Fernando Carrión Mena
Before and after the pandemic: a city of solidarity, creativity and participation

Before and after the pandemic: a city of solidarity, creativity and participation

Jun, 2020 |

Solidarity, creativity and participation are the three main pillars upon which cities should be built. The COVID-19 pandemic has proven we cannot have healthy cities if the entirety of our citizens and government officials do not embrace the principle of solidarity. Participation is inherent to cities as public spaces of freedom. Last but not least, creativity is essential, as it allows us to imagine better worlds: it is only in imagining them that they can begin to be real.

Covid-19 as a meta crisis and our post-pandemic order

Covid-19 as a meta crisis and our post-pandemic order

Jun, 2020 |

This pandemic provides a space-time from which a new world order can emerge, based on the great potential of an interconnected social organization. A transition that requires re-imagined institutions and societies, as the power of ideas makes a new world history possible. The post-pandemic world may not be equitable or secure, but it will push humanity to build a more just alternative under a new value system that will make the common good prevail.