by Maddalena Fragnito. Versione italiana sotto. The biopolitical history of hormones is longer than one might expect. As early as the end of the 19th century, serums made of animal hormones were used to treat males who were considered too “feminist” (1) and females seen as too ‘masculine’. …

We are very happy to share the infographic “Open Source Medical Devices — a visual guide for makers”. The guide has been developed during the last few months within the DSI4EU project, funded by EU Commission. …

by Valeria Graziano (versione italiano sotto) The last century has accustomed us to consider care and technology as two opposing concepts. We are told that care is about affectivity and empathy, while technology is cold and rational. And yet, as Annemarie Mol explains, all care practices use technological tools (1)…

by Serena Cangiano (versione italiano sotto) When designing a technological object, one method is to actively involve people, the so-called end-users, in the process. Since the seventies, this method helped anticipate the negative impact of technology over our individual and collective lives. In a sector dominated by techno-solutionist (1) approaches…

by Zoe Romano (Versione italiana sotto) Makerspaces and fablabs were mostly conceived with the aim to put technology in the hands of citizens, and to use these environments as platforms to develop creative and critical thinking. Lowering the barriers to digital fabrication tools, like 3D printers, laser cutters and open…

by Valeria Graziano (versione italiano sotto) by Valeria Graziano (WeMake) with the contribution of Serena Cangiano, Maddalena Fragnito andZoe Romano. WeMake is the cluster lead for Health and Care in the Horizon 2020-funded DSI4EU project. A recent trend to reimagine the systems of care for the future is based on…

by Valeria Graziano (versione italiano sotto) The movement for Digital Social Innovation (DSI) insists on the need for a long memory to not take anything unexpected as “innovative” just because there is no awareness of what has happened before or elsewhere. …

by Valeria Graziano (versione italiano sotto) Over the last ten years, a growing international movement of practitioners, policy makers, activists and researchers has been coming together to propose a concrete and radically different vision for how technologies could help shape our common future. These people believe that technology should contribute…