Gynna F Millán Franco
Biographic Data
| ID | 164911 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gynna F Millán Franco |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gynna F Millán |
| FAMILY NAME | Franco |
| SIGNATURE | FRANCO G F M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen Mary University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1252-631X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Environmental sustainability
The term ‘governance’ signifies neoliberal genuflections to the plutocratic domination of public policy. This chapter engages that tendency from the perspective of environmental issues in Colombia. We review relevant research and theory and situate the struggles of Afro-indigenous environmental defenders in their historical context, concluding that activism and theorization of the environment from beyond the Global North hold the key to our plane…
Improving accessibility to radiotherapy services in Cali, Colombia
Traffic congestion significantly diminished accessibility to radiotherapy services, particularly affecting vulnerable populations. For instance, urban 20-min ACO by car dropped from 91% of Cali's urban population within a 20-min journey to the service during free-flow traffic to 31% during peak traffic for the week of 6-12 July 2020. Percentages represent the population within a 20-min journey by car from their residence to a radiotherapy service…
Critical Urban Pedagogy
Learning from the pedagogical potentials of Southern city-making practices is imperative to foster emancipatory urban learning settings. However, the ways in which urban learning spaces beyond professional settings operate and how Southern urbanism practices constitute new critical pedagogies are poorly understood. We draw on research about urban learning on 'slum upgrading' in the city of Medellín (Colombia), a benchmark in dealing in tandem wit…
Mapping repertoires of collective action facing the Covid-19 pandemic in informal settlements in Latin American cities
How are civil society organizations responding to COVID-19’s impacts on informal settlements? In Latin America, civil society organizations have developed a repertoire of collective action, seeking to provide immediate and medium-term responses to the emergency. This paper aims to map these initiatives and identify strategic approaches to tackle the issues, given the strengths of those undertaking the initiative, and the scope, purpose and sphere…
Initiatives towards a participatory smart city. The role of digital grassroots innovations
In this paper we explore the role of Digital Grassroots Innovation (DGI) in the construction of a more participatory smart city. 18 DGIs from four Spanish cities (Santander, Valencia, Bilbao, and San Sebastián) were analysed. They belong to 4 different types of digital innovation: Open Hardware: understood as projects inspired by the maker movement; Open Knowledge: large groups of citizens who join through online platforms to collectively create …
When Collectivity Makes a Difference
EN] In this paper, we analyse two Colombian communities using elements of the capability approach. The first, Comuna 8, is an urban community in Medellín, Colombia¿s second largest city. The second community is a Zona de Reserva Campesina (Peasant Farmer Reserve Zone) in the Cabrera municipality, in the Department of Cundinamarca. We explore the reasons why people value being part of a community, along with the collective capabilities that are ex…
Analysing participatory video through the capability approach – A case study in Quart de Poblet (Valencia, Spain)
The aim of this paper is to analyse participatory video as a participatory action research method through the lenses of the capability approach. In order to do this, we used a participatory video experience that took place in the municipality of Quart de Poblet (Valencia, Spain) from February to March 2014. The participants were 11 young people between 16 and 24 years of age, severely affected by the economic crisis that has hit Spain in recent y…
Mapping repertoires of collective action facing the Covid-19 pandemic in informal settlements in Latin American cities
How are civil society organizations responding to COVID-19’s impacts on informal settlements? In Latin America, civil society organizations have developed a repertoire of collective action, seeking to provide immediate and medium-term responses to the emergency. This paper aims to map these initiatives and identify strategic approaches to tackle the issues, given the strengths of those undertaking the initiative, and the scope, purpose and sphere…
Critical Urban Pedagogy
Learning from the pedagogical potentials of Southern city-making practices is imperative to foster emancipatory urban learning settings. However, the ways in which urban learning spaces beyond professional settings operate and how Southern urbanism practices constitute new critical pedagogies are poorly understood. We draw on research about urban learning on 'slum upgrading' in the city of Medellín (Colombia), a benchmark in dealing in tandem wit…
Initiatives towards a participatory smart city. The role of digital grassroots innovations
