Technology
The Maker Culture in China (II): Shanzhai, Emerging Innovation in an Open Manufacturing Ecosystem
Sandra Álvaro
China offers an alternative for taking maker culture out of the field of entertainment and into the market. Shanzhai, a think tank focusing on open innovation.
Technology
The Maker Culture in China (I): XinCheJian, a Chinese-style Hackerspace
Sandra Álvaro
XinCheJian is the first hackerspace founded in China, a space where making meets creation.
Storytelling
Je suis Madame Bovary et vous êtes Chewbacca
Jose Valenzuela Ruiz
The need to tell stories has always been with mankind, whether it be to describe reality or to imagine alternative worlds.
Storytelling
It’s Not Just an Economic Cycle, It’s a Change of Era
Javier Celaya
Print book sales have dropped 40%. Do we really think that when we finally emerge from this damn crisis readers will go out and buy print books again?
Storytelling
Border Connections in Electronic Literature
Carles Sora
Literature and computer science would seem to be remote, but they convergence have radically changed the way we read and write stories.
Storytelling
Rights for authors, publishers and readers
Mariana Eguaras
For five hundred years, intellectual property and copyright have been the cornerstone on which a huge number of business models have been built.
Storytelling
Challenges and Opportunities for the Publishing Industry
Martín Gómez
The publishing industry is generating heated debate around the reconfiguration of the sector. It has become necessary to reflect together this evolution.
Commons
Under-the-Radar Publications
Anna Ramos
Between a collection, an archive and a reference area, La Fanzinoteca is inspired by the spirit of amateurism and by a passion for fanzines and micropublishing.
Commons
The Wealth of Networks
Mayo Fuster Morell
A review of the book The Wealth of Networks. How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom by Yochai Benkler.
Technology
The Other Net Behind the Great Wall (II)
Sandra Álvaro
Chinanet is an autonomous internet, separated from the rest of the word and characterised by a different usage that is more about performance than participation.
Technology
The Other Net Behind the Great Wall (I)
Sandra Álvaro
China’s cultural heritage, along with the strong control mechanisms that accompany the process of opening up have led to the development of Chinanet.
Commons
Technology
Reclaiming the City through Play
Cristina Sáez
The use of new technologies in cities through play is a way of putting the use of public space back in the hands of citizens.