Commons
Technology
From Smart City to SmartCitizens
Paisaje Transversal
The contradictions of smart cities –that great promise that would supposedly resolve the problems of the city– has ended up generating a new term: Smartcitizens.
Technology
Big Data and Digital Humanities: From social computing to the challenges of connected culture
Sandra Álvaro
Big Data applied to the field of cultural production brings the Digital Humanities up against the new challenges of a network-generated data culture.
Culture
To change or to change
Juan Insua
Just over half a decade ago, the collaborative digital technologies came into Cultural institutions, but at the same time they went through a resistance stage.
Technology
César Rendueles: “We think about technology as a solution to our problems when we should think about the political horizon that allows us to deal with them”
In this interview Rendueles talks about free knowledge, differences between real and virtual life, or the role of the social sciences.
Commons
Culture
If it doesn’t spread, it’s dead
Maria Farràs
Overview of the ideas discussed in the book Spreadable Media. Creating value in a Networked Culture by Henry Jenkins, Sam Ford and Joshua Green (2013).
Commons
Culture
If It’s Transparent, It’s Better
Mara Balestrini
For the cultural institutions, offering open data may become a new form of dialogue that promotes commitment and innovation.
Education
MOOCs: A New Tool for the Knowledge Society
Dolors Reig
This article offers an overview of the brief history of MOOCs and explores their principal features, advantages and drawbacks.
Technology
The Digital Noah’s Ark
Edgar Riu
The net is taking root as the dominant paradigm for the digital repository, but can the Internet really replace archives?
Technology
The Internet: A History Under Construction
Maria Farràs
This chronology is simply a point of departure for an Open Map of the History of the Internet, and which welcomes all of your contributions.
Storytelling
I Data Journalism and Open Data Conference
Data Journalism offers readers data visualisation and processing in order to explain the news in a clear and understandable way.
Technology
The Digital Black Hole (DBH)
Luis Ángel Fernández Hermana
It is estimated that around four fifths of the information and knowledge generated on the Internet since its creation has disappeared.
