Planet
Storytelling
The Anthropocene, Climate Change and Dystopias
Serielizados
When TV series tackle the future they tend to depict quite a dark world ahead of us.
Technology
Mass Surveillance in Latin America
Alan Lazalde
What is the situation like in Latin America in regards to mass surveillance?
Culture
What will our future memories be? Interview with Sharon Macdonald
Ramon Sangüesa
We must break down the usual assumptions about what is held in a museum and who decides what is collected, that is, what is preserved.
Storytelling
Provisional Language
Kenneth Goldsmith
Globalisation and digitalisation turns all language into provisional language.
Culture
Wikidata: The New Rosetta Stone
Àlex Hinojo
Wikidata is a new step forward in the democratisation of access to information.
Culture
A change of mentality
Maria Ribas
The cultural sector is shifting, and audiences are now in the spotlight. Two conferences reflected this shift in Madrid and Barcelona.
Science
The “uncanny valley” hypothesis in robots
Ferran Esteve
The "uncanny valley" hypothesis holds that when a robot looks almost, but not exactly, like a human being, it causes disconcert and revulsion in the observer,
Storytelling
Predictions of Total Control
Jose Valenzuela Ruiz
The possibility of critical, educated, informed citizens is a fear that disturbes those in power and has caused the burning of books and librariries many times.
Education
Digital Natives: From the Myth to the Reality
Ferran Adell
Today’s students have been in contact with technologies since their early childhood; they are what are known as digital natives.
Technology
The Internet in Latin America
Alan Lazalde
Latin Americans make up 10% of the world's internet users. What do they use the internet for?
Culture
The evolution of lab culture
Juan Insua
The LABMeeting 2015 conference brought together many of the projects and experiences that have helped to create and shape a lab culture in recent decades.
Culture
Planet
Cultural institutions and climate change
Francisco Heras
As strategic hubs, cultural institutions must contribute to the transition to a new energy culture that protects the climate.