N118 - Apr 21
The futures of workThe digital revolution, robotics and artificial intelligence are changing the way we work. The crisis facing the world of work is just the prelude to the major changes that are yet to come.
DossierThe futures of work
The futures of workA new social contract
The digital revolution, robotics and artificial intelligence are changing the way we work. The crisis facing the world of work is just the prelude to the major...
The futures of workRedefining work, the workforce and the workplace
“The old world is dying and the new world struggles to be born. Now is the time of monsters.” These are the words of the philosopher Antonio Gramsci referring...
The futures of workThe Seven Trends That Will Make the Future of Work
The pandemic has revealed and accelerated a lot of changes in the way we live and work. It’s become clear that the home is a place of production, that more and more...
The futures of workThe insides of the digital economy: between new Taylorism and social discipline
Digital Taylorism changes the production processes (with data as raw material) and the forms of labour exploitation driven by digital capitalism. But we must...
The futures of workWhen robots didn’t take our jobs
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated automation and digitalisation. How does that affect workers, what new roles and demands does it bring forth, and what is the...
The futures of workWorking in the post-COVID metropolis
The pandemic has hastened the uptake of remote work and reflections have burgeoned on the changes it is bringing and how it is transforming the city. Many...
The futures of workThe ecology of work: a new labour paradigm
Labour law should pave the way for work to be directed towards the production of wealth that supports human needs and desires. And in this search for meaning...
The futures of workEffects of the transformation of work
At a time of shortage of work, an individualistic approach that focuses the management of what is public on private interests leads us to compete for existing...
The futures of workHybrid, flexible and spread out: the space of the future
Workspaces are rapidly changing on account of the pandemic. There is no doubt that coronavirus has been an agent of change that has generated a new social and...
Other contents
“It’s nice to love the music you are at every stage of your life”
Sílvia Pérez Cruz
Despite the overall uncertainty in the world of culture and the constant changes in her concert schedule, Sílvia Pérez Cruz started the year 2021 on...
A first step towards energy sovereignty
The public company Barcelona Energia is gaining momentum in the new map of alternative operators with support, competitive rates and energy awareness, although it is...
Barcelona, a mirror of our time
The city is the story of the people who have inhabited it and inhabit it, of their work, of their aspirations. People are born and die, and while they live they shape...
The Street of Oblivion, Unnumbered
The alley bears no name and no one knows exactly where it is. Some place it in the vicinity of the market square, but Abraham claims it must have been one of the...
Turisme i cultura després de la pandèmia
The debate forum “City, tourism and culture: a joint opportunity” – organised by the Department of Tourism and Creative Industries in conjunction with the Sixth...
“If you are original, all the better. But, above all, you need to be personal”
Julio Manrique
He is the most decorated theatre director in Catalonia today and the one capable of bringing together the most people in a room. The secret to his appeal lies in his...
Painting at the edge of a precipice
The Vila Casas Foundation brings together the entire oeuvre of Vicenç Viaplana for the first time in the exhibition Vicenç Viaplana. The Places of Painting....
The black hole of men’s domination of women
Najat El Hachmi, who went down in history for winning the Ramon Llull Prize with El patriarca [The Patriarch] in 2008. It was the first time that a Moroccan...
Barcelona: Tired History
Simón is a realistic novel about Barcelona, with an adventure novel component and elements of moderate criticism. Simón begins like Pimpinela...
Urban planning and the future of Barcelona
In times of pandemic, you miss going for strolls, and the book Barcelona sense GPS [Barcelona without GPS], by Maria Rubert de Ventós, is a perfect antidote...
Education as a tool for transformation
Per una educació en llibertat. Barcelona i l’escola. 1908-1979 [For an Education in Freedom. Barcelona and School. 1908-1979] is a collective work that...
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