👥Centrinno Cartography ( ex-Kumu)
An open platform tool for mapping your FCH ecosystems
What is it about and why is it relevant ?
KUMU (see here an example of Barcelona) is an online mapping platform used to organise data on social networks or other complex systems. Fab City Hubs can use KUMU as a tool for the cartography of urban communities and their resources. It can not only host, visualise and share collected content about the stakeholders involved in the implementation of Fab City Hubs but also function as an analytical tool to explore circular opportunities in locally productive communities.
To set up and cultivate a KUMU-based cartography of local Fab City networks and their resources, pilots can resort to the KUMU template and adjust these to their needs. This template provides a very general structure of a spreadsheet that can be imported and visualised in KUMU. For further support on creating a survey or interview that collects data on local stakeholders and their resources, we also provide a CENTRINNO Resource Inventory template that can be adjusted by pilots.
With respect to the implementation of Fab City Hubs, the mapping of locally present resources via KUMU has several purposes: First, it can enable the initiators of Fab City Hubs to understand which tools, equipment and technologies are available or missing within locally productive communities. Second, it can be used to identify materials and wastes that are commonly used in maker communities; thereby, guiding possible pathways of innovation in material substitution, reuse and recycling. Using KUMU to map and visualise local networks and to identify circular opportunities requires a degree of pre-existing knowledge of and good connections to the core stakeholders that comprise local productive networks.
Main Achievements 👍
(further information may be reported in this section for the final version of this Toolkit in February 2024)
Key Steps
(further information may be reported in this section for the final version of this Toolkit in February 2024)
Summary Table
| Characteristic | |
|---|---|
Difficulty | Medium |
Duration | - |
Facilitator I Participants | - |
Setting | Online |
Contact | frenzi@metabolic.nl |
Tagging System | #MapTheEcosystem, #Circularity, #InnovationSpace, #VocationalTraining |
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