“Inside the small solar-powered structure migrants can find water, some food and a touch screen. Drawing upon traveler graffiti, pictograms, and the Mexican tradition of ex-voto painting, migrants are invited to use the interface and share something about themselves and their journey with the homeowner and anyone who’s interested. Migrants can either draw, write messages, or make a pictogram from ready-made graphical icons.
“The images and messages are uploaded to the bilingual Casa Segura website. The website functions also as an access point for resources about immigration issues and the borders of the southwestern United States.”
“…I definitely want the ideas to be ‘do it yourself/open source’ and I would be thrilled if people were inspired to simply place weather proof bins with water and food on their property for migrants to access. One could encourage communication by placing a sketchbook in the bin with an invitation to the migrants to leave a message.”
This might intersect very neatly with the hexayurt concept. Cheap waystations for the world’s weather and war refugee population, plus a sort of automatic journalism project. More stories means more loyalty to humans over loyalty to nations?
