Gift weave Challenge

The Gift Challenge


This workshop has been conceived to support knowledge transfer and to identify the key and contribution (the gift) that consortium members and particularly Gurus can give to the next phase of the project. We believe that each of the shemakes roles can contribute in a particular form: on a personal level with their motivation, commitment, competencies and skills; on a community level by sharing values that strengthen the shemakes network. Thus, we aim to promote the growth of leaders who guide with confidence, respect, and courage, which are the values we hope will support the community's development with positive changes. Ultimately this dynamic is created to strengthen the network and understand how we can collaborate and support each other with the analogy of fibres and textiles that weave stronger fabrics "shemakes weave".
In this challenge, we explored with the shemakes members three essential points:

  • Their Story:
    • Sharing their stories of what inspired them to become a Guru, what marked their lives and defined their career paths; with the goal of connecting and empathising with the three types of audience: children, youngs and adults.
  • The Gift:
    • A unique contribution that the Gurus provide to the project and beyond that to the world, which can be represented in an artefact or in their knowledge that they want to pass on from one generation to another (Tell us what you are most excited about).
  • The Colour:
    • Their mood and the way the person imprints daily life. It also represents their personality. In other words, with this part we want to understand how emotions can create synergies in a group.

    Lessons learned :
    Through sharing in a physical and a safe space, each participant told their own story about their experiences and presented tangible artefacts, with contributions through teaching, passion for technology, science and exploration of new challenges. In an open discussion each member offered a “gift” motivating all types of audience and transmitting their passion to the project with some of the stories: ● "everyone is the protagonist of their own story" ● "making the complex easy" ● "transforming manual arts into technology for learning" ● “trying to get the best out of people” ● "transforming the passion for science into novel sustainable textile research”

    THE MURAL

    The activity is carried out with the Ambassadors to understand their missiondriven pursuit, to contribute and expand the network the “shemakes weaving”. Thus, Ambassadors can first recognise each Guru's support role in carrying out the activities in the transfer labs. Additionally, they can help each other and share their experiences, stories and skills as "gifts" for our shemakes community.


    Tools:

  • Mural


  • You(an Ambassador)
  • Other different tools

    • On one side, you will get to choose between different colors, the color that discribes perfectly your group personality trait:
    So either you see yourself an intimate person or a fun person, a powerful person or a peaceful one.
    On the other side, what kind of person you are




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    Last update: October 7, 2022