In this paper we explore the role of Digital Grassroots Innovation (DGI) in the construction of a more participatory smart city. 18 DGIs from four Spanish cities (Santander, Valencia, Bilbao, and San Sebastián) were analysed. They belong to 4 different types of digital innovation: Open Hardware: understood as projects inspired by the maker movement; Open Knowledge: large groups of citizens who join through online platforms to collectively create …
Analysing participatory video through the capability approach – A case study in Quart de Poblet (Valencia, Spain)
The aim of this paper is to analyse participatory video as a participatory action research method through the lenses of the capability approach. In order to do this, we used a participatory video experience that took place in the municipality of Quart de Poblet (Valencia, Spain) from February to March 2014. The participants were 11 young people between 16 and 24 years of age, severely affected by the economic crisis that has hit Spain in recent y…
When Collectivity Makes a Difference
EN] In this paper, we analyse two Colombian communities using elements of the capability approach. The first, Comuna 8, is an urban community in Medellín, Colombia¿s second largest city. The second community is a Zona de Reserva Campesina (Peasant Farmer Reserve Zone) in the Cabrera municipality, in the Department of Cundinamarca. We explore the reasons why people value being part of a community, along with the collective capabilities that are ex…
Analysing participatory video through the capability approach – A case study in Quart de Poblet (Valencia, Spain)
The aim of this paper is to analyse participatory video as a participatory action research method through the lenses of the capability approach. In order to do this, we used a participatory video experience that took place in the municipality of Quart de Poblet (Valencia, Spain) from February to March 2014. The participants were 11 young people between 16 and 24 years of age, severely affected by the economic crisis that has hit Spain in recent y…
When Collectivity Makes a Difference
EN] In this paper, we analyse two Colombian communities using elements of the capability approach. The first, Comuna 8, is an urban community in Medellín, Colombia¿s second largest city. The second community is a Zona de Reserva Campesina (Peasant Farmer Reserve Zone) in the Cabrera municipality, in the Department of Cundinamarca. We explore the reasons why people value being part of a community, along with the collective capabilities that are ex…
Initiatives towards a participatory smart city. The role of digital grassroots innovations
In this paper we explore the role of Digital Grassroots Innovation (DGI) in the construction of a more participatory smart city. 18 DGIs from four Spanish cities (Santander, Valencia, Bilbao, and San Sebastián) were analysed. They belong to 4 different types of digital innovation: Open Hardware: understood as projects inspired by the maker movement; Open Knowledge: large groups of citizens who join through online platforms to collectively create …
Mapping repertoires of collective action facing the Covid-19 pandemic in informal settlements in Latin American cities
How are civil society organizations responding to COVID-19’s impacts on informal settlements? In Latin America, civil society organizations have developed a repertoire of collective action, seeking to provide immediate and medium-term responses to the emergency. This paper aims to map these initiatives and identify strategic approaches to tackle the issues, given the strengths of those undertaking the initiative, and the scope, purpose and sphere…
Critical Urban Pedagogy
Learning from the pedagogical potentials of Southern city-making practices is imperative to foster emancipatory urban learning settings. However, the ways in which urban learning spaces beyond professional settings operate and how Southern urbanism practices constitute new critical pedagogies are poorly understood. We draw on research about urban learning on 'slum upgrading' in the city of Medellín (Colombia), a benchmark in dealing in tandem wit…
Environmental sustainability
The term ‘governance’ signifies neoliberal genuflections to the plutocratic domination of public policy. This chapter engages that tendency from the perspective of environmental issues in Colombia. We review relevant research and theory and situate the struggles of Afro-indigenous environmental defenders in their historical context, concluding that activism and theorization of the environment from beyond the Global North hold the key to our plane…
Improving accessibility to radiotherapy services in Cali, Colombia
Traffic congestion significantly diminished accessibility to radiotherapy services, particularly affecting vulnerable populations. For instance, urban 20-min ACO by car dropped from 91% of Cali's urban population within a 20-min journey to the service during free-flow traffic to 31% during peak traffic for the week of 6-12 July 2020. Percentages represent the population within a 20-min journey by car from their residence to a radiotherapy service…
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Agency (philosophy (2 works) · Citizen journalism (2 works) · Civil society (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Open data (2 works)