Guided Tour of the Canòdrom

We will walk together through the Canòdrom, an emblematic building of modern architecture that now serves as the Ateneu of Digital and Democratic Innovation. We’ll talk about its past as a leisure space and its present role, focusing on its programs related to open technology, digital culture, and democratic innovation, with a special mention of the projects and initiatives that work to stop digital gender-based violence.

There will be two tour slots: at 11:00 AM and at 6:00 PM.

Whose AI? Building cooperative alternatives

AI is everywhere. In our projects, in our daily lives, in the tools we use. As cooperatives and cultural projects, we're using these technologies... but are we asking ourselves what for and for whom?

This meeting is about sharing experiences, doubts and reflections: How do we use (or not use) AI? Does it make our work easier or does it complicate our lives? Are we building alternatives consistent with our cooperative values?

Programme

12:00 - 12:15 → Welcome. BitLab and Colectic open the meeting

CruCruCru 2025

On Saturday, November 15, the Canòdrom hosts the CruCruCru 2025 Festival, a day of critical reflection on artificial intelligence, communication, and design.
With the goal of collectively rethinking how to integrate technology in a fair and sustainable way, the festival combines debates, workshops, artistic installations, and collective creation proposals.

Political Participation of Generation Z in Spain: Gaps, Transformations, and New Forms of Engagement

This lab explores how young people from Generation Z participate in current democratic processes and what barriers and opportunities they perceive. Using the Design Thinking methodology, participants will identify real needs, imagine creative solutions, and co-design concrete proposals to build platforms and political participation spaces adapted to the languages, digital habits, and organizational styles of Generation Z.

Presentation of Nostalgia de futuro: the book

Nostalgia de futuro is not just a book. It is a crack in time, a vibration that precedes the homonymous exhibition opening at La Capella on October 23.

This event is its first public manifestation: the presentation of an interactive book that imagines possible futures from worlds already resonating in the present. Through narratives interwoven with speculative science fiction, technopoetic critique, and living archives, the book offers a journey through realities where water remembers, bacteria converse, and sound weaves memory.

Create with free and local generative AI!

ComfyUI is free software for creating images with artificial intelligence in a more sustainable and local way. If you're interested in the world of generative AI and want to learn how to use it without relying on big platforms, don't miss this practical workshop.

We will start with a brief introduction to get to know the project and understand how it works. Then, we will organize into study groups based on interests and levels to get hands-on and start experimenting. Bring your laptop!

Workshop: Citizen participation and empowerment: experimentation methodologies and collective practice

Do you want to turn ideas into real actions that improve your environment?

If you are part of a collective or have an ongoing project and wonder how to make it grow, this workshop is for you. We will present practical and creative ways to understand what’s happening in your neighborhood, group, or community (the diagnosis phase), and how to move to action with solutions designed collectively (the prototyping phase).

Exploring Quantum Physics to Understand AI: Current Issues and Alternatives

What do quantum physics and artificial intelligence have to do with each other? How do they intersect, and what does this encounter mean for the future of technology and society? As part of the City and Science Biennial 2025, dedicated to quantum revolutions, we open a three-way conversation between science, art, and social critique to explore the connections and tensions between these two worlds.

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