ALIA: Consciousness in comic strips
Science and creation for secondary schools with the Center for Brain and Cognition (UPF) and Escola JOSO
ALIA is the CCCB’s education programme for young people that brings together scientific research and artistic creation. In this third edition, 200 fourth-year ESO and first-year Baccalaureate students and their teachers in the Barcelona metropolitan region tackle a series of challenges to investigate the workings of the brain and understand what human consciousness is. The result of their investigation will take the form of a very special graphic novel. Accompanied by scientists from the Center for Brain and Cognition (UPF) and Escola JOSO.
Consciousness in comic strips. Luca Bonatti
Professor and researcher Luca Bonatti converses with the students of Institute 9 (Santa Coloma de Gramanet) about the brain, language and the perception of objects in relation to the phenomenon of representation.
Consciousness in comic strips. Arkaitz González
How to write an informative comic script
Arkaitz González, cartoonist and comic teacher at the JOSO School teaches the students of the institutes participating in the ALIA project how to write an informative comic script.
Consciousness in comic strips. Silvana Silva
Neuroscientist Silvana Silva converses with the students of Institut Ca n’Oriac (Badalona) about consciousness and memory.
Consciousness in comic strips. Salvador Soto
Neuroscientist Salvador Soto converses with the students of the Institut Escola El Martinet (El Ripollet) about the phenomena of perception linked to consciousness.
Consciousness in comic strips. Mireia Torralba
Neuroscientist Mireia Torralba converses with the students of Institut Les Aimerigues (Terrassa) about perception and consciousness, focusing on the sensory pathway of vision.
Consciousness in comic strips. Nuria Sebastián
Doctor in cognitive psychology Núria Sebastian converses with the students of Saint Peters School (Barcelona) about language and bilingualism.
Consciousness in còmic strips. Gustavo Deco
Neuroscientist Gustavo Deco converses with the students of Institut Torrent de les Bruixes (Badalona) about the objectives and methodologies of neuroscience, focusing on the fact of consciousness.