En la edición 2009 de UrbanLabs, las Jornadas sobre Tecnociudadanía y Socioinnovación que organiza anualmente CitiLab-Cornellà, Platoniq propuso una serie de sesiones de trabajo P2P en las que se presentaron proyectos sociales con algún componente de nuevas tecnologías en fase de desarrollo. Tres... Read more

Platoniq interviews Dmytri Kleiner, from Telekommunisten (1) 1. What are the origins of your project? When did it start? What were the main goals? The Telekommunisten project was launched on May 1st, 2006, the main goals of the project to create a worker's collective to serve as the first "venture communist" company, putting into practice the results of my research in to alternative economics. We want to launch a worker-owned company that provides internet and telephone service and earns... Read more

Platoniq interviews Teemu Leinonen (1) 1. M-learning-related projects such as MobilED, ShareIdeas and others are operating in pretty much uncharted territory, as the present of mobile communication technologies evolves every few weeks/months. Have you conducted any previous studies on similar enterprises before starting your project or do you prefer to focus on this particular reality?   In our research practice we have several stages.These are: contextual inquiry, participatory design, product... Read more

Platoniq entrevista a Felipe Fonseca, de MetaReciclagem (Brasil) (1) 1. Describe brevemente la comunidad en cuestión (incluyendo la situación geográfica, la población afectada y las circunstancias económicas). El proyecto MetaReciclagem, como red descentralizada, trabaja con diversas comunidades por todo Brasil, agregadas alrededor de lo que llamamos "esporas" (centros de metarreciclaje) y "conecTAZes" (proyectos que se benefician de tecnología reapropiada).... Read more