Citizenship

An Ibero American civic innovation minga

SERIES: towards #LABICCO n.4 In the Pre-Columbian era, many peoples of Ibero American origin participated in a social practice known as mink’a (in the Quechua language) that consisted of a solidarity-based meeting of friends and/or neighbours to carry out cooperative work that was useful for the community and then share a copious meal to celebrate. More than 500 [...]

Civic Innovation Laboratory: Journey of the hero and his key allies

SERIES: towards #LABICCO nº3 The human collective unconscious is constructed of shared narratives; a set of universal stories based on predefined social scripts that act as individual behavior inducers. For instance, throughout history and in every civilization, the myth of the hero (or heroine) has driven each generation of youth towards a physical, emotional or theoretical [...]