Technology
Dank memes: the reaction to an unliveable Internet
Albert Lloreta
Emerging from the dawn of the first Internet, today dank memes can be understood as an absurd expression that condenses the spirt of our times and as an expression of fury that boycotts the marketing logic of the Internet.
Technology
What if the Internet were an ally of linguistic diversity?
Carlos Bajo
Some 54% of the contents on the Internet are in English. We wonder about the rest of the languages, taking as a starting point the case of the African continent, where a third of the world’s languages are spoken and cultural activists take advantage of the digital environment to defend it.
Culture
Technology
Rethinking the Internet from the cultural sector
The finalists of the Cultural Innovation International Prize offer us different ways of raising awareness and tackling the challenges faced by the Internet.
Commons
Memes and Strange Politics
Jaron Rowan
Emerging from the tension between the political and politics is a form of aesthetic expression that renews the debate in the public sphere.
Technology
The Dark Web, Between the Myth and the Promise of Anonymity
Ferran Esteve
The uses of the hidden Internet seem to move between two opposing poles: illegitimate activities and political activism.
Technology
African Cyberactivism Against Censorship
Carlos Bajo
Africa has been an experimentation laboratory for Internet espionage, censorship and denunciation by civil society alike.
Commons
Technology
Technological Sovereignty? Democracy, Data and Governance in the Digital Era
Gemma Galdon
Technological sovereignty must become another pillar on which to gradually construct and consolidate a new technological model that is ethical, responsible and civic.
Technology
Governments Against the Networks. Freedom of Expression on the Internet
Ferran Esteve
In response to the growing importance of the social media networks for activism, governments are increasing their control over Internet platforms and users.
Technology
Fake News: Sharing is Caring
Sandra Álvaro
Algorithmic filter bubbles on the Internet limit the diversity of viewpoints we see and make it easier to spread fabricated information.
Storytelling
Move a Text, Break Up the House
Imma Ávalos
Subjectivity is now the election and combinatory capacity of the commissioner or the installation's artist in an expression “of second hand"
Technology
Dossier
Internet in the World
The internet is the great symbol of globalisation. But the internet is also a territory with its own borders, folklore, and geopolitics.