The talk will focus on various aspects of photography as a tool for social change. From activism to art gestures, how can we make the medium response relevant to the turbulent contemporary context?

How have women and children shaped the landscapes we live in today? This lecture explores the pioneering work of Brenda Colvin and Marjory Allen, two key female thinkers in post-war Britain, who championed the idea of involving children in designing and caring for their local environments. Their vision of urban and green spaces was not just about aesthetics but about fostering sustainability, agency, and community.

The Future Potentials Observatory invites you to a Speaker Series event titled “FPO TALKS” presented by César A. Hidalgo, professor at the Toulouse School of Economics’ (TSE) Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences and head of the Center for Collective Learning, a multidisciplinary research laboratory with offices at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAST) at TSE and the Corvinus Institute of Advanced Studies (CIAS) at Corvinus University of Budapest. He is an Honorary Professor at the Alliance Manchester Business School of the University of Manchester.