On February 20, Suara, in collaboration with Domestic Data Streamers (DDS), launched the pilot project “Without Care, There Is No Future”, an initiative that aims to make the invisible visible and highlight the social, emotional, economic, and vital role of care work through the direct voices of those who sustain it every day.
The starting point was a 5 hour Hackathon, designed as an intensive, well-cared-for space to listen to and collect real testimonies, give them visibility (stories, data, and emotions), and turn them into raw material for a future community-facing awareness-raising action.
The session followed three principles: voices are not translated, they are amplified; not speaking about care, but from care; and collecting materials that can be transformed into visual pieces.
The Hackathon combined participatory dynamics with the collection of qualitative and emotional data:
- On the one hand, a large mural posing the question “What would happen in 24 hours if care disappeared?” gathered contributions from a wide range of profiles.
- On the other hand, group work made it possible to complete situated storytelling templates about invisible everyday moments, concerns, strengths, and sentences that define the work.
- A collective emotional map was also created to chart emotions such as gratitude, fatigue, or invisibility by intensity and frequency.
In the second part, groups moved from collection to transformation: ideating an awareness-raising action using simple materials (cardboard, post-its, markers, body, and voice) to shape key messages and initial visual proposals. The session closed with a recognition activity: “This Is Work Too.”
The materials collected (literal quotes, stories, emotional maps, and prototypes) will now form the basis for designing a public awareness-raising action that places care at the center of public debate and collective recognition.
Bàrbara Outeiro
Open Innovation Manager
