EVENT SUMMARY · Digital City: Emerging Territories and Unfulfilled Rights
February 25, 2021 In this webinar, the Observatory on Latin America (OLA) and the Ministerio Público de la Defensa de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (MPD CABA) presented the publication Digital City: Emerging Territories and Unfulfilled Rights. The digital space,...
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In this discussion, the panelists addressed the futures of the past from very different sources: popular imaginations of Buenos Aires at the beginning of the 20th century reflected in illustrated magazines, contrasted with the imaginations of experts in urban...OLA thanks you for attending the First Panel Discussion on Futures of the Past
Thank you very much to all who attended the / the first conversational conservatory on Futures of the Past. It was very gratifying for the Observatory to have the participation of over 100 attendees from 18 countries, particularly from Latin America, but also from...
ONLINE · Why Local Public Health Systems Play a Critical Role in Controlling the Spread of COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, billions of public monies are poured into high tech solutions for controlling its spread: research and development of vaccines, treatment and diagnostics, apps for contact tracing and tracking contagion, and more. Less attention is...
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