Introdution to Special Issue of the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication by Yasmeen Shorish: “The pillars of a democratic society (equity, a free press, fair elections, engaged citizens, and the equal application of laws) are directly impacted by the availability, accessibility, and accuracy of information.
“We are entering a new world in which data may be more important than software.”
– Tim O’Reilly
The theme of the conference is MÄNNER. MACHT. THERAPIE. and has been consciously chosen for its somewhat double meaning in German. The impact of borderless, exploitation-based capitalism in the form of a globalised and digitalised working world, social division on the inside and migration from the outside as well as big data and cyberspace trigger insecurities on a wide scale and the fear of losing hold, autonomy and identity. These developments produce a social climate that is perceived by many people as a diffuse threat and then leads to different reactions.
Rich Decibels on Teal, Scuttlebutt and Solarpunk. An episode of Stephen Reid In Dialogue.
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Notes for a quadriformist manifesto — #3: TIMN’s advantages over three parallel theories (Raworth, Bauwens, Karatani)
David Ronfeldt: How and why four cardinal forms of organization — tribes, hierarchical institutions, markets, and networks (TIMN) — explain social evolution. How and why space-time-action cognitions (STA:C) explain people’s mindsets.
For a theoretical framework to be worthy of a political manifesto, it must offer something new and better than alternative frameworks. TIMN can do that, by proclaiming quadriformism.
Myung J. Lee at the Stanford Social Innovation Review: “It seems everywhere I go these days, people are talking and writing and podcasting about America’s lack of trust—how people don’t trust government and don’t trust each other.
Today, CIS is publishing a whitepaper called “Security Risks of Government Hacking.” Also called “equipment interference” or “lawful hacking,” government hacking allows investigators to exploit hardware and software vulnerabilities to gain remote access to target computers. We hope our new publication will make a valuable contribution to policy discussions about this important topic.
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“An evaluation of the regulatory framework on commercial communication aimed at children, in light of children’s rights”
Como parte del Seminario Permanente "Universidades públicas latinoamericanas: Construyendo la educación no sexista", la directora del Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios de Género de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ana Buquet, explicó ante la comunidad de la U. de Chile la experiencia del plantel mexicano, destacando ámbitos como la realización constante de estudios y la importancia y el desafío de transversalizar las políticas de género en las instituciones.
Luego de las elecciones realizadas el 10 de mayo, el Profesor Titular de la Facultad de Medicina y actual Rector de nuestro plantel fue elegido nuevamente por la comunidad académica como máxima autoridad universitaria, motivo por el cual este jueves 23 de agosto, ante el Presidente de la República y Patrono de la U. de Chile, Sebastián Piñera, y de integrantes de la comunidad universitaria, fue investido con la Medalla Universidad de Chile, oficializando así el inicio de un nuevo cuatrienio en el sillón de Bello.
La conexión entre ambas enfermedades es el tema central de un comentario editorial publicado en la revista "Circulación" de la Asociación Americana del Corazón, elaborado por el profesor titular de la Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéutidas de la U. de Chile y director del Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Enfermedades Crónicas (ACCDiS) Sergio Lavandero, junto a los investigadores Richard N. Kitsis y Jaime Riquelme.
Con una conferencia del ingeniero Álvaro Fischer y la publicación de los resultados del Concurso Escolar "Chile Secuencia a Chile", se realizó el lanzamiento del "Proyecto 1000 Genomas", estudio pionero en Latinoamérica a cargo de cinco centros de excelencia en investigación científica del país.
La plateforme PARLe du Laboratoire de cyberjustice est à l’honneur du Prix 2018 pour la gestion innovatrice de l’Institut d’administration publique du Canada (IAPC). L’IAPC décerne la médaille d’or à la collaboration entre L’Office ontarien du secteur des condominiums (OOSC) et le Laboratoire de cyberjustice pour le lancement réussi du premier tribunal entièrement en ligne du Canada : le Tribunal de l’autorité du secteur des condominiums de l’Ontario (TASC) !
Ricardo Carrion se formou no curso de graduação da Escola em 2016Ricardo Carrion foi aluno da graduação da FGV Direito Rio e hoje é Assessor na unidade de Inovação da Secretaria de Governo do Estado de São Paulo. Formado em 2016, Ricardo costuma dizer que nunca teria terminado o curso de direito não fosse pela Escola, sua segunda casa. “Atualmente me sinto não apenas um profissional que consegue dialogar bem com Direito tradicional, mas que também consegue ser crítico a fenômenos sociais complexos e propositivo em meu ambiente de trabalho”, analisa.
04.09.2018 - 17:00 - 23:00 Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society Französische Straße 9 Berlin
Siôn Whellens, Co-Founder of the Worker Co-op Solidarity Fund provides a brilliant explanation of cooperatives (from Youtube).
The Aadhaar program offers a glimpse of the tech world's latest quest to control our lives, where dystopias are created in the name of helping the impoverished.
The article by Paul Bluementhol and Gopal Sathe was published in Huffington Post on August 25, 2018. Sunil Abraham was quoted.