This page explores strategies, desires and ideas for building a healthier information ecosystem, designed to inform practices that advance our collective efforts. It draws from various sessions facilitated during the in-person event in Santiago, including radio shows and zine creations, and regular updates from our research.
Work from the urban, we know that due to the configuration of cities and the rhythms of work, in which our homes only become bedrooms, does not allow us to talk , or know our neighbors. In this context, it is important to find ways to reach more communities through technologies that are within our reach.
Give ourselves the possibility to collaborate with people who are different from us; there are those who know the issues and those who know the technical aspects. Try not to repeat the same formulas that “supposedly work” and expand to other disciplines such as art and popular knowledge that are not usually at the center (for example, weaving). Put memory at the center. Diversify the sources and types of knowledge. Recognizing difference allows us to step out of our focus, not do capitalist journalism. Talking to our colleagues, recovering conversations with people who are not in our bubbles. Decentralize power and access to funding. Generate bridges between the digital world and the territory to get out of the echo chamber and above all to have patience with each other.
Rethinking the logic of being present. Currently, to be present only means being present on social networks, to have more views, more likes, more followers. Communications teams are reduced to making calls to action through social media networks. We need to change the me, me, me, me, me that organizations do to question the competitiveness and break with capitalist and centralized logics. To be present is, for all of us, to have the possibility to recognize others and build collectively. In the Lava project, they narrate how people unite and bring together different skills, knowledge and dreams to face challenges. Collectivity is made by communities and this builds presence.
