The installation Faire son nid_Les pas perdus at La Belle de Mai, Marseille; Photo – Dogan Boztas
Five pillars for learning neighbourhoods
This article proposes a reflection on the potential of neighbourhoods as an educational space for mutual learning, as well as the critical role of new facilitation skills and stakeholder mobilisation in realising that promise. It describes the findings of the EU Erasmus+ project Edu-City, which brought together five small European organisations working in socio-education, urbanism and spatial planning, media, in the cultural sector and in activism to create participatory approaches in underprivileged communities in Sevilla, Palermo, Marseille, Sofia, and Berlin.
Laura Colini, PhD in Urban, Regional and Environmental Design, Habil. in Urban Studies. Her work covers socio- spatial inequalities, with a focus on public policies addressing migrants and refugees, and housing. She has worked in academia in Italy, Germany, France, USA and cur- rently holds a research position at H-City Cluster on housing and city at IUAV Venice University. Co-founder of Tesserae urban and social research, MiMetis SRL migration, member of the artist collective ogino:knauss and INURA.
Lorenzo Tripodi, Architect, holds a PhD in Urban, Regional and Environmental Design, complemented by a steady practice of urban divagations as an artist and an activist. Co-founder of Tesserae. Develops an experimental artistic activity within the ogino:knauss collective producing films, documentaries, video-installations, photography, graphic design and new media.