces have been disrupted, however providing opportunities for innovation. DESIS KNUST lab in Ghana has launched&nbsp;<em>A Call to Action<\/em>for educators, students, community members and partners to respond to the crisis through design-led projects. The projects are strategically designed to accommodate participants from different cities while using online tools as enablers to foster social cohesion during and after the pandemic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ubuntu \u2013 cities without&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>borders<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Working in collaboration with participants, over 100 participants have designed sustainable solutions in the spirit of\u00a0<em>Ubuntu<\/em> and in response to the call, across different cities in Ghana and South Africa. These designs are drawn from Afrikan philosophies such as\u00a0<em>Sankofa. Sankofa<\/em> is a Ghanaian philosophy, signifying\u00a0<em>\u201cgo back and get it\u201d<\/em>\u2013 to not forget the past, while moving towards the future \u2013 in\u00a0the post-pandemic era.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The outcomes include animated health messages, posters and mobile apps for persons with disabilities; facemasks made from African fabrics that convey indigenous stories and are donated to frontline workers, community members and vulnerable populations;\u00a0digital storytelling to share authentic indigenous African stories on resilience strategies and skills development. DESIS Lab initiatives around\u00a0<em>Sankofa\u00a0<\/em>continue in virtual spaces and cities to provide a safe space for social connectedness and promote a culture of resilience in African communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/ville-collaborative\/files\/2020\/08\/Figure-3_-Face-Mask_1-Credit_-TEK-Photos-KNUST-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3993\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/ville-collaborative\/files\/2020\/08\/Figure-3_-Face-Mask_1-Credit_-TEK-Photos-KNUST-scaled.jpg\" 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KNUST<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POC Sankofa Go back and get it Making\u00a0boundary object from indigenous materials? Storytelling and social connectedness in this period of disruption? Igniting the spirit of\u00a0Ubuntu\u2013togetherness \u2013 for innovation beyond the\u00a0pandemic?\u00a0Sankofa\u2013 looking back into our cultures \u2013 to design and transform livelihoods and spaces and promote a culture of resilience in the post-pandemic era. Cultures of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/ville-collaborative\/2020\/08\/31\/go-back-and-get-it\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Read more about Go back and get it<\/span>[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4003,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[210,154,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-the-poc-of-desis-labs","category-connecting-the-existing-in-the-face-of-societal-challenges","category-facilitating-collaboration-to-reinvent-the-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/ville-collaborative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/ville-collaborative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/ville-collaborative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/ville-collaborative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/ville-collaborative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4000"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/ville-collaborative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4023,"href":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/ville-collaborative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4000\/revisions\/4023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/ville-collaborative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/ville-collaborative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/ville-collaborative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/ville-collaborative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}