N123 - Jul 22
Digital dividesHaving internet access does not suffice to live in the digital society. Now that we are conquering the first divide, we realise there are other deeper and more treacherous gaps, which stand in the way of access to rights and opportunities.
DossierDigital divides
Digital dividesSupporting digitalisation
More and more aspects of life rely on digital skills. We now know that guaranteeing internet access with high-speed networks does not suffice. Added to the social,...
Digital dividesIt’s not a divide, it’s a chasm
Fulfilling fundamental rights such as employment, training, health and citizen participation calls for access to a high-speed connection and advanced digital...
Digital dividesTowards a new era with no digital exclusions
The usual factors of inequality that have always existed (social class, age, gender, education, environment) determine not only access, but also the capacity to...
Digital dividesThe FinTech gap is not a “senior citizen” issue
Senior citizens are among the groups most affected by unequal access to and use of digital financial and banking tools, but they are not the only one. Basic...
Digital dividesInvisible barriers to education
The digital divide extends beyond access to technologies and basic knowledge of how they work. The most invisible divide concerns uses. Education in digitisation must...
Digital dividesDigital partners: benefits of intergenerational learning
The population’s digitalisation does not take place at the same pace for everyone: young people are better able to acquire digital skills than older people....
Digital dividesMunicipal policies for digital inclusion
Faced with the need to leave no one behind, cities are giving impetus to projects that advocate for digital inclusion, facilitating access to new technologies...
Other contents
“There are no neurobiological reasons for discrimination”
Mara Dierssen
Mara Dierssen is a neurobiologist and one of the country’s major communicators of popular science. She studies the human brain, and, more specifically,...
Tropical nights, torrid nights, a new climate risk
One of the indicators of climate change is the rise in temperature, which increases the risk of mortality in the elderly or those suffering from chronic...
Cooling shelters: an urban response to the global crisis
Cities are engaged in the fight against climate change. Promoting public transport and renewable energies, urban transformation and reducing emissions from combustion...
Bruce Katz. Networked cities and urban leadership in the face of global challenges
Bruce Katz defines himself as an interdisciplinary urban planner, and is a great advocate of cities’ problem-solving capacity in the face of today’s global challenges...
Air pollution in the city
In big cities, the emission of polluting gases has become a serious problem that calls for swift and decisive action. Not only is it detrimental to the health of city...
Vestits Lali clothes shop
Remei and Maria were born two years apart, one in Gràcia, the other in Horta. Their paths would probably have run in parallel, without ever crossing,...
Women in the audiovisual industry. Flash in the pan or rising trend
The number of female filmmakers has been burgeoning in the past few years. The presence of female directors, screenwriters, producers, and so on, is growing...
“We must take responsibility for changing so that the world changes too”
Elvira Dyangani Ose
Photographers claim that some people make the camera fall in love. If that’s true, Elvira Dyangani Ose is one of those people. Those in high-ranking positions...
Summer in Barcelona is equated with the Festival Grec
Summer is the time for festivals, street art and beach concerts. For street festivals and outdoor activities. In Barcelona, the summer performing arts scene...
Two (hidden) artists behind a machine
The extraordinary work and cultural life of Ricard Giralt Miracle and Enric Tormo take centre stage in two books that recognise their contributions as...
The year of the buffalo never ends
Javier Pérez Andújar’s latest novel, El año del Búfalo [The Year of the Buffalo], is an astronomical novel because it is the work of someone who has...
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