I was also so happy to hangout with friends, and see other awesome projects from SEA get showcased!

💬 If we want to tackle resilience and inspire change, we can't simply sit behind our laptops. We must engage in active conversations with community. Maggie Hughes’s work at the MIT Media Lab and @angela-morelli.bsky.social’s advocacy for co-design in the IPCC papers made that clear.

🧵 I gained new ideas on how to we humanize data. Derya Akbaba's talk centred on care and centering communities using the most accessible materials and playful methods. Anastasiia Balagurova's looked at where numbers meet empathy, and made a resource for techniques and common threads.

✨ I learnt so much about the natural world. @jenchristiansen.com’s lessons from the natural world left me full of admiration for the expanse of nature, and @juusokoponen.bsky.social’s experience visualizing biodiversity loss and climate change emphasised to me that these methods must be localised.

I haven’t spoken much about the project since I’ve completed it because I felt it wasn’t my place. It’s a collaboration with Orang Laut Singapore, and understanding how their representation isn’t forgotten, but erased. More on the project here: www.lawanlupa.com

Thank you so much Cara!!! I’m so glad to have met someone else in Edinburgh and to hear about how we deal with similar challenges at work. Can’t wait to meet you again soon!

That’s hilarious!!