The term Civic Prototyping is a shorthand for making creative prototyping accessible to anyone who tries to improve the world around them. This means contesting, hacking and innovating with technology on your own terms. This also means creatively engaging technology as a tool for supporting “democracy …

Intensive collaboration between different disciplines is often not without obstacles—healthcare and creative professionals come from different worlds that are not automatically aligned. This study investigates the research question: how do project partners in Create-Health innovation collaborate across …

This paper puts forward a conceptual proposition that ties the discourses on ‘urban memory’ (Stillman and Johanson, 2009; Ringas, Christopoulou, Stefanidakis., 2011; Loughran, Fine & Hunter, 2015), sensory ethnography (Pink 2017 ), and counter-mapping (Crampton and Krygier 2018; ) with digital methods …

In our world of VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous), a capacity for change and adaption is vital. However, changing successfully has been a challenging task for both individuals and organizations. Taking into account the insights of neuroscience, this chapter introduces a framework of change …

The Institute of Network Cultures and the Learning Community Critical Making are proud to present the Post-Precarity Zine, a toolbox for beginning artists. Times have changed. The art world and the creative economy are no longer the ones we used to know. The digital economy, the pandemic, and the cuts …

In this study we explore the potential benefits of a design thinking approach for improving the health of the music industry. We discuss the usefulness of the lab method in facilitating collaborations between education, research, and the professional field. This study highlights the importance of innovation …

Residential electricity distribution grid capacity is based on the typical peak load of a house and the load simultaneity factor. Historically, these values have remained predictable, but this is expected to change due to increasing electric heating using heat pumps and rooftop solar panel electricity …

In the globalized and competitive world of today, knowledge, innovation, and entrepreneurship are becoming more important, possibly even crucial for sustainable economic and social development. Since its EU 2020 strategy, the European Commission has been emphasizing the importance of education to prepare …

Purpose: Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are currently changing human life with a great implication in the communication field. This research focusses on understanding the current and growing impact of AI and automation in the role of communication professionals to identify what skills and …

This paper is a result of the project News, networks, and users in the hybrid media system. Transformation of media industries and the news in the post-industrial era (RTI2018-095775-B-C43). We present our insights on the latest movements of the Spanish media industry and their influence in the conception …