She had arrived in Austin, Texas, just as May was giving way to summer, to spend the season with her cousins. Their house was located in Hyde Park, where bungalows and Victorian houses stood beneath the deep shade of sprawling oak trees. From the first day, the afternoons were streaked with rain showers, cooling the…
A historical plaque displaying the infamous dummy text “Lorem Ipsum” on a wall at the Castle of Salgar in Puerto Colombia, near Barranquilla, was removed last January, after a tourist that visited the site shared an image on Twitter/X with the ironic comment: “Excellent and inspiring text.” The photograph circulated widely across social media platforms…
The dynamics of political communication in democratic societies have changed as digital technologies have spread around the world, and, particularly, as social media platforms have transformed the speed and scale of information flows. Changes in the distribution, production and consumption of media content have generated a greater abundance of information of all kinds (dubious, false…
After exiting the repair yard of the spaceport we noticed an eerie magnetic activity. The pull of gravity diminished and left us floating effortlessly above a canal. Buoyed up by unseen forces, our movements were guided by the gentle push and pull of a broken gravitational field. Bioluminescent organisms drifted through the air while a…
Last week I was invited to participate in the launch of the book “Letters to Science: Dear science, this is is how I know you..” (“Cartas a la ciencia: querida ciencia así te conozco”) at Maloka, Bogota’s interactive and science museum. This book compiles letters written by Colombian children and youth from different regions of…
Clouds of smoke have raised over the city sky due to the wildfires that spurred in Bogota’s eastern mountains during the past week. As several areas from the Cerros Orientales burn, and winds blow strongly during day and night, smoke and ashes expand through the whole city worsening the already poor air quality. With record…
Co-design or participatory design with young people is an innovative methodological approach that has been and is being applied in various sectors to develop research and creative processes. From interventions in the area of health to curriculum design projects in schools, to research on media literacy, the inclusion and participation of young people in this…