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Laura Freixas
Laura Freixas (born 1958) is a Spanish people, Spanish novelist, short story writer, and newspaper columnist. Biography Freixas was born in Barcelona in 1958. Laura Freixas is the granddaughter of Freixas Miquel. Freixas studied at the French School in her home city of Barcelona. She got a Bachelor of Arts, BA degree in Law in 1980 from the University of Barcelona. She has been active as a writer since 1988. Freixas' work also includes scholarship and promotion of women writers. She has also worked in international universities as a publisher, a Spanish language assistant, and a translator. At present she teaches literature workshops for different institutions. She writes as a columnist for the newspaper La Vanguardia and does literary reviews for its supplement Cultura/s. She is a contributor to literary magazines such as Mercurio, Letras libres, El País, and Revista de Libros. She has been a lecturer or a writer in residence at many Spanish and foreign universities and taug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medialab Prado
The Medialab Matadero, formerly known as Medialab Prado, is a cultural space and citizen lab in Madrid (Spain). It was created by the Madrid City Council in 2000, growing since then into a leading center for citizen innovation. It follows a participatory approach, using collective intelligence methods (developed in living labs) and fast prototyping tools such as fab labs, to use and co-create Digital commons (economics), digital commons. History The Medialab Matadero started in 2000 as a cultural program of the Madrid City Council within the cultural center Cuartel del Conde-Duque, Conde Duque. In 2002, it was named "Medialab Madrid", a space focused on the research, production and dissemination of cultural works around society, science, art and digital technologies. In 2007, it was moved to the basements of the old industrial building Serrería Belga (''Belgian Sawmill''), and renamed "Medialab-Prado" because of its new location next to the Prado museum, Prado Museum and the Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
