Carmen Elena Gutierrez Apolinario

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Hello, I am Carmen Elena Gutiérrez Apolinario, from the province of Satipo, located in the Central Jungle of Peru. I studied architecture and urban planning. As the daughter of teachers who work in Satipo, I have been able to see firsthand the reality of education in both urban and rural areas, where school infrastructure is often deficient or nonexistent. This experience sparked in me a commitment to research and propose solutions through architecture, a field I have developed throughout my academic and professional training through research and projects aimed at improving educational spaces. As part of the Seeds for Sustainable Development Association, I have participated in educational infrastructure projects and participatory design processes with communities. I collaborate with Fab Lab Peru and Forest Lab, developing projects within the framework of the REGEN project, aimed at innovation, sustainability, and territorial regeneration within the Peruvian jungle.

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Name

Carmen Elena Gutierrez Apolinario.

Location

Satipo, Junin,Perú.

Why Fab Academy?

It is a tool to democratize access to technology, especially in the Amazon region. I envision learning as not unlearning, but rather questioning traditional models and reconstructing knowledge from within the territory. In the various branches developed within the project, we are interested not only in learning, but in learning to teach, share, and replicate knowledge in communities, educational spaces, and local training processes, so that technology becomes an open, accessible, and adaptable tool, capable of generating autonomy, innovation, and territorial transformation.

What do you want to learn?

My interest in Fab Academy is to co-create from digital fabrication, integrating ancestral knowledge.