Camino with Ryan Jenkins

Our theme for February is CAMINO.
Unser Thema im Februar ist “CAMINO” (Veranstaltungssprache ist Englisch; Networking auf Deutsch/Englisch; Photo: © scienceintermedia | Sebastian Funk).

Camino (pronounced Kah-Mee-Noh) is a Spanish word meaning “path” or “way.”

You don’t have to know exactly where your path leads, just trust that you’ll learn what you need along the way. Wherever you are headed, we wish you, as they say in Oviedo, “buen camino.” May you have a safe and meaningful journey.

Our speaker this month is tinkering nomad Ryan Jenkins, author of ‘The Tinkering Workshop’ and leader of Wonderful Idea Company.

Over the past twenty years, Ryan has been lucky enough to travel all around the world sharing playful and creative pathways to explore art, science and technology. This experience working with learners to construct personally meaningful projects has helped him build his understanding of the ways that impromptu learning environments can form around engaging topics and has demonstrated the value of flexible pop-up workshops and ateliers.

Through his travels to India, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Texas, Denmark, and more, his role as a “tinkering nomad” has reinforced his belief in direct hands-on learning experiences, confirmed the existence of creative communities and initiatives in unexpected places, and inspired hope in the possibilities for connections between different cultures. Let’s explore what it means to take your creative practice “on the road” and think together about how that process affects both you and the people you collaborate with along the way.

Join us on Friday, February 20th at 8AM in the Carl-Schurz-Haus library, Eisenbahnstr 62 in Freiburg.

This month’s theme was chosen by our Oviedo chapter in Asturias, Spain and illustrated by Marta Vila.