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[Drawing on references from the fields of anthropology, visual arts, and design, this project presents ancestral graphic writings that serve as symbols of resistance to colonial and epistemological violence.] [By zooming in on these images, we present pontos riscados (Marked points) and works of art that refer to them in order to reflect on how this practice and way of thinking extend to society as a whole.] [Here, by repeating the pontos riscados by which Exu manifests, we make an “epistemic offering” to ask him to banish the legacy of colonialism and its violence.]  Read the full article on able-journal.org /fr/points-traces/ - Credits: "Points tracés" an article by Carolina Noury and Barbara Szaniecki @carol.noury @barbaraszaniecki . with the institutional support of: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Design da Escola Superior de Design da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiros, Terreiro de umbanda Ègbé de Oxalá. with the financial support of: Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – CAPES. acknowledgments: "Art, design and society" platform by Francesca Cozzolino, Ensadlab, Ipeafro, Instituto Rubem Valentim.

🌀 Pontos Riscados (translated in french as Points tracés) highlights how ancestral writings used in ritual practices are symbols of resistance to colonial violence. Situated at the intersection of anthropology, visual art, and design, the project explores visual expressions used in Afro-Brazilian religious rituals such as Umbanda. These expressions—represented through lines of chalk on the ground—are visual manifestations of alternative forms of knowledge that resisted erasure under colonial rule. By bringing chalk writings into conversation with the works of Pan-African visual artist and political thinker Abdias do Nascimento, Pontos Riscados illustrates the influence of rituals on modern culture and decoloniality. 👀 Read the full article on able-journal.org - Credits: "Points tracés" an article by Carolina Noury and Barbara Szaniecki @carol.noury @barbaraszaniecki . with the institutional support of: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Design da Escola Superior de Design da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiros, Terreiro de umbanda Ègbé de Oxalá. with the financial support of: Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – CAPES. acknowledgments: "Art, design and society" platform by Francesca Cozzolino, Ensadlab, Ipeafro, Instituto Rubem Valentim. - #artsci #anthropology #decoloniality #ritual

👀 If you like John Berger's essays, dive in beyond the short synopses and expand your ways of seeing with these visual articles! - Find them on able-journal.org. #visualresearch #johnberger #waysofseeing #visualanalysis

🎢With elections on the horizon, this article explores what it takes to reach the upper levels of political power. In the Waiting Line explores who, among those pursuing a political career, must wait years to rise and who get cheat codes to skip ahead. Inspired by Étienne Ollion's 2021 study on contemporary French politics, this visual article reimagines the ascent to power as a gamified queue, shedding light on the selection mechanisms, biases, and inequalities that shape the long journey ahead. 👀 Explore the full article on able-journal.org - Credits: “In the Waiting Line” an article by Étienne Ollion & Dimitri Charrel @dimitri_charrel . Art direction: Arp is Arp Studio @arp_is_arp Illustration: Lorène Gaydon @lorenegaydon Editorial mediation: Julie Sauret @chairearts_sciences Disclaimer: this graphic does not represent the number of seats according to political parties. #sociology #power #elections

We are happy to present to you sparks, our first article originally written in Spanish! ⚡ Sparks traces a 24 hour cycle through highly anthropized submarine zones from Barcelona to Badalona. These areas are home to electric rays, Torpedo torpedo 🌊, who live and persist there despite the noise, pollution, maritime traffic, and toxic discharge. How come they hold on while other ray species disappear? Sparks, a layer of the broader project "ruido ê", uses footage obtained through nocturnal diving and experimental "body-camera" filming modes. As you dive in, it tells a story about the agency of these electric rays — and how, through their inhabited worlds, we can trace urban and historical assemblages around vulnerability, perception, and resistance, both human and non-human. ⛵ discover the article in Spanish on ablejournal.org/es (or see link in bio) - Credits: "Sparks: resistencia de la raya Torpedo torpedo en zonas urbanas y modos de filmación somáticos" an article by Silvia Zayas @silviazayass & Claudio Barría @claudiobarriao . Graphic Design: Pierre Puentes. With the financial support of CCCB. Acknowledgments: Susana Arias, Elizabeta Broglio and Instituto de Ciencias del Mar, ICM @icm.csic , Catsharks. @catsharks_ciencia The project ruido ê has also been supported by Artea, Hangar and CCCB @cccb_barcelona (through the GRAPA program) as well as red ACTS with the support of la Fundación Daniel y Nina Carasso, UOC and HacTe. - #art #photography #aquatic #climatechange #resilience artscience

