2022
Quarto: a library to run them all? A collaborative exercise to use, learn and assess quarto for authoring reproducible documents in different scenarios
Using literate programming is a widespread practice amongst data scientists. This practice not only encourages data scientists to produce transparent, rich and reflective accounts of their analysis without the extra overhead of switching between tools, but also leads to artefacts (i.
2021
Streetscape Perception Modelling – Theoretical Considerations and Methodological Possibilities
The influence of features and properties of the urban built-up environment on people’s sense of safety and perception of beauty, social vibrancy, and walkability is a topic of interest of urban geographers, designers, planners, and environmental psychologists alike.
Creating Interfaces tools & maps; visualization process
What is the food-water-energy nexus? How could we make linkages understandable to the stakeholders including city government, academia, business community and civil society when it comes to the food-energy-water nexus?
Co-creating visualisations about the urban nexus. Some results
In this talk we present how we have implemented a co-design process with our partners and stakeholders for the creation of “grounded” FEW nexus' visualisations that enforce decision making on FEW nexus.
Crowdsourcing research: Accessible Zaragoza and PEST Project
In this seminar I will present two research projects that share a crowdsourced approach: Accessible Zaragoza and Post-Pandemic Equitable and Sustainable Transport. Accessible Zaragoza is an action-research project of collaborative mapping about urban accessibility in the city of Zaragoza (Spain) I led while I was lecturing at the School of Architecture and Technology at San Jorge University.
2020
Participation and COVID
Open debate in which we will talk about citizen participation in the times of Covid-19, how the health alarm affects the capacity for participation, how you can see participatory processes and actions transformed, what new tools we should start to introduce, who risks being left behind, and much more.
2019
Collaborative Mapping: Maps for and by citizens
Last October 19th, I was representing Collaborative Mapping, along with 4 other experiences, in the II Jornadas de Cartografías Colaborativas, organized by Raons Públiques, where each one of us explained what we do to drive urban transformation processes through collaborative cartographies.
Using OpenStreetMap with inclusive purposes: Accessible Zaragoza study case
Zaragoza Accesible is an action-research project that collectively maps aspects related to urban accessibility and disability. In this …
Past, present and future of 'Zaragoza Accesible' study case
Improving handicapped people’s autonomy through collaborative mapping
On sidewalks, crossings, kerbs, wheelchairs and cranes. #Zaccesibilidad: mapping for disabled people in Zaragoza
Within the Pint of Science 2019 event in Zaragoza, Miguel Sevilla-Callejo and myself explained what we are doing in Accessible Zaragoza, and action-research project by Universidad San Jorge and Collaborative Mapping, on urban mobility and disabilities.
2018
The commodifications between ICTs and public space
Can Information and Communication Technologies be tools for observing and acting on heritage and public space from a contemporary …
The Spatial Apropriation of the Urban Commons
Urban commons are one of the areas in which the spatiality of social movements on a local scale is most clearly evident. Although the …
Commoning the City and the Grassroots
In the last decade, bottom-up initiatives of social transformation lead by urban social movements have been articulated around the …
2016
Aula Abierta: Aprender a construir su futuro
Presentación realizada junto a Fco. Javier Álvarez en el marco de las “V Jornadas de Innovación Docente” organizadas por la Universidad San Jorge sobre nuestro trabajo realizado en la asignatura de 5º curso “Aula Abierta” y los aspectos innovadores de la misma, que pasan por incorporar el mundo laboral en el currículo educativo desde el principio de la asignatura, la enseñanza por proyectos y centrada en el alumno, la incorporación de juegos como recurso educativo para formentar la creatividad, la síntesis y la reflexión o mecanismos de auto-evaluación que hemos llamado “Business Angels”.
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2012
“Pensamiento global, actuación local”: Una forma de afrontar los retos de futuro en la educación universitaria de la arquitectura: el caso de Herramientas Digitales
En un contexto cambiante y convulso como el que está viviendo la arquitectura en estos momentos, son muchas las voces que postulan que …