New tools for citizen empowerment This text is the result of my intervention in the ‘Hacking the City’ workshop organised by radarq that took place in Seville, Spain, on September 2012. My goal was to think about the Tactical Urbanism concept and its ability to empower citizens, considering the possibilities that the digital sphere and the new technologies can bring to…

A few days ago, Ecosistema Urbano posted a new update with the description of some projects developed during de Networked Urbanism studio at GSD. Most of the projects promote a positive hybridization between physical and digital layer which is one of my principal interests. Actually  one of my “obsessions” is developing the definitive connection between physical identity, environment and digital…

Hi everybody, many of you may not know that I am one of the creators and promoters of a geoblogging platform called Meipi. In the past I have written about meipi; for example in 2010 I wrote a post to convey my enthusiasm for the new open source code of meipi. Meipi is getting ready to a…

I would like to share with you this fantastic video where Jeremy Rifkin explains that we are entering a world beyond markets where we are learning how to live together in an interdependent global Collaborative Commons. I hope you are going to enjoy this presentation. I am interested in your opinion. Do you think we are really…

The contemporary city is living a complex process of transformation. Social relationships and urban vitality in neighbourhoods are becoming scarce and fragmented. The public space is no longer a space of opportunities for the collectivity. Its administrators seem to regard it exclusively as a problematic space and only take action in order to empty it and…

Last month Reyes Gallegos (@rellitas) from La Ciudad Viva (@laciudadviva)  have sent me some questions about Citizenship, Participation and Technology. I would like share with you my answers translated to english. You can read the original version in spanish here. I hope you will appreciate the interview: I will be grateful if you want to leave a comment. Below the Interview:…

Our lifestyle as much as our economic and social model, have brought us to build community models, completely disconnected from the space we live in. Our glocal condition allows us to be connected with our neighbours as well as with family and friends of any other neighbourhood, or any city of the world. Paradoxically, we…

foto by Francesco Cingolani (@immaginoteca) Periodically I enjoy to spend some time to reflect about my Digital Identity. The goal is to be aware and see if it’s worth posting everything I post .I like to experiment with new digital platforms but I feel the need to avoid spreading my digital identity through many platforms, activities and projects….