Commons
Social movements in a time of pandemic
Dafne Calvo
COVID-19 has challenged the creativity of citizens in lockdown, who have responded to the crisis through numerous expressions of solidarity, both online and offline.
Technology
The 4.0 Revolution and its Tunes
Ramon Sangüesa
As in the previous pointzero revolutions, the story of efficiency and economic growth coexists with the possibility of an alternative narrative that situates the community at the centre.
Technology
James Bridle: Technology Is Politics
Ferran Esteve
With his work, this British artist advocates the duty of citizens to shape progress in the face of the lights and shadows of the digital revolution.
Technology
Flaubertian Definition
Ramon Sangüesa | Ferran Esteve
Variations of the definition of the Internet of Things depending on whether we take the perspective of objects, corporations, administrations, or citizens.
Culture
Is Lab All There Is?
Ramon Sangüesa
The “lab” concept has been a great success. It had the good fortune to be appropriated by all kinds of actors: public, semi-public, private, and any combination.
Technology
Who Saved the Web?
Solana Larsen
Entendre Internet com a bé comú, implica garantir al ciutadans el dret a la lliure expressió, a la privacitat i a l'accés.
Planet
Climate, Culture, Change
Laura de Bonis
The fight against climate change is almost certainly the most significant global challenge for the 21st century. What role should the culture play?
Technology
The Digital Citizenry Revolution in Africa
Carlos Bajo
Citizens are monitoring elections, challenging dictators, claiming basic rights and building communities. African civil society takes control of digital space.
Technology
Privacy and Innovation: an Impossible Equation?
Gemma Galdon
Respecting the legal framework and the needs and desires of citizens and consumers is a basic prerequisite for the success of any new product or initiative.
Commons
The City and its Small Data
César Reyes Nájera
What role do small data and interactions in shaping our cities?
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.
Commons
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?