Fully teaching the ecological transition
While it has been overshadowed by covid-19, the fact remains that the ecological transition is also part of the global crises. Students, even without being adequately trained on the subject, are increasingly recognizing this reality. What if the educational community, including higher education, were to integrate more environmental issues into their curricula?
Unplugging for better development; summer camps have understood this
Summer camps have always offered young people what parents fear most. In the past it was the wilderness, the exposure to the raw elements, and today it's not being able to join their beloved offspring for a week or two.
The individual and the collective facing the ocean of knowledge
A critique of collective intelligence theory and its implications for learning in virtual communities.
The renewed art of stone construction
Few human constructions stand up as well as those made of stone. But there's a difference between building a pile of stones like a pyramid or a dolmen, and a work of engineering like an arched bridge or a cathedral. Traditional techniques and know-how rub shoulders with the latest innovations. There's more stone to come!
From the Jungian persona to design personas
A look at Carl Jung's archetypes to understand the limits of the personas proposed by design thinking