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 === EITC Blackbird ===
-A dozen cultural transformers from Europe, collaborators in the project EITC [[http://beta.fo.am/eitc/]], set out to Mexico for the kick off days and some field research. Arriving in the state of Oaxaca, in the middle of the "day of the dead" celebrations - Mexico welcomed us with flowers, candles and traditional sweets to remember the ancestors and some bottles of Mezcal 100% agave. While tasting and toasting, blackbird became the nickname for the European Mexican project on transformative culture.
+A dozen cultural transformers from Europe, collaborators in the project  [[http://fo.am/eitc/|EITC]], set out to Mexico for the kick off days and some field research. Arriving in the state of Oaxaca, in the middle of the "day of the dead" celebrations - Mexico welcomed us with flowers, candles and traditional sweets to remember the ancestors and some bottles of Mezcal 100% agave. While tasting and toasting, blackbird became the nickname for the European Mexican project on transformative culture.
 On November 2nd, we started our stay with visits at graveyards, the pantheons, where we got surprised and inspired by the Oaxacan way of remembering their dead.
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 At the house of Mauricio Cervantes, an Oaxaca based artist, we set up an altar, typically installed in homes to respect the ancestors, and make offerings of food, Mezcal and incents. Smells of fresh flowers and burning incense escape from the house altars and immerse the streets of the city making walking around a special experience.
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 The Forum for Social Innovation continues with talks featuring Lucina Jimenez and Paula Moreno Zapata, more examples of social entrepreneurs and an open space round around the topic of social innovation. The afternoon introduces 11 Oaxacan business, non profit organizations and projects in a Pecha Kucha style series of presentations.
-Kick-off
+On Saturday (5th Nov), we visited st. bartome, a black pottery village and watched dona Sylvia make a vase while telling us about the process of collecting the clay in the fields and stumping it with her feet to mix it with water to make it moldable, before shaping pots and vases without a wheel.
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+Afterwards, we visited st. Martin, where abajes are carved from Copal wood, and painted with natural dyes. The abajes are fantasy animals that are dreamt by the sculptor and are meant to protect and help in difficult times.
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+**Kick-off**
 On Monday (7th Nov) and Tuesday (8th Nov), the partners of the EITC project from Europe and Mexico introduced their backgrounds and first ideas about the various case studies, and possible collaborations to each other.
 The associated Mexican partner La Piztola presented some of their work on T-shirts and walls.
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