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Do it yourself
The “maker” culture proposes production alternatives with principles such as do-it-yourself, freedom, community and collaboration. At the same time, within a context of mass digitalisation, we observe a resurgence of old techniques in the craft tradition: vinyl, cinema in super-8 fanzines, etc.
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The City, Space, Work and People who Make Things
César Reyes Nájera
The Maker philosophy based on collaborative work, ongoing process, and DIWO is essential for coming up with a new way of organising work.
“The carpenter, lab technician, and conductor are all craftsmen because they are dedicated to good work for its own sake.”
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Citizen Science: Knowledge takes power
Josep Perelló
Citizen science harks back to the essence of amateur science in the nineteenth century, but mixed with initiatives of social innovation and open innovation.
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The New Production Ecosystem. Personal, distributed, open fabrication
Tomás Díez
What will take us a step further in our thirst to keep moving towards an unknown place or state?
«L’error de programació obliga el software a adaptar-se i evolucionar cap a alguna cosa nova. O ho soluciona o hi troba un pedaç. En tot cas, canvia. Es converteix en una cosa nova. La nova versió. La inevitable actualització»
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The City and its Small Data
César Reyes Nájera
What role do small data and interactions in shaping our cities?
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Celluloid and Self-Sufficiency: Artist-Run Labs
Elena Duque
The demise of the celluloid industrial sector is being countered by ingenuity and strength in unity, film DIY has survived and is taking on the world.
“Only persistence in distributed interaction ends up generating identity and, consequently, community and enough social and interpersonal commitments to raise common programmes.”
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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.
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Self-Publishing and Long-Tail Literature
Mireia Sainz
Can self-publishing democratize content-publishing and be a challenge to the status quo of book sector?
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Culture
Genealogy of a Participatory Community: Spanish Fandom
Elisabet Roselló
What is the situation of the fandom in Spain, where the mass media and consumer culture developed under a dictatorship?