Manuel PortelaEthics in AI is worthless without actionLast week I went to Lyon (France) to teach at the EM Lyon Business School. The course we created with David Solans about Discrimination and…Apr 25, 2022Apr 25, 2022
Manuel PortelaScience, Participation and PolicyIt has been a while that I’m interested in promoting civic participation into public policy, or, what was called lately Social Innovation…Jan 27, 2019Jan 27, 2019
Manuel PortelaHow do we measure empathy?I’ve focused my research on a definition of empathy that means an ongoing reality of ‘becoming together’. Although, empathies have many…Dec 12, 2018Dec 12, 2018
Manuel PortelaEmpathic Methods: Using inventive social science and research-creation for designing new…I have released a series of articles regarding Empathy (here, here and here), its importance, and the misreadings that led to its…Nov 11, 2018Nov 11, 2018
Manuel PortelaTowards a new definition of EmpathyThis is my third post about my research on geographies of empathy during my PhD. You can find how I problematized empathy, and how we can…Nov 5, 2018Nov 5, 2018
Manuel PortelaBetween Care and ConcernIn my previous article, I explained how empathy was taken from many disciplines, causing the term to become abandoned for the misreadings…Oct 22, 2018Oct 22, 2018
Manuel PortelaProblematizing EmpathyNow that my PhD is coming to an end it is a good opportunity to briefly define some concepts and publish parts of my thesis. I will start…Sep 14, 2018Sep 14, 2018
Manuel PortelaFrom a mediated to a filtered physical futureAfter moving to Spain, more than two years again I found that I was losing my sight. Even if my Ph.D. life is not helping me on that, the…Nov 21, 20172Nov 21, 20172
Manuel PortelaHi Computer Scientists, let’s talk about reality in CitiesIf you are an engineer, statistician, computer scientist or working in a related field and trying to get into the digital, urban or smart…Nov 9, 2017Nov 9, 2017
Manuel PortelaEmbracing the Non-representational Theories in a computerized world — Part 1I’m in my 20th month of my 3-year PhD program. I’ve read more than 800 articles and books since I started my Master back in 2013. And I’m…May 24, 2017May 24, 2017