Crowdfunding is a new fundraising practice that has evolved very fast and has spread globally. In a span of few years, it has gone from a method to collect money for making music projects to one of the most important U.S. economic initiatives (the Jump-start Our Business Startups, JOBS Act) for raising capital (equity funds)…
Once an important port for the transatlantic exchange and a major stage for the battles between the Spanish and British Empires in the Caribbean, today Portobelo stands out as a historical place to be rediscovered. Located in a small bay in the northern coast of the Isthmus of Panamá, Portobelo hosted an infamous annual fair…
The study of Latino/Hispanic families in the United States has been the subject of prolific scholarly research since the 1970s. Sociologists, economists, anthropologists, educators, geographers, psychologists and communication scholars have studied the Latino/Hispanic domestic sphere in order to understand immigration, labor, delinquency, teen pregnancy, educational attainment, youth development and media consumption. As a result, a…
Because immigration is most often a family affair, the process of assimilation cannot be understood without looking at the context of the home. Especially for children and youth, resources and relationships acquired, mobilized, and developed at home shape their process of assimilation. It is precisely within the familial context where researchers have started to analyze…
Although the city of Austin has many creeks that run across the city, as well as many bridges, they are rarely used at night. The potential of these areas for public space use, socialization, and cultural interventions is great. Prove of that is the transformation of the downtown section of the Waller Creek into a…
Besides being famous for being a “Weird City” and the “Music Capital of the World,” Austin, the capital of Texas, is increasingly being recognized by a growing video game industry that includes studios of all sizes (from big AAA to micro studios) and orientations (mainstream and independent). In a powerful convergence between an official creative…
Last summer I had the opportunity of collaborating with Panamanian youths from Cambio Creativo in several activities that took place in Coco Solo and Buenavista. As their community has started to move from the Panama Canal Zone, near Colón and the Atlantic sea, to the interior land of Buenavista, Cambio Creativo has been organizing projects…