Tom Simonite at MIT Technology Review: “Accusations that the Internet and social media sow political division have flown thick and fast since recent contentious elections in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France.
A Coordenação de Graduação abre processo seletivo para contratação e criação de banco de currículos para o Programa de Assistência Acadêmica da FGV DIREITO RIO. Candidatos interessados devem preencher formulário de inscrição e apresentar documentação por e-mail até 11/06/2017.
W tym numerze Kserokopii przedstawiamy nowe głosy w dyskusji dotyczącej europejskiej reformy prawa autorskiego. Zachęcamy do lektury artykułu poświęconego fenomenowi Netflixa i zmniejszającej się ilości naruszeń prawa autorskiego w internecie oraz kolejnego niepokojącego tekstu o trollingu prawnoautorskim. Poza tym zachęcamy do zapoznania się z wyrokiem kolumbijskiego sądu, ważnym z perspektywy otwartej nauki.
CO NOWEGO W SIECI
Nita Bhalla for Reuters: “An Indian charity is using big data to pinpoint human trafficking hot spots in a bid to prevent vulnerable women and girls vanishing from high-risk villages into the sex trade.
My Choices Foundation uses specially designed technology to identify those villages that are most at risk of modern slavery, then launches local campaigns to sound the alarm….
Kathryn Pettit at the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP): “Local government and nonprofit staff need data and technology skills to regularly monitor local conditions and design programs that achieve more effective outcomes. Tailored training is essential to help them gain the knowledge and confidence to leverage these indispensable tools.
Greg Oates at Skift: “C2 has evolved into a global benchmark for event design since launching in 2012, but the innovation extends beyond the creative mojo and significant resources invested into the physical layout.
Open Knowledge International is a member of Open Data for Development (OD4D), a global network of leaders in the open data community, working together to develop open data solutions around the world. In this blog, David Opoku of Open Knowledge International talks about how the OD4D programme’s Africa Open Data Collaboration Fund and Embedded Fellowships are helping build the capacity of civil society organisations (CSOs) in Africa to explore the challenges and opportunities of becoming alternative public data producers.
Parlamentarios del Partido Alemán Verde presentaron proyecto que contempla propuestas para el esclarecimiento de la verdad, trabajo de investigación y memoria y medidas reparatorias -que involucran a víctimas chilenas y alemanas-, iniciativa que hoy se encuentra en discusión.
Representantes del actual campeón del fútbol chileno visitaron este mediodía nuestro plantel junto a la copa recientemente obtenida, instancia en que celebraron con el Rector Ennio Vivaldi y otras autoridades universitarias este triunfo y la conmemoración de los 90 años del club, este 24 de mayo.
Creado para constituir un espacio que se hiciera cargo del repertorio coral sinfónico en un momento en el que no existían estos conjuntos en la capital, el Coro Sinfónico de la Universidad de Chile ha realizado sus actividades durante 72 años, gracias a la entrega y constancia de sus integrantes.
Fundado en 1945, el Coro Sinfónico de la Universidad de Chile ha mantenido a lo largo de sus décadas un espíritu particular en sus presentaciones, debido al carácter aficionado de todos sus integrantes, los que no reciben pago alguno por su trabajo.
Emerging Technology from the arXiv: “…Substance abuse is a serious concern. Around one in 10 Americans are sufferers. Which is why it costs the American economy more than $700 billion a year in lost productivity, crime, and health-care costs. So a better way to identify people suffering from the disorder, and those at risk of succumbing to it, would be hugely useful.
Farhad Manjoo. at the New York Times: “…the biggest problem with Twitter’s place in the news is its role in the production and dissemination of propaganda and misinformation.
Paper by Benjamin Wittes and Jonathan Rauch: “For several generations, political reform and rhetoric have been entirely one-directional: always more direct democracy, never less. The general belief holds that more public involvement will produce more representative and thus more effective and legitimate governance.
Winny de Jong: “At the intersection of data and journalism, lots can go wrong. Merely taking precautions might not be enough….
Half True Is False
But this approach is not totally foolproof.
“Tool Without a Handle: Mutual Transparency in Social Media”
“I wish that for just one time
You could stand inside my shoes
And just for that one moment
I could be you”
Bob Dylan – “Positively 4th Street”
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La Universidad celebra el acto de investidura de 140 doctores, procedentes de 23 países
El rector subraya la dimensión ética y cooperativa de toda investigación universitaria
02/06/17 18:00
Marta Vidán
For most municipalities, participatory budgeting is a relatively new approach to include their citizens directly in the decision making for new investments and developments in their community. Fundación Civio is a civic tech organisation based in Madrid, Spain that develops tools for citizens that both reveal the civic value of data and promote transparency.