Program Presentation: 2084 Imagined Futures from the South
On April 28, 2021, the Observatory on Latin America and 18 organizations in the region presented the program 2084: Imagined Futures from the South. The program seeks to activate everyone’s ability to imagine futures, share imaginations of everyday life in 2084,...
The World Health Organization (WHO) highlights an Observatory on Latin America (OLA) research study on Villa 20 and COVID-19
On October 29, to commemorate World Cities Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) presented summaries of 15 cases of city responses around the world worthy of global attention. One of these cases was the case of Villa 20 in Buenos Aires, a slum community of about...
New Ongoing Research Study “Villa 20 and COVID-19: The benefits of building social capital in the informal settlements of Buenos Aires”
The Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development, Chalmers University of Technology, and the Observatory on Latin America (OLA) have partnered to implement the research study “Villa 20 and COVID-19: The benefits of building social capital in the informal...
Participating Institutions
Institutions and Agents taking part in the 2084 Imagined Futures from the South program AFRORESISTANCE, New York, USA Ana Paula Barreto, Directora de Programas ARQUITECTURA EXPANDIDA, Bogotá, Colombia Ana Lopez Ortego COLECTIVO ARTOARTE, Bogotá, Colombia Jesús...
Loading view.
Latest Past Events
Futures of the Past · Second Panel Discussion
OnlineIn this second discussion on the history of the future, academics from the Temporalidades del Futuro group: Lorena López, José Francisco Hernández, Lasse Hölck and Stefan Rinke, will participate: Comments will be offered by Martín Groisman and Margarita Gutman.
Launch of the book La vulnerabilidad ante la incertidumbre
OnlineLaunch of the book Vulnerability to Uncertainty. The situation of the child and adolescent population in Paraguay during the COVID-19 pandemic. (La vulnerabilidad ante la incertidumbre. La situación de la población infantil y adolescente en Paraguay durante la pandemia de COVID-19.)
ONLINE · Inclusión y tensiones en la cuenca Matanza-Riachuelo. Dilemas de la integración socio espacial en Buenos Aires
OnlineFollowing the interdisciplinary tradition of urban studies, the authors of this book articulate knowledge related to social dynamics, typical of the social and anthropological sciences, with that knowledge enunciated by the design disciplines that deal with urban material space.