Conversations among citizens: the Universal Basic Income

With the intention of reflecting on the Universal Basic Income, ATTAC and Medialab Prado invite us to participate in an open conversation among citizens on June 1st at the Medialab Auditorium. A conversation, where all people can propose, listen and learn from others, instead of convincing or imposing.
We will use a dynamic called Café del Mundo, designed to promote processes of participation and collective reflection in a creative way and at the same time focused on the theme that brings us together. The coffee of the world will allow us to exchange perspectives, opinions, ideas and

Cooking Earth

The food research platform Black Almanac operates on the assumption that humans have barely begun to exploit the full spectrum of possibilities for energy and matter that might be understood as “food.” Far from it. In fact, we argue that it is the repetition of a limited repertoire of cultural, culinary, technological and agricultural techniques that is the primary cause of widespread ecological damage suffered in the name of feeding. 

In 12,000 years of agricultural time, human beings have cooked both dishes and the landscapes that produce them. We cook the Earth in order to feed ourselves

Cooking Earth workshop

The food research platform Black Almanac operates on the assumption that humans have barely begun to exploit the full spectrum of possibilities for energy and matter that might be understood as “food.” Far from it. In fact, we argue that it is the repetition of a limited repertoire of cultural, culinary, technological and agricultural techniques that is the primary cause of widespread ecological damage suffered in the name of feeding. 

In 12,000 years of agricultural time, human beings have cooked both dishes and the landscapes that produce them. We cook the Earth in order to feed ourselves

Cooking with Information: Art, Science, and the Transformation of the Food System

A round table discussion as part of Cooking Earth, part of the LAB#02 “The Metabolic Sublime”

Is cooking art or science? Is it both? We live in an age of culinary conservatism, which is bad news for the planet, our taste buds, and our souls. While many of us strive for radical innovations in art, politics, technology and design, why does the world of food and agriculture seem so hopelessly difficult to change?

To celebrate Cooking Earth at Medialab-Matadero – a week of workshops, lectures and events dedicated to questions of food system transformation – we will convene a group of expert

Cosmic Brains - Round Tables

The Cosmic Brains Round Tables are a three day series of roundtable discussions taking place within the Cosmic Brains workshop. These discussions will feature key speakers in conversation with a group of invited thought leaders, guests and citizens. The goal of these sessions is to foster an immersive, informal and evolving series of conversations around the guests’ work in progress, and to maintain several days of sustained exchanges leading to the public symposium on 25.11.23 to conclude the week. 

 

SCHEDULE:

 

SESSION #01 - Synthetic Minds, Cosmic Brains 

21.11.23 [16.00 -

Daniel Goldin's lecture

Editor, bibliotecario y escritor mexicano, toda su carrera se ve atravesada por la promoción y fomento a la lectura.

Durante 12 años estuvo al frente de las colecciones infantiles y juveniles del Fondo de Cultura Económica​

En 1991 crea el proyecto «A la orilla del viento», una de las colecciones de libros infantiles más grandes promovidas por el gobierno mexicano, y la Red nacional de Animación a la Lectura y la colección Espacios.

También formó parte de la editorial Océano, en la que creó y dirigió el sello Océano Travesía, dedicado a la literatura infantil y juvenil. Formó parte