Next Sunday, April 23, Catalonia will be decked out to celebrate Sant Jordi's Day. From the Xarxa Punt TIC, we did not want to miss the opportunity to enjoy the successful Catalan popular celebration from the perspective of new information and communication technologies.
For this reason, we recommend a series of books on this subject for various audiences:
1. 'La Blanca and the digital adventure of protected children'. Children book. As part of the Safe Internet program, the Cybersecurity Agency of Catalonia has published a new story to talk about cyber security and the risks of the Internet with children. Blanca, the protagonist of the story, is a great lover of interactive adventures. One day, unfortunately, she teams up online with someone who pretends to be her virtual adventurer just to take advantage of her. So, the story explains in an understandable and clear way, both to boys and girls and to their families, basic issues of online security and prevention in the digital world. Those interested can download the story for free at this link.
2. 'Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow' by Gabrielle Zevin. Novel. Sam and Sadie share a love of video games. There, they experience the freedom and joy they lack in the real world, where they feel they don't quite fit in. When they meet again years later, they decide to bet on their dreams and live from the creation of these fantastic and imaginary universes without foreseeing, however, that they will face an unforeseen and unstoppable success that will call into question the nature of their relationship. The novel is the story of the worlds built by the two friends, perfect and unreal, a story about the need to connect, love and be loved, a moving work about the limits of friendship and love and an ode to the shelter and warmth offered by imagination and technology.
3. 'Non-things' by Byung-Chul Han. Essay. We no longer inhabit the earth and the sky, but Google Earth and the cloud. Information dominates our living environment and tangible things take a back seat. The world as a sphere of information overlaps with the world as a constellation of things, and this transition modifies perceptions. The essay revolves around things and non-things and moves from a philosophy of the smartphone to a critique of artificial intelligence, as well as pondering the silence that gets lost in the noise of the information.
4. 'Inventors and their inventions' by Aitziber Lopez and Luciano Lozano. Illustrated book. Have you noticed the objects, machines and furniture around you? They have all been invented by someone and there are many that have been invented by women. It is impossible to talk about all the inventions and all the women inventors, but this illustrated book invites you to discover a small, beautiful and funny selection. Want to dive in? For centuries and centuries, we have known a lot about everything they have invented. Now, it's our turn to talk about everything they've come up with.
5. 'Scientists: astronomers, biologists, engineers and many more' by Cristina Serret. Youth book. In this book, you will discover the lives of the most ingenious women in history: archaeologists, physicists, astronomers, computer scientists and many more. For example, you will meet the brave cosmonaut who became the first woman to travel in space, the brilliant mathematician who invented the language of computers and the anthropologist who dedicated her life to studying and protecting gorillas in natural spaces. Women also make history.
6. 'Dear machines' by Carme Torras. Stories. We are often not sufficiently aware of the importance we give to technological artifacts in our day-to-day life. We interact with them naturally, almost unconsciously, without realizing how much we depend on them, and how they are changing the way we think, feel and relate. The book collects ten stories that revolve around the issue. They are everyday or mysterious, intimate or funny stories, which the author has divided into three periods: past, present and future.
7. 'From 0 to 3, no screens?' by Anna Ramis. Practical book. There are boys and girls between the ages of 0 and 3 who spend an average of 2 hours and 30 minutes daily in front of screens. There is a lot of scientific evidence showing that this harms your physical, mental and relational health. In this book, the author talks about the need to learn good habits and gives guidelines for educating by prioritizing the needs and respecting the rights of children.
From the Xarxa Punt TIC, we retrieve the repository of Women and TIC, where there are numerous books on the subject.