The Plurality of Citizen Science
Although the term “citizen science” is increasingly used in the mainstream media around the world, has entered national and regional science policy ...
Category: participatory
Participatory Design: Tools and Techniques for Re-imagining Digital Transformations
Participatory design (PD) is a powerful methodology that can be applied to re-imagining digitalization process, bringing ethical considerations to the foregroun...
“Educomunicacion”: The Media Education (and literacy) Approach from Latin America
For several years I was unaware of “educomunicacion” (in Spanish), a rich tradition and diverse movement of media literacy education that originated...
Archeology of Personal and Collective Web Blogs (2005-2020)
Blogging is one of the media practices and socio-technical systems that has made the world wide web what it is today. As a practice it has democratized writing,...
The Emerging Popular Digital Culture of Bogota’s TransMilenio People
More than 2 million passengers move every day on TransMilenio, the bus-based public transportation system of Bogota. Operating since the year 2000, this Bus Rap...
Youth Defying Media: A Hackaton in Centro Ático
Last month 75 students from all over Colombia, ages 18-24, and various disciplinary backgrounds, met at the at the Centro Ático of Universidad Javeriana in Bogo...
A Collective Dérive in Bogota’s Downtown
Yesterday we joined a group of 25 people who participated in Conspiración, an art-walk exploration/performance/investigation in Bogota’s downtown, propose...