Commons
Dossier
Archiving
Digital technologies have allowed an unprecedented leap in the capacity to generate and store information. The volume of data grows by the day.
Education
Technology
Cory Doctorow: “Every euro that we spend spying on our kids is a euro we don’t spend on books”
We took the opportunity to interview Cory Doctorow who was here to launch his graphic novel In Real Life as part of the Kosmopolis ongoing programme.
Culture
Cultural Innovation International Prize. A Synthesis of the Projects Submitted
Focusing on the projects accepted for consideration we try to find connections between the submissions.
Commons
Culture
Beyond Open Access: The Discovery of Knowledge
Ignasi Labastida i Juan
The aim of The Hague Declaration on the extraction of knowledge in the digital age is to improve access to knowledge by removing barriers.
Storytelling
Conceptual Writings: An Overview
Jorge Carrión
We map out an overview of experimental writing today, focusing particularly on conceptualism and processes of appropriation and expropriation in America.
Technology
The Maker Culture in China (III): Hands-On, for Economic and Social Progress
Sandra Álvaro
The spirit of learning by doing and the free experimentation that characterise maker processes are keys to renewing the idea of “made in China”.
Storytelling
Bookcamp 2015. The limits of books
Bookcamp 4 looks at the limits and possibilities of the book format from different viewpoints.
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.
Culture
Dossier
Digital Strategies at Museums
We analyse some strategies that have been applied by museums and cultural centres to adapt to this new context of digital technologies.
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?