“Empathy Revisited” – Episode #11: Francisca Sottomayor & Haro Cümbüşyan
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This episode brings together Francisca Sottomayor, part of the design team of the Germinator, and Haro Cümbüşyan, founding director of EK BİÇ YE İÇ—one of the local partners of the project. The conversation expands on this collaboration established within the scope of the biennial’s New Civic Rituals program and discusses how the germination of seeds can symbolize a new beginning for people to interact with their environment, grow and source their food in urban settings. Germinator is designed by SKREI with Francisca Sottomayor and Sofia Magalhães.
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