This document describes Foamboard, which is a low-cost community information sharing platform. Foamboard uses collages on foam core boards to share information, photos, and comments in public spaces to facilitate conversations. It aims to promote local sharing of information across languages. Examples provided show Foamboard installations in various locations in Oaxaca, Mexico being used to share event information, photos, comments and tips for using Foamboard.

1. FOAMBOARD
READ WRITE CULTURE
S L O W A D V E N T U R E S I N O A X A C A D E J U A R E Z , M E X I C O
@ r o n made r • o axaca. w i k i s pace s . co m/ f o ambo ar d • 11. 2 0 15

2. About This Presentation
Foamboard is a practical, economical and creative lo-fi
heritage media. It's part collage, part information board,
part asynchronous dialogue and part catalyst for real-
time, face-to-face conversation. Foamboards facilitate
social bridging. Comments are welcome and so are
embeds, likes, clips and shares.
- Ron Mader (Las Vegas, November 2015)

3. oaxaca.wikispaces.com/foamboard

4. Photo: NASA

5. O u r o b j e c t i v e m a y n o t
b e t o f i n d a c o m m o n
l a n g u a g e
b u t t o k e e p s p e a k i n g
i n d i f f e r e n t l a n g u a g e s .
Mujeres de ARIPO
Foto: Ron Mader
N u e s t r o o b j e t i v o p u e d e
n o s e r e n c o n t r a r
u n l e n g u a j e c o m ú n ,
p e r o s i s e g u i r h a b l a n d o
e n d i f e r e n t e s i d i o m a s

6. TYPICAL
SIGNAGE

11. FOAMBOARD

12. FOAMBOARD
R E A D W R ITE CU L TU R E
S L O W A D V E N T U R E S I N O A X A C A D E J U A R E Z , M E X I C O
RON MADER • 11.2011

13. Foamboards …
• Are portable and inexpensive
• Are easy to update
• Create venues for conversation
• Permit others to add and re-arrange
• Manifest ‘read write culture’
• Manifest ‘small is beautiful’
• Share what’s online
• Celebrate what’s local
• Encourage multiple languages

14. Where to find Foamboards
Oaxaca de Juárez, México
• Bambú
• Becari Tonatzin
• Comala Restaurant/Bar
• Jarcieria El Arte Oaxaqueño
• Tianguis Pochimilco
• Grupo Lula’a
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30. What you can do
• Make your own Foamboard!
• Take photos of noticeboards
• Share signage photos on Flickr
flickr.com/groups/worldsigns
• Pin Flickr Photos on Pinterest
• Tweet about Foamboards
• Favorite this Slideshare presentation

31. Tips for Foamboarders
• Keep the information up-to-date
• Remove outdated information
• Include a map and calendar
• Provide extra tacks
• Display pages printed from the Web
• Mix it up. Change or trade foamboards
• Take photos of friends w/ foamboard

32. Da Valor a
Lo Pequeño
• Pidimos anuncios en
formato pequeño
• Por favor quita la
información de eventos
pasados.
• Toma un foto de un
amigo con el foamboard
para subir a nuestro
pagina Facebook:
f a c e b o o k . c o m /
m e r c a d o p o c h o t e x o c h i m i l c o
Small is
Beautiful
• We ask for
announcements that are
small in size.
• Please remove obsolete
info.
• Take a photo of a
friend with the
foamboard and upload to
our Facebook page:
f a c e b o o k . c o m /

33. Photo @ Rutger van Waveren
FOAMBOARD DON’TS
• Do not use tape
• Do not cover existing posters
• Do not add large posters

34. In Short
• Be creative
• Be colorful
• Be engaging
• Be innovative
• Be inspiring

35. BEYOND
FOAMBOARD

36. E a r t h D a y P o s t e r @ O a x a c a , M é x i c o

37. C r u z d e l a P i e d r a @ O a x a c a , M é x i c o

38. C o p 1 1 @ H y d e r a b a d , I n d i a

39. D o g s ‘ n ’ D r o n e s • H e n d e r s o n , N e v a d a 2 0 1 5

40. Make Your Own
Popup Museum

41. A good
conversation
occurs when people
listento o ne ano the r o ve r ti me .
Una buena conversación
se produce cuando
las personas escucharan
unos a otros a través
del tiempo.

42. Kudos
Aur o r a Bazan
M ar th a Can s e co
Be n n e tts
M e l i s s a Bi ggs
N i co de m u s Bar to l o
Enri que Casti l l a P e r e z
Eni mi a P é r e z Cas tr o
Car l o s Gr o ss
Hugo Antoni o Santi ago
Car l o s T o pe te

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44. @ronmader