Science
Our Monsters
Roc Jiménez de Cisneros
New materials, which have emerged because of human activity, may force us to rethink the distinction between the natural and the artificial.
Culture
Planet
Laura Pando: “Cultural institutions must be a safe place for debating climate change”
Cristina Sáez
We talk to Laura Pando about the ecological footprint of cultural institutions and the importance of environmental awareness.
Technology
The Dark Web, Between the Myth and the Promise of Anonymity
Ferran Esteve
The uses of the hidden Internet seem to move between two opposing poles: illegitimate activities and political activism.
Technology
African Cyberactivism Against Censorship
Carlos Bajo
Africa has been an experimentation laboratory for Internet espionage, censorship and denunciation by civil society alike.
Storytelling
Design Fiction: Prototyping Desirable Futures
Elisabet Roselló
Design fiction enables us to imagine and critically explore possibilities for the future through tangible objects.
Planet
Eco-publishing Handbook: the Container Is Important Too
Mar Carrera
Publishing books using environmentally-friendly criteria requires rethinking the entire publishing process: from conceptualisation to communication.
Storytelling
From BTV to Betevé. Unpredictable Television
Morrosko Vila-San-Juan
The first phase of BTV represented a new approach to television. Today’s Betevé promises a fresh leap forward, based on a cross-cutting approach and transmedia narrative.
Storytelling
Walking: A Thought Laboratory
Jorge Carrión
We’ve known it for centuries, but now it has been demonstrated by science and so seems to be even more certain than before. Walking stimulates creativity and thinking.
Planet
10 Proposals to Fight Climate Change through Culture
The finalists of the Cultural Innovation International Prize offer us different ways to spread awareness and to address climate change.
Science
Daniel Tammet: “We don’t realise how far we can go until we try”
Juan Insua
We talk with Daniel Tammet about the secrets of the mind, language and writing, and about the numerous types of intelligence on the planet.
Commons
Ageing Democracies?
Carlos Delclós | Susana Arias
Political Participation and Cultural Values among the Elderly in Europe
Technology
Living with Smart Algorithms
Sandra Álvaro
Algorithms enable us to create smarter machines, but their lack of neutrality and transparency raises new challenges.