semente (Portuguese for “seed”) consists of a set of tools and methods to help communities understand and act on collective processes, resources, and dynamics. It focuses on a systems view of commonalities and differences, and in the use of circular metaphors inspired by the interaction between humans and nature. In that, semente honours to the ways communities worldwide interpret time, work, and the world.
In its first versions, developed collaboratively between 2022 and 2023 (read about the development here), semente was based on a canvas with discrete fields inspired by the relationship of humans and plants. During the residency at GAIATO in 2025, that format was updated with a streamlined, spiralled shape. It will be published in March 2025.
Processual documentation about the development of semente can be found in this GitHub repository. Comments and reflections along the way can are posted to the Lab blog.
