In-depth analysis, research and reflections on responsible technology, accessibility and decolonial thinking.
The question of what schools are for has never been more urgent. In an era marked by deepening social inequalities, ecological precariousness, and the persistent legacies of colonialism, educational institutions find themselves at a crossroads. They can reproduce the…
There are many ways to imagine the future, but not all of them start from the same place.
The Commitment to Cosmotecnics -By Óscar Bodí Pons- When we talk about artificial intelligence, we tend to do so in the singular: AI, the future, progress. That apparent neutrality of the definite article, however, conceals a philosophical and political operation of enormous scope. Hong Kong-based philosopher Yuk Hui has been analyzing this logic for years, and his assessment is very clear: technology
Alex Hernández, from the Global South What does it mean to imagine from the margins? *Cartographies of the Detour* is a series of brief but meaningful interviews that seek to balance critical depth with humanity, from a perspective rooted in the Global South and for the Global South. In this conversation with Alex Hernández, we discuss the paths that led her to choose the defense of rights as a way of life.
In the face of the toll taken by violence, fear, and fragmentation, Latin American feminist resistance movements propose a return to the body, to connection, and to collective action as concrete ways to sustain life and explore other possible futures.
Algorithms are not neutral. They have an accent, a genealogy, and a colonial memory. In the Global South, where technology often arrives packaged as an inevitable fate, resistance begins by dismantling its promises and reclaiming its infrastructure.
In ancestral agricultural wisdom, the diversity it has generated, and the reciprocity expressed in the Quechua concept of “uyway,” we find the keys to a sustainable future. This article by Illa Liendo Tagle encourages us to return to our roots to address today’s crises.
By Mauro Fernández, with photos by Andrés Kishimoto In the heart of Lima, the Shipibo Konibo are rewriting their history and challenging the logic of a city that sees them but does not truly look at them. Cantagallo, where the jungle persists within the city, is a chronicle of how art, community, and memory become a form of resistance against a system that tends to homogenize diversity. The morning began
From the narrative of inevitability to the collective construction of human infrastructure.
By CIPPEC, P&I, and HUB LAC Change is a constant, but there are moments when various dynamics converge to shake up structures, reshape priorities, and open up new possibilities. We believe this is one of those moments, and that it represents an opportunity to rethink ourselves as a region. In particular, to ask ourselves how our research systems work: how are the
"Cartographies of the Detour" could have been a Victorian game coined by Proust, but we will instead present it as a series of brief yet meaningful interviews that seek to balance critical acuity with human depth, always from—and for—the South.
"Cartographies of the Detour" could have been a Victorian game coined by Proust, but we will instead present it as a series of brief yet meaningful interviews that seek to balance critical acuity with human depth, always from—and for—the South.
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