Looking for the 'perfect' presentations' solution (for me)
During the last 10 years I have given a number of talks in various contexts due to my job as a lecturer: either lectures for my students, conferences, workshops or even much more …
Carlos Cámara-Menoyo
Principal Research Software Engineer
I am an interdisciplinary researcher whose research articulates around how physical and digital infrastructures, especially those that are commonly produced, respond to and are shaped by societal challenges. I’ve worked as an architect, drupal developer, project manager, lecturer, data scientist, and currently as Principal Research Software Engineer.
My research interests revolve around the social aspect of technology and methods to surface the world-views that are invariably embedded in technical artefacts such as cities, software or platforms. To do so, I use mixed methods with a preference for digital methods, participatory methods and data visualisation and a keen interest in EDI and open research best practices to make research Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable
Digital Privacy Workshop: a chronicle
In this post I will share my experience as attendee to Reconfigure Workshop. Reconfigure is a group of feminist cybersecurity advocates & researchers seeking to engage with groups …
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 …
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 talk I will explain why we decided to use …
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 …
Urban Commons and the Production of Alternatives to the Neoliberal City
Within a context of austerity, city governance policies have been devoted to attracting capital either from external sources or by a series of privatisation policies, submitting …
A brief note on maps and feminism
As those who know me well know, I love maps: I like to see them, I like to make them and I like to use them to give answers to complex questions. I like the fact that you can …
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 perspective? If, on the one hand, ICTs are very …
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 way in which they make the appropriation of …