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We thought it would be interesting
to start a network of spaces

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And to draw on existing models that
seem to be working, like hackerspaces

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but also by borrowing in some ways
from the communes

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and thinking about why they failed.

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And that's kind of the idea
where the unMonastery comes from

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unMonastery is a pilot project,

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and, as all prototypes,
needs to be evaluated

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so it's good to take a break at some point

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and run an important event,
the one on July 22nd

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That is not going to be a closing event
of the unMonastery

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but a time to build
what future scenarios might look like.

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How do I feel about
the unMonastery staying in Matera?

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Oh, I would love
for the unMonastery to stay in Matera,

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I think it's a wonderful place.

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What I imagine for the unMonastery is

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I think it's going to spread, at least in Europe

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Just as Matera could be a hub

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for all these different
social innovation projects,

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and technological innovation projects.

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it could be a hub for unMonastery
to nurture its own growth.

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When people from a local community
meet people from the outside world,

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Their encounter enables seeing
that local place through new eyes.

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So, the idea of the unMonastery
as a local development policy is this:

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you reach out to people in Sweden,
UK, USA, Poland and so on,

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You bring them here,
and they are going to say:

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"Neat! Here we can do this thing.

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Or That other thing might be
interpreted in this way."

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Local people will say

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"I don't know, you might be right ...
or you might be wrong",

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so they discuss, they argue,
they work together, try stuff out,

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and with a bit of luck,
a few real innovations will emerge

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We ran a first workshop
to test [CoderDojo],


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here at the unMonastery,
in late May, with 15 children.

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It worked really well,

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so we decided
to run a second one

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There is a school here in Matera,
called Pascoli

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Headmaster and teachers
are very active

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they want to change things

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So, together, we decided to organize
a day for the childern of Matera.

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It happened in late June,
with 60 children.

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It worked really, really well.

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The last 2 months have been
significantly different from the first 4

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And we were able to continue
to develop our projects

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And think more about how we approach them,

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And how we might be able to improve them
in the future

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And it also gave us an opportunity
to invite new people,

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with different projects and ideas,

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to also be here with us in Matera,

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and develop their own projects

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as well as collaborating with us.

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What our unMonasterian friends gave us
when they came here

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is some of their time
to build some of their own space

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And to bring us new ideas,
and share them with us.

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They've given us the gift of their ideas.

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No doubt, a very important experience
for Comitato [Matera 2019],

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very meaningful

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But it needs to be shared,
and analysed

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and we need to figure out
how to take it further

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Because the unMonastery will be
one of our flagship projects,

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So we are committed to keep working

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along this path of social innovation

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Following the unMonastery model and others

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I think the process has already started,
and it is irreversible.

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It is like a clockwork set in motion,

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And it is not something that will
change the city ...

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it is something that has already
changed the city.

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When we talk about impact,

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Are we talking about the impact in 1 year,
or the impact over 200 years?