IDÉES – Impact of e-waste on the environment and health

We live in times where there are many challenges and it is difficult to decide from where to face them.Specialised training has been promoted, which isolated some areas of knowledge from others, but now we realise that there is no isolated knowledge, but that ones are connected with others, and all of them are necessary. The view has to be […]

Workshop “Futur imaginations” – Madrid 2023

On Thursday, September 7, 2023 we held a workshop on Future Imaginations at Espacios Comunes with the collaboration of the artist Lorena Bernardini. A workshop whose objective is to reflect collectively on the future imaginations that we are configured against those we would like to see, develop, be part of, although they are imperfect will be ours and therefore it […]

Workshop “Future imaginations”

On this occasion, we’d like to share “Imaginarios futuros” workshop to be held in Madrid as part of the Thinking Technology series. In this case, we want to open space to reflect on possible future imaginations, now that we are facing a collapse of the current societies. We believe that these imaginations of the future must be the product of […]

Mapping techno-colonialism

We have created a collaborative map to map Techno-colonialism.Through workshops we will identify what exactly is technocolonialism, and what is its territory. This map will be the reflection of the participatory research that will be done, where we will show from the e-waste dumps, the origin of the materials from which electronic devices are produced, where they are produced, who […]

Some thoughts that came out during the workshop Techno-colonialism

On Saturday July 8th, we conducted an online workshop as part of “Cuerpxs difusxs y parentescos distribuidos” in the framework of e-cuerpo: encuentro internacional de arte y tecnología wearable. During the workshop we had the presence of about 20 people, where we introduced the notion of technocolonialism as the intrusion of technology in a territory. But which territory has limits, […]

Technocolonialisme: e-déchets “Por la boca muere el pez”

On va participer dans le cycle de conférences “Corps diffus et parentés distribuées” organisé par e-cuerpo. Espace où nous partagerons différentes visions afin d’imaginer tout futur possible, pour cela il est nécessaire de revenir aux arts de la vie, à une conception en dehors de toute cartographie sensorielle-corporelle-culturelle hégémonique des espèces ? Créer une nouvelle histoire des sens. La conférence […]

THE MEETING “Transdisciplinary challenges: a tribute to Lynn Margulis and Karin Ohlenschläger”.

February 11 is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.On the eve of this great date set by the United Nations, the MEETING “Transdisciplinary Challenges: Tribute to Lynn Margulis and Karin Ohlenschläger” will take place, an inspiring activity organized by Metabolik Planet Program, supported by the Fundación para el Conocimiento Madri+d and the Universidad Complutense, with the aim […]

Technology in a time of upheaval

On Thursday 20 October at the Instituto Cervantes, we started a conversation that we hope will continue on the theme of new technologies and their social impact. The aim was to provide a framework for the ‘Thinking Technology‘ workshop series where we want to critically analyse the impact that technology has on our lives, the technological illusion created by the […]

Conférence: “La technologie au temps du bouleversement”

Animation: Carolina García Cataño Date: Jeudi 20 octobre Heure: 18:30h Lieu: Instituto Cervantes (125, Av. Cheikh Anta Diop , Dakar (10700)) Comment les imaginaires du futur sont construits par la technologie. Comment la connaissance est produite? Comment les données sont collectées et qui y a accès? Qui cree les algorithmes qui gèrent nos vies? Avec une vision critique des technologies […]