In-depth analysis, research and reflections on responsible technology, accessibility and decolonial thinking.
Education and linguistic justice are two fundamental human rights for any social group and, above all, for members of the world’s indigenous groups, most of whom have faced colonization and linguicide (linguistic extermination) since the implementation of…
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, always from a perspective rooted in the Global South and for the Global South.
A Brief Overview of Utopias in the Tropical Forest By Aliza Yanes Since the term was coined in 2019 to describe a movement in the visual arts that originated in Brazil, the concept of Amazofuturism has taken root in that country as a subgenre of science fiction literature and raises interesting questions: how is the future of this region conceived aesthetically, and who
What does it mean to imagine from the margins? *Cartographies of the Detour* is a series of brief yet meaningful interviews that seek to balance critical depth with humanity, always from a perspective rooted in the Global South and for the Global South. While many imagine the future by looking forward, Peruvian artist Chonon Bensho does so by looking back. In her work, dreams, ancestral designs—
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
By María José Lovatón In Peru, more than one million people work in the public sector[1], distributed among the national government, regional governments, and municipalities. The public sector has more than 250 million soles annually[2] to “serve” millions of citizens. However, we are currently facing a generation
-By Elsie Ralston- From Television to the Algorithm Long before the “Like” button, before infinite scrolling, and before Silicon Valley turned the word “engagement” into a metric of power, American artist Richard Serra formulated an equation that has taken on absolute relevance in the digital age. In 1973, together with Carlota Fay Schoolman, he presented the video essay *Television Delive*
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.
What happens when our memories are incomplete?
From the narrative of inevitability to the collective construction of human infrastructure.
By Galo Zapata In the neighborhoods, people don’t just talk about innovation—they do it. Not because they have time, resources, or peace of mind to spare, but because urgency doesn’t wait. Social transformation doesn’t begin in offices or design labs. It begins on the street corner. At the communal potluck. In the soup kitchen, in the “glass of milk” committees, at the grassroots level in the neighborhoods. On the soccer field where young people organize
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