Knowledge Building (KB) as a concept of social and societal knowledge production is meant to get away from the ‘mind-as-container’-based folk theory that posits learning as knowledge acquisition testedby reproduction quizzes (Bereiter, 2002). However, such a transitionmeans thinking differently to the …

Google wants to “help computers ‘see’ our world”, and one of their ways of battling how current AI and machine learning systems perpetuate biases is to introduce a more inclusive scale of skin tone, the ‘Monk Skin Tone Scale’.

The Code To Change is an organisation based in the Netherlands dedicated to reducing inequality by empowering marginalised groups with the necessary professional skills. At the heart of this organisation is Iffat Rose Gill, an international trailblazing social entrepreneur, activist, and the founder …

Het socialistische tijdschrift Jacobin heeft sinds januari 2023 eindelijk een Nederlandse versie. In een van de eerste artikelen op het ‘platform voor linkse ideeënstrijd’ maakt Teun Dominicus de stand van zaken op van linkse uitgeverijen in Nederland. Zoals bekend is serieus links gedachtengoed in uitgeversland …

The future of age-friendly cities and communities (AFCC) needs to adapt and be more agile to the changing needs of residents of all ages. The UN Decade of Healthy Ageing ‘the Decade' provides a unique opportunity to further strengthen age-friendly environments. The Decade brings together governments, …

Leipzig-based German media theorist Annekatherin Kohout has written a ‚cultural studies’ history of the nerd figure. Nerds, Eine Popkulturgeschichte was published in 2022 by C.H. Beck in Munich. I was drawn to this study as I’ve been surrounded by nerds, geeks and programmers that have been building …