Planet
Mar Santamaria: “The city is the artifact and the strategy that will enable collective survival”
Núria Moliner
An interview with architect and urban planner Mar Santamaria on the present and future challenges of contemporary cities, public policies, data and urban rights.
Technology
When They Came For The Digitally Illiterate…
Andrea Rosales
Forced digitalisation excludes not only those with fewer digital skills, but also those who appreciate the advantages of the analogue world.
Storytelling
Snack Culture and Virality
Ainhoa Marzol
The short and fragmented formats that succeed on social media make decontextualisation one of the cornerstones of today’s digital culture.
Culture
Curating Young Thinking
La Sullivan
What would a festival of writing, thought and creation, designed, curated and managed by young people be like? Reflections on the experience of Bivac.
Planet
Toward a “Bacterial Turn” in Art, Architecture and Design
Jens Hauser
The urban design project "Geo-LLum" proposes an experimental bacteria-powered public lightening system in Barcelona’s El Clot neighbourhood.
Technology
The NFT bubble has burst. Long live the bubble?
Proyecto UNA
Cloaked in an aura of popular cultural cool, NFTs act as an introductory narrative into the world of speculation.
Planet
Slow Thinking
Sam Twidale
Slow Thinking hopes to promote bilateral relationships with non-human entities who live and communicate on different timescales.
Planet
Science
The space of possible minds
Philip Ball
If our experience is limited to our own bodies, how can we think about non-human minds?
Technology
Immersion in the Metaverse
Inés Macpherson | Enric Luján | Jose Valenzuela Ruiz | Proyecto UNA | Antònia Folguera
We propose a creative game in which several authors delve freely into the concept and dilemmas of the metaverse.
Culture
Judit Carrera: “The purpose of cultural centres is to generate connections”
Montse Frisach
Mathieu Potte-Bonneville (Centre Pompidou) and Judit Carrera (CCCB) talk about the future of cultural institutions.
Commons
When the (institutional) cure is worse than the (mental) illness
Jose Valenzuela Ruiz
On how mental institutions went from being places of isolation to centres that are open to society, politics and art.
Planet
Science
What insects think about
Javier A. Canteros
Have we been dismissive in our reckoning of insect intelligence? Studies of their cognitive abilities reveal a surprising mind.