it is time to refocus on ‘hyperlocal’ neighbourhoods; where technology helps to build vital social capital — the ties that provide mutual support in times of need.
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Read MoreLa Diada marks the beginning of spring. It is a national festival that forms one of the most important cultural events in the calendar. It dominates newspapers and television headlines every year. But on this 23rd of April, in these deserted times, St. Jordi is not here.
Read MoreThis is what the deserted city reveals to us, uninhabited in its streets and squares, where no open space belongs to us anymore: to satisfy always and only the private means to confine everyone to their own positions and origins; to give oxygen to the public, to the open space, the means in which we learn to meet others.
Read MoreThe ‘Clean India Mission’ turned five this last October, and notable successes have been made. But what does ‘progress’ mean in the COVID-19 pandemic? In this article, two case studies — Kolkata and Delhi — will demonstrate how the module works, and what it could mean to fight the viral outbreak.
Read MoreSmall groups in Oxford, largely on social media, have fostered a model and space for building social capital while indoors — one that could (and should) be replicated in urban neighborhoods everywhere, as infection and death tolls rise.
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