Commons
Culture
Beyond Open Access: The Discovery of Knowledge
Ignasi Labastida i Juan
The aim of The Hague Declaration on the extraction of knowledge in the digital age is to improve access to knowledge by removing barriers.
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”.
Technology
The Maker Culture in China (II): Shanzhai, Emerging Innovation in an Open Manufacturing Ecosystem
Sandra Álvaro
China offers an alternative for taking maker culture out of the field of entertainment and into the market. Shanzhai, a think tank focusing on open innovation.
Technology
The Maker Culture in China (I): XinCheJian, a Chinese-style Hackerspace
Sandra Álvaro
XinCheJian is the first hackerspace founded in China, a space where making meets creation.
Storytelling
Rights for authors, publishers and readers
Mariana Eguaras
For five hundred years, intellectual property and copyright have been the cornerstone on which a huge number of business models have been built.
Technology
Africa Recycles and Creates Technology
Carlos Bajo
In the midst of e-waste traffickers, Africans are endeavouring to find ways to breathe new life into these discarded materials.
Commons
Culture
The Digital Closing of the Public Domain
Ignasi Labastida i Juan
In the process of digitalising works, museums, libraries and archives often end up closing or limiting their use.
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.
Commons
Co-creation workshops with open DNA
Enric Senabre
The aim of co-creation workshops with open DNA is to explore different possibilities for building projects and initiatives in connection to the Commons.
Commons
Co-Creation in Culture: From a Gin and Tonic to Profound Change
Ramon Sangüesa
We discuss co-creation in connection to production and learning, and examine its potential opportunities between cultural institutions and collectives.
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.