Matera

European Students Showcase Transformative Placemaking Initiatives at Évora International Conference

Students from four European cities presented exciting Placemaking projects as part of the PLAY/ACT project, highlighting the transformative potential of participatory and community-centered urban design. As part of the Erasmus+ Play/Act project, the Portuguese city of Évora hosted last week the International Placemaking Conference “A Place to Be”. The continuous learning course implemented within the …

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PlayAct project

Play/Act culminates its placemaking training sessions at the Youth Center “El Economato” in Mérida on a high note

The Play/Act project, funded by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union, concluded its educational activities at the Youth Leisure Center “El Economato” in Mérida on October 27th with great success. For this event, a dozen national and international students from the universities associated with the project (Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Hungary) participated, along with …

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The creation of public spaces as the protagonist of the Placemaking Training in the Play/Act project

The Italian city of Matera will host the third international learning activity of the Play/Act project from March 13 to 18. The capital of the Basilicata region will be the meeting point for about twenty students and teachers involved in this Erasmus initiative to receive training in Placemaking. This module is part of the transdisciplinary …

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Play/Act partners meet at the Faculty of Documentation and Communication Sciences to analyze the results of the first activity

The University of Extremadura has hosted the international meeting of the European partners participating in the Play/Act project on November 10th and 11th. The objective was to evaluate the result obtained in the first activity: ‘Mapping and Community Engagement’. This has been the second international meeting that has been carried out with the representatives of …

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Students from four European cities want to promote happier spaces through placemaking processes

Twenty-four students from Portugal, Spain, Italy and Hungary are being trained to engage with communities and promote local placemaking initiatives. The initiative is part of PLAY/ACT – Placemaking as Youth Activism, a project aiming to transform places in Évora, Mérida, Matera and Budapest. PLAY/ACT is coordinated by the University of Évora (Portugal) and counts with …

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