Planet
Life in the Shade
Tomás Criado
To relearn how to live in today’s cities, we must push aside the savage power of the Sun, placing shade at the centre.
Planet
Soundscapes of the Northwest Amazon: Rhythms, Land and Culture in Pará
Natalia Figueredo
A journey through the evolution of the different musical styles present in Amazonia and their connection with the land.
Planet
The Political Nature of the Forest
Paulo Tavares
The rainforest is an engineered construction resulting from the diverse ways in which indigenous societies relate to it.
Storytelling
Colson Whitehead: “There’s this whole secret city that’s being built when everyone else is asleep”
Albert Forns
We talked to the American writer about New York City and the stories that unfold there.
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.
Commons
Nkosikhona Swartbooi: “The city is worried about getting people to work early, but not about when they get home”
João França
We talk to Nkosikhona Swartbooi, founder member of Reclaim the City, a collective that fights housing segregation in Cape Town.
Education
The Obsolescence of Interfaces
Carlos A. Scolari
COVID-19 has highlighted the need to redesign current interfaces to tackle an increasingly complex and uncertain world.
Commons
The City and its Small Data
César Reyes Nájera
What role do small data and interactions in shaping our cities?
Commons
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.
Technology
Urban Revolution 4.0
Paisaje Transversal
We talk about specific examples and proposals to promote smartcitizens in the face of the concept of the smartcity.
Technology
The Latest Post-Digital Revolution: The Internet of Things, Big Data and Ubiquity
Sandra Álvaro
We build bridges that bind the virtual world closer to the physical world, so that information is not only accessible from anywhere but also in everything.
Commons
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.