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Testando os limites do capitalismo de vigilância

Apesar de esta não ser uma resenha de um livro, acredito que a nova publicação de Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, é uma das leituras mais essenciais para a governança da internet em 2019.

Alumni da FGV Direito Rio faz LL.M em Stanford

Curso é na área de Direito AmbientalA ex-aluna da Graduação e do Mestrado em Direito da Regulação da FGV Direito Rio, Julia de Lamare, foi aprovada no LL.M in Environmental Law and Policy da Stanford Law School, nos Estados Unidos. Julia, que sempre atuou na área ambiental, diz que quer aproveitar a oportunidade ao máximo.

An open letter to Extinction Rebellion

“The fight for climate justice is the fight of our lives, and we need to do it right.” By grassroots collective Wretched of The Earth.

The Week in Internet News: Broadband Project to Nowhere

Dead end: ProPublica
has a story
about Kentucky’s $1.5 billion broadband expansion program,
which the story calls an information highway to nowhere. The program is behind
schedule and over budget, with the state’s IT chief directing money to other
projects and partnering with commercial ISPs.

Two years on, little action from the EU on public country-by-country reporting

Two years ago, members of the European Parliament voted to force large multinational corporations registered in Europe to reveal how much tax they pay, how many people they employ and what profits they make in every country where they work.

3D printing and Intellectual Property

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Right To Own: A Policy Framework to Catalyze Worker Ownership Transitions

Peter Gowan

Executive Summary

Age-old questions of ownership, control, and distribution in our
economy remain as important as ever. In fostering the creation of
communities and workplaces driven by values of solidarity, cooperation,
and justice, workplace democracy and worker ownership are crucial,
powerful tools, and they can and should play an important role in the
next economic system.

Revitalizar la FECH: El desafío de la mesa directiva interina 2019

Emilia Schneider -primera presidenta trans del organismo-, Nicole Martínez y Millaray Huaquimilla, encabezarán la Federación de Estudiantes de la Universidad de Chile (FECH) 2019. Luego de no haber superado el 25 por ciento de participación en las recientes elecciones, esta mesa directiva tendrá carácter interino, sumando además a dos representantes del Consejo de Presidentes, con el mandato de convocar a nuevas elecciones en el plazo máximo de seis meses. En conversación con Prensa U.

Pablo Oyarzún se integra al directorio del CHCI

A pocas semanas de la inauguración del Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Filosofía, Artes y Humanidades de la U.

Nuevos centros de investigación: un aporte a salud mental y educación

El Núcleo Milenio para Mejorar la Salud Mental de Adolescentes y Jóvenes (Imhay) y el Núcleo Milenio en Desarrollo Social (Desoc), ambos financiados por el programa Iniciativa Científica Milenio, dieron inicio oficial a sus actividades de investigación.En la actualidad, salud y educación figuran entre los temas más relevantes del debate político nacional y de la discusión de las políticas públicas.

Práctica musical se asocia con mejor control de la atención

Pianistas profesionales participaron del estudio de los investigadores Paulo Barraza del Centro de Investigación Avanzada en Educación (CIAE), y David Medina de la Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación (UMCE), el cual reveló que los músicos controlan mejor su foco atencional comparado a personas sin entrenamiento musical.

Fotografía Modernista Brasileña llega a MAC Parque Forestal

Un total de 103 imágenes de maestros de la fotografía producida en Brasil reúne la exposición "Moderna para Sempre - Fotografía Modernista" de la Colección Itaú Cultural, que llega este mes a Santiago de Chile luego de una gira por la región que la llevó por ciudades de Brasil, México, Perú, Argentina y Paraguay.

Ahmedabad Wikisource Workshop

Report of the Ahmedabad Wikisource workshop published in Vishwavihar.

Above: Report of the Ahmedabad Wikisource workshop published in Vishwavihar, a mouthpiece of Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust

For more details visit https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/vishwavihar-may-13-2019-ahmedabad-wikisource-workshop

SSDG 006 Ostrom and Blockchains by Jason Potts

6th meeting of the International Society for the Study of Decentralized Governance (https://issdg.org), including a presentation on “Ostrom and Blockchain Governance” by Jason Potts.

What Enspiral can teach us about how to run a company with no boss

Darren Sharp interviews Alana Irving about “Better Work Together”, a compendium of distributed leadership strategies prototyped at Enspiral. Cross-posted from Shareable.net

Darren Sharp: How do you create a viable business or organization without a hierarchy?

Introducing The Internet Society Accessibility Special Interest Group

An ordinary day on 9th April 2019 was turned in to an extraordinary one, as our efforts bore fruit and we finally succeeded in chartering the Internet Society Special Interest Group on Accessibility. The Internet Society Accessibility Special Interest Group or ISOC Accessibility SIG/ISOC A11y SIG is intended to serve persons with disabilities to ensure the Internet and digital domain is for everyone.

Announcement on Student Acceptance to the Bachelor of Arts in Communication Management (International Program) For the Academis Year 2019 (non-holders of a Thai passport)

The selected applicants must confirm their choice from May 13 to May 17, 2019 through 

Wege in den Job – Henkel@HHU

In diesem Vortrag stellt das führende und traditionsreiche Düsseldorfer Unternehmen Henkel AG & Co. KGaA seine Geschäftsbereiche und Werte, aber auch berufliche Einstiegsmöglichkeiten für Studierende und Absolvent*innen vor.
Studierende und Absolvent*innen aller Fakultäten, aber auch andere Interessierte der HHU sind herzlich willkommen!
Datum: Donnerstag, 23.Mai
Von 12:30 bis 14:00 Uhr
Ort: Geb. 22.01, Hörsaal 2 B

Do “National Security” Elections Imperil National Security Institutions?

(This piece first appeared on The Leaflet) As we approach the final phases of India’s election to the 17th Lok Sabha, national security has emerged as one of the most debated issues of the season. On the one hand, the ruling party has portrayed the need for a majboor nahi,majboot sarkar espousing a muscular, aggressive […]

What if Workers Owned Their Workplaces?

The cooperative movement is showing that worker-owned businesses can not only survive, but thrive.

By Michelle Chen

Can good values be good business, too? For generations, the cooperative movement has been answering with a resounding “Yes!”