Commons
Two Self-Managed Grecs
Joan Carbonell
What can we learn from the first two editions of the Grec, a self-managed, egalitarian and ground-breaking festival at the height of political and cultural upheaval?
Commons
Institutions of the Future
Charles Beckett
The internet allows public institutions to become more transparent and porous, but the transformation has only just begun.
Commons
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.
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”.
Commons
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.
Technology
Digital Africa. A developing ecosystem
Carlos Bajo
There is an Africa that innovates and looks to ICTs as a means to solve its problems through a citizen-led process.