🏙️ Urban Identities on Display (UID) explores, through photography, ethnography, and visual sociology, how image walls in diasporic neighborhoods serve as symbols of belonging, showcasing the cultural heritage and capital of Afro-Maghrebi communities in France. 💈 Read the full article on ablejournal.org. - Credits: "Urban Identities on Display" an article by Maximiliano Battaglia & Gaby David. with the institutional support of: Institut pour la photographie Hauts-de-France. - #art #sociology #urbanarchitecture #identity #artscience

🌪️ How to reveal the aesthetic and expressive potential of materials? At the intersection of material design and anthropology, soft control is an exploration of the potential and replicability of behavioural matter. Discover the full article on ablejournal.org 💻📱 - Credits: "Soft Control: Behavioral Matter & the Art of Replicability" an article by Ana Piñeyro & Joffrey Becker. With the financial support of: La Chaire Beauté·s @chaire.beautes

"[EN] What constitues life? Zoïmorphism explores, through art, physics and philosophy, our relationship with behavioral matter. Read the full article on ablejournal.org. [FR] Qu’est-ce qui fait la vie ? À la croisée de l’art, de la physique et de la philosophie, Zoïmorphisme s'interroge sur nos relations avec les matières à comportement. Découvrez l'article sur ablejournal.org. - Credits: "Zoïmorphisme : le démiurge et l'artifice en pleine nature" an article by Giancarlo Rizza & Antoine Desjardins, with the participation of Bernard Andrieu & Olivier Fournout. with the institutional support of: École d'été arts & sciences “Useful Fictions.2”, LadHyX, École polytechnique. #art #technology #aquatic #behavioralmatter #magnetism artscience

"What’s really happening during a public demonstration? 🧐 → Zoom-in on the mechanisms of a street demonstration at able-journal.org 📱💻 - Credits: Manifester : Exploration visuelle d’une activité phare de la société de démonstration Street Demonstration: Visual Investigations into one Major Component of the Demonstration Society Text and photographs: Claude Rosental, Sociologist and Research Professor at CNRS, Member of the Centre d’Étude des Mouvements Sociaux in Paris (CNRS-EHESS-INSERM). @cnrs @cnrs Graphic Design: Eugénie Zuccarelli @eugeniezuc , Designer, EnsadLab @ensadlab #manifestation #demonstration #visualinvestigation

💭New publication online Manifester : Exploration visuelle d’une activité phare de la société de démonstration Street Demonstration: Visual Investigations into one Major Component of the Demonstration Society - [FR] L’ouvrage de Claude Rosental (2021), La société de démonstration (The Demonstration Society, Cambridge (MA), The MIT Press @mitpress ), sert de point d’appui à cet essai ethno-photographique consacré à la manifestation « Sciences en marche », organisée à Paris en 2014. 📷🚶 À partir d’un travail photographique de Claude Rosental et d’une intervention graphique d’Eugénie Zuccarelli, cette zoom.able révèle progressivement trois dimensions de l’infrastructure matérielle et organisationnelle d’une manifestation, à l’aide de trois couches de photos superposées. [EN] Claude Rosental’s 2021 book, The Demonstration Society (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press), serves as a framework for this ethno-photographic essay which focuses on the "Sciences en marche" protest that took place in Paris in 2014. 📷🚶 Based on photographs by Claude Rosental and on Eugénie Zuccarelli's graphic solutions, this zoom.able uses three layers of pictures to gradually reveal three major aspects of the material and organizational infrastructure of a street demonstration. - Credits: Text and photographs: Claude Rosental, Sociologist and Research Professor at CNRS, Member of the Centre d’Étude des Mouvements Sociaux in Paris (CNRS-EHESS-INSERM). @cnrs @cnrs Graphic Design: Eugénie Zuccarelli @eugeniezuc , Designer, EnsadLab @ensadlab #manifestation #demonstration #visualinvestigation

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⚡At the intersection of architecture and textile design, “Imprimer la lumière” examines the digital crafting of 3D-printed micro-architectures that produce light. An article that investigates, both critically and practically, the use of bioluminescent bacteria as a potential material in architecture. rethinking how the design of an ecosystem affects the micro-metabolisms in it, through symbiotic relationships. 🔗 Full pan.able experience available online at ablejournal.org, in French, English and Spanish. - Credits: “Imprimer la Lumière: Bacterial Luminescence as a 3D-Printed Spiral Micro-Architecture”, a project by Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen @metteramsgaardthomsen , Guro Tyse, Martin Tamke @martintamke & Aurélie Mosse @mosseaurelie , @cita , @softmatters_ensadlab . With the support of @chaire.beautes . Photography: Guro Tyse. Graphic Design: Arp is Arp Studio @arp_is_arp @Dimitri Charrel. #bioluminescence #architecture #design #research #sciart