Field trips

The inclusion of external activities in the educational process contributed a lot to the strengthening of bonds between the participants of Colaboradora. These trips encouraged them to go through new experiences and discoveries together and, consequently, weave a network of another kind: one of common memories and affections.

We carefully chose experiences that could also broaden the colabs’ repertoire in order to strengthen their profile as creative, impact entrepreneurs. Therefore, we organized a schedule that mixed the expansion of knowledge in the field of business management, the identification of references and inspirations in the creative and social impact sector, and the diversification of examples (of aesthetics, forms of organization, and models of impact production, cooperation and networking).

WE’RE OFF!

We took part in the Second Forum for Impact Enterprises of the Peripheries in Jardim Ângela, São Paulo, organized by our partners at A Banca. There, the colabs listened to different people who work with social investment and entrepreneurship and participated in debates about creative economy, social impact, and social business, in addition to getting in touch with the experiences of entrepreneurs from other peripheries beyond the Santos Basin.

At Sebrae’s Feira do Empreendedor (Entrepreneur Fair), we listened to acknowledged entrepreneurs, discovered new tools, and accessed information about formalization, investment, and management.

At the Red Bull Station and the Ouvidor 63 occupation - two creative hubs with different profiles - we observed different models of cultural management, occupation of spaces, and artistic residencies.

We visited the Afro Brasil museum and the CCN - Centro de Culturas Negras (Center for Black Cultures), where we witnessed Mãe Sylvia de Oxalá as she diversified aesthetic references and reflected on the participation of African culture in the formation of Brazilian society.

At Galpão ZL, we met with entrepreneurs from Inova ZL, a program by Fundação Tide Setubal in partnership with Instituto Jatobás focused on social entrepreneurship in the outskirts of São Paulo, fostering the development of other networks and connections beyond the location where each colab worked.

“It was important for us to have seen the Ouvidor 63 occupation and discovered how other collaboration systems work, with other bodies and experiences. To have contact with other cultures such as in the Afro Brasil museum was crucial to enhancing the information I use in my work. And by seeing how CCN works I realized that, although there is an essential discourse on blackness from the perspective of the black community, I don’t need to be a black artist to be able to discuss this issue.”

ANDREY HAAG, Tumulto Rec production company