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 […]
On Saturday 22 October 2022 at the Instituto Cervantes, “The Body and Technology in the Migration Process” workshop took place. The aim of this workshop was to open up a space for reflection on migration and the impact of technologies on the migration process, but incorporating our bodies into the reflection. Think about how technologies are used today for the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Animation: Fatou Cissé et Carolina García-Cataño Date: Samedi 22 octobre Heure: 14h à 17h Lieu: Instituto Cervantes (125, Av. Cheikh Anta Diop , Dakar (10700)) Le nombre de participant(e)s est limité à 25, SVP inscrivez vous à l’avance. La technologie a pris les rênes de la vie quotidienne, chaque action que nous faisons, chaque geste que nous accomplissons passe presque […]
In the moment where everything is turning virtual, and “technology” is taking over our lives, we are committed to recovering the body, putting it at the center to redefine the relationship between body and technology, to understand how technology is changing us as it becomes part of us but listening to what our body has to say about it. We […]
We are witnessing a kind of global collapse, from climate change, to the crisis of representative democracies, to the intrusion of technology into people’s private lives, fake news, or COVID19 pandemic. There are no articulated answers to this global collapse, that can show a clear path to follow. Technological solutionism wants to create the illusion everything can be solve through […]
When we think about colonialism we tend to follow a standard definition of what it is, more or less what Wikipedia defines as Colonialism is a practice or policy of control by one people or power over other people or areas, often by establishing colonies and generally with the aim of economic dominance. In the process of colonisation, colonisers may […]