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Worlding Higher Education Differently: Co-creating a Technology-Art-Science Commons
Our tripartite ecosystem brings together transnational (local, national, international), transdisciplinary (technology, art, science), and transmedia (digital media platforms) efforts. Through this collaborative framework, we co-create activations among researchers and practitioners in higher education across Colombia, Egypt, and Canada. As visual arts and science educators, our project experiments with the intersections of art, science, and technology. We prioritize pedagogical activations locally and globally, focusing on a ‘glocal’ approach that emphasizes learning points relevant to the 21st century. These learning points—or impact literacies—equip students with essential skills, including: Transnational partnerships, collaborative teamwork, responsiveness and adaptability, and innovative thinking. By incorporating these skills into the project design, we provide students with leadership opportunities that might not have been available otherwise.
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Mountain Marsh – Daniel Blanco’s Public Programme
Exploring Bogotá’s watery past through walking routes and workshops on architecture, ecology, and coexistence.

Residency at Proyecto Binario x CASASELVA
Dates: February–May 2025

As part of his research residency with Worlding Higher Education, architect Daniel Blanco developed Mountain Marsh, a series of interconnected public activations combining walking routes and creative workshops. His practice explores how architecture and construction tools can help bridge ecological inquiry with lived experience.

Mountain Marsh proposed a dialogue with the humid past—and speculative futures—of the Bogotá savanna valley. From the vast Pleistocene lake that once defined the region to the colonial and modern processes that continue to shape how we inhabit water, Daniel guided participants through routes and reflections that brought these histories into the present.

Each walking route led into a related workshop, allowing participants to translate environmental observations into tangible, creative responses. From ceramic making and cloud fabrication to mapping and drawing sessions, the programme encouraged participants to imagine new ways of coexisting with water and landscape.

Programme Highlights

  • Cloud-Making Workshop – 15 March

  • Field Trip: Páramo de Guacheneque – 29 March

  • Ceramic Bowls Workshop – 5 April

  • Field Trip: Washbasins and Former Bronx District – 12 April

  • Waterfalls Workshop – 26 April

  • Drawing Club at Salto del Tequendama with @rayadaaa_ – 17 May

Blending fieldwork, speculative design, and community engagement, Mountain Marsh contributes to Worlding Higher Education’s wider exploration of future practices in art institutions, particularly where architecture intersects with environmental storytelling and pedagogical experimentation.
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