We had a lot of fun picnicing at Redrawing the Maps. Trying out the format of proposing topics and gathering interest in a physical space was interesting and insightful.
Having a physical presence can be great to attract attention to what’s happening and also gives a nice visual overview of a community’s interest in learning and teaching (or rather participating and hosting). We also learnt that sticking up cards on a wall that is already a collage of anything between handwritten letters and printed representations of classical paintings, might have have a camouflage effect. While the whole setting made the wall very inviting, taking initiative to pick up a card and mark in on the wall proved perhaps more tricky than we expected. From the people who did propose a session we got a pretty awesome selection of topics.
On Friday we ended up doing a general juggling workshop that included lots of great poi spinning instructions by Lucy (see above).
Photo: © Jana Chiellino 2012
You can see more pictures from Redrawing the Maps by Jana Chiellino on flickr.