Author Archives: Alberto

15M: ciudad, prototipo, método

By Alberto | Published: 18/01/2012
Copio la entrevista que Stéphane Grueso me hizo para el documental / proyecto 15M.cc. En ella intento describir parte de la originalidad e inventiva del 15M / acampadasol / asambleas populares como prototipo o ensayo de acción política que resdescribe la ciudad como infraestructura humana y métodología de convivencia y hospitalidad.
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Vídeo del seminario ‘Del 15M a la #acampadasol’

By Alberto | Published: 09/07/2011
Nuestro agradecimiento a Medialab-Prado, en cuya web se puede consultar el vídeo original: http://medialab-prado.es/article/investigacion_social_de_internet_y_las_tecnologias_digitales
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#spanishrevolution

By Alberto | Published: 09/06/2011
Primer borrador / first draft Over the past two months thousands of people have gathered in plazas and public spaces across local neighbourhoods in Spain. They have come together to constitute themselves into so-called ‘popular assemblies’. Theirs is a call to tomar la plaza: to take over the plazas and recuperate the barrio (neighbourhood) as [...]
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Prototyping: a sociology in abeyance

By Alberto | Published: 15/02/2011
Along with our ethnographic piece (to which you’ll find a video-link in a previous entry), we further contributed a slightly more theoretical piece to the ‘Prototyping prototyping’ Episode which Chris Kelty directed for the Anthropological Research on the Contemporary Studio. It is an unsually long entry, but we thought it was worth embedding it here too: [...]
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Episode 3

By Alberto | Published: 01/02/2011
Building on our ‘Prototyping cultures’ conference, Chris Kelty has just directed a new Episode on ‘Prototyping prototyping’ for the Anthropological Research on the Contemporary Studio. The Episode is available here.
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The hospitable prototype

By Alberto | Published: 27/12/2010
Here is the video of our talk at the Prototyping Cultures conference. Courtesy of Medialab-Prado. More video-talks available at their website.
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The cultural economy of open innovation

By Alberto | Published: 30/11/2010
On December 2-3 we will be convening an international ‘brainstorming’ workshop on the cultural economy of open innovation. The event will be held jointly at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Spain’s School for Industrial Organisation (Escuela de Organización Industrial, EOI). Admission is free. The language and practices of open innovation have taken hold [...]
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Prototyping prototyping

By Alberto | Published: 03/11/2010
Prior to our ‘Prototyping Cultures’ conference, Chris Kelty came up with the idea to ‘prototype’ the conference itself. The outcome: a conference publication finished before the conference. Awesome. I think the result speaks for itself. Thanks a million, Chris!!! arce_episode2
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Do-it-yourself culture and… the Baroque!

By Alberto | Published: 21/09/2010
‘Life has to be made and, therefore, it is important to know how one makes it.’ The above quote could well be the motto of any do-it-yourself movement. It recalls, for instance, Chris Kelty’s description of the making of ‘recursive publics’ among free software developers. The ‘public’ here is no simple moral or virtuous domain. [...]
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Prototyping cultures – a conference

By Alberto | Published: 09/07/2010
We thought it was about time to share our ethnographic insights and experience thus far with others. For this reason, we are starting to organise a two-day conference on ‘Prototyping cultures’, to be held in the fall in Madrid. If you would like to hear more about the conference, do get in touch with us. [...]
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