i am ocean - arturo pelayo - h+ summit @ harvard
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We are Ocean. Who will you be? At the heart of Humanity lie concepts such as curiosity, imagination, resourcefulness and a natural gravitation towards community building and governance. Life, including human life, originated from the ocean. It is perhaps wise that this is where we have to return to find the path to our future. At Ocean University we are planning a global expedition in a transformed passenger cruise ship that will serve as a tabula rasa for the exploration of what our common humanity is. In this dedicated neutral space, our quest doesn't begin by looking to the next trend or technological advance: Ocean sets the stage for human exploration in an expedition that will circumnavigate the globe exploring basic needs of the peoples of this planet. Gaining a basic, first-hand understanding of humanity will open the possibility for program participants to begin conversations, collaborating and co-designing solutions for climate change, biodiversity, human mobility and intercultural communications. Ocean is a design collaborative at sea. Let's explore together the human diaspora.TRANSCRIPT
HUMANITY+ SUMMIT | HARVARD UNIVERSITY
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#hplussummit #IamOcean
@mexiwi @OceanUni
What I’ll share with you today:
1. Concept of Ocean University.2. How we plan to do it.3. Where we go from here.
let’s start with a metaphor
Adinkra symbol of the Akan people of Ghana.
‘learn from the past’
It symbolizes one taking from the past what is good and bringing it into the present in order to make positive progress through the benevolent use of knowledge.
-wikipedia
This is what we do.
Researchers, Designers, Ethnographers, Anthropologists...
It symbolizes one taking from the past what is good and bringing it into the present in order to make positive progress through the benevolent use of knowledge.
-wikipedia
It symbolizes one taking from the past what is good and bringing it into the present in order to make positive progress through the benevolent use of knowledge.
-wikipedia
It symbolizes one taking from the past what is good and bringing it into the present in order to make positive progress through the benevolent use of knowledge.
-wikipedia
1
Concept
Ocean Universityknowledge is everywhere
we are a unique networking environment.
we engage designers, activists, thought leaders and students onboard a dedicated cruise ship.
we are an open platform for experiential learning and design thinking at its best.
we interconnect people, discover, shape and spread knowledge from everywhere to everyone
2
Plan
2010
OceanAlliance
Ocean Alliance:
Design Firms, Digital Agencies, like-minded Organizations, individuals, NPOs, NGOs & Academia.
Ocean Alliance:
Onboard space to develop design, research & development work between ports of call.
Intern-at-Sea opportunities for students.
so far...
UNIFIED FIELD BANK™ how about you here?
2011
Ocean Studios
Ocean Studios:
Retrofitted shipping containers spread all over the world at future ports of call and communities of impact.
Ocean Studios:
Telemedicine Clinics Classrooms
Scientific Outposts Data centers
Ocean Studios:
Aquaponic gardens
Creative outlets for youth
Ocean Studios:
Locally staffed. Deliver services from day one. With or without ship in 2012.
3
Go
2012
2012
201020th April
Gulf of Mexico
Many, rightly so, want BP to own
its mess.
Few, however, don’t feel they are
the Ocean.
out of sight,out of mind
“
”
plastic gyres
heavy metals in the poles
gigantic icebergs ...
island nations disappearing
before our eyes...
out of sight,out of mind
“
”
If sharing is caring...
then
being is believing.
not to think you are...
but to know you are.
We cannot NOT wait.
We cannot NOT change the world.
a platform for public benefit.
storytelling
ocean education
resource sharing
IamOcean, Who will you be ?
& A