“Educomunicación”: The Media Education (and literacy) Approach from Latin America
For several years I was unaware of “educomunicación” (in Spanish), a rich tradition and diverse movement of media literacy education that originated...
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Deep Mapping Bogota: Urban Mediation in the Tropical Highlands
It has been almost three months since I returned to Bogota. Quickly, I have tried to adapt to its scale, flows, and rhythms. It has been quite an intense experi...
Bridging Formal and Informal Learning Environments (part 2)
Across several books and articles, Lankshear and Knobel have conceptualized the new literacies as social practices that have “new technical stuff” a...
Bio-Creation and Peace at the Intersection of Art and Technology: Reflections on ISEA + International Image Festival
An inspiring week of workshops, panels, installations, round-tables, concerts, and other creative and intellectual exchanges took place at Manizales, Colombia, ...
Post-Truth and Populismo
“Post-truth” is the word of the year 2016 according to the Oxford dictionaries. After the dynamics of the U.K. Brexit, the Colombian Referendum, and...
A Nation in Spite of Itself: Uncertainty and Hope in Colombia After the Referendum
Last week was full of emotions for Colombia. From hope to uncertainty, from sadness to happiness, from indignation to joy, Colombians have been experiencing a c...
DJ Culture and New Media Literacies
Some months ago I shared the link to the videos of the documentary about animation I co-produced while working at the New Media Literacies Project at MIT. This ...