Storytelling
The New Era of Propaganda
Àlex Valverde Valencia
Digital political discourse is being transformed through the generative potential of AI and the viral dynamics of memes on social media.
Storytelling
Gaseous Politics
Carlos A. Scolari
Politics tends to be increasingly constructed through social media and other environments where snack culture is generated, circulated and consumed.
Commons
Lea Ypi: “My idea of freedom is a moral idea”
Bashkim Shehu
The Albanian philosopher and writer reflects on freedom and analyses its limits in communist and capitalist societies.
Commons
Cas Mudde: “The far right is normalised”
Andreu Barnils
We talk to the Dutch political scientist about the characteristics and strategies of today’s extreme right.
Culture
Tania Bruguera: “We are being cut off from the possibility of thinking about what has not yet happened”
Oriol Fontdevila
We talk with the Cuban artist about the tensions between art and politics and the ability to imagine new institutions.
Technology
Remember the Human
Albert Lloreta
Reddit, the interface between digital niches and the mainstream, is one of the battle grounds for debates on freedom of expression and toxicity in the era of the great algorithm.
Technology
Social networks: editing or censorship?
Jorge Carrión
The change in behaviour of big media platforms sparks reflection on the ethical regulation of information.
Commons
Jason Y. Ng: “Violence will only lead to more escalated violence”
Sergi Vicente
We talk to this lawyer, activist, and journalist about his experiences with protests and non-violent civil disobedience in Hong Kong.
Commons
Carolin Emcke: “We need a language of utopia to accompany our discontent”
Roger Manau Flotats
We talk with the German philosopher and journalist about the need to heed the complex web of violences, of hate and of silences and the need to find words to fight it.
Education
Henry Giroux: “Those arguing that education should be neutral are really arguing for a version of education in which nobody is accountable”
João França
An interview with founder of critical pedagogy Henry Giroux on the meaning of education, suspicions regarding neutrality and on how current uncertainties could be a driving force to rethink and generate new possibilities.
Commons
Saving Cassandra: the Challenges of Disinformation Today
Berta Barbet
A reflection on the dangers and causes of disinformation within a context of lack of certainty and disaffection with the current system.
Commons
An Insolent “Demos”
Ekhi L. de la Granja
We review one of the founding myths of Athenian democracy, the Solon reforms, to reflect on the meaning of equality and the values of contemporary democracy.