In 2010, a group of journalists, photographers, and independent (and unemployed) producers set out to prove that, thanks to new technologies, they could produce a magazine in just 48 hours. What would traditionally take a month of assembly and editing, they aimed to accomplish in two days. The magazine was called Longshot, and within those same 48 hours, they even made a documentary about the process.
Inspired by this experience, the teaching team of the Taller de Procesamiento de Datos at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), led by Alejandro Piscitelli, wanted to test whether the same format could be applied to a digital product—completing an entire academic research project in just 48 hours.
We organized under the hashtag #gpluscamp and documented the process in real-time via Twitter and Tumblr, receiving significant collaboration. In 48 hours, we produced a final product that was unique both in terms of production and methodology:
As a result of this work, we were invited to participate in that year’s International Design Festival to present our approach to digital social research design.
I all the time used to study paragraph in news papers but now as I am a user
of internet therefore from now I am using net for articles or
reviews, thanks to web.