David Johnston ist Professor für Übersetzung am Zentrum für Übersetzen und Dolmetschen an der Queen's University Belfast. Er hat umfassend über die Beziehung zwischen Theorie, Praxis und Ethik im Übersetzungsprozess publiziert und seine Arbeit in Vorträgen in fünfundzwanzig Ländern vorgestellt. Als Bühnenübersetzer wurde er mehrfach ausgezeichnet. Die Zeitschrift Comedia Performance beschreibt ihn für seine Übersetzungen des spanischen Theaters des Goldenen Zeitalters als „innovativsten Übersetzer des einundzwanzigsten Jahrhunderts“.

Although the strong surveillance of the working, as was common in the industrial work, appears to have gone out of style, it seems as if crowdworking brings it back altogether – in its digitalized version. This raises the question on forms of »operational control« supposedly long gone yet again and in different disguise. Renaissance der…
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Die von der Universität Antwerpen koordinierte Mehrländerstudie untersucht die Auswirkungen der Corona-Pandemie auf die Lebensbedingungen sowie das Wohlbefinden der Studierenden in insgesamt 26 Ländern. Die teilnehmenden Hochschulen führen dazu eine Online-Befragung durch, in der unterschiedliche Bereiche des Studierendenlebens thematisiert werden. An der HHU wird die Studie durch das Institut für Medizinische Soziologie koordiniert.

El estudio de fragmentos de restos fósiles encontrados hace 30 años en el sector de cerro "La Isla", a la altura de Chañaral, permitió identificar los restos de un pterosaurio de la familia Ctenochasmatidae, el que por sus características puede ser catalogado como el primero de su especie autóctono de nuestro país. Ahora, el equipo liderado por el paleontólogo Jhonatan Alarcón de la U.

En un nuevo streaming realizado a través del Facebook de la U. de Chile, la doctora en Psicología, académica y directora del Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental Oriente de la Facultad de Medicina de la U. de Chile, señaló que durante la situación de confinamiento puede ser comprensible que aumente el consumo de algunas sustancias, pero que "no es normal. Son estrategias de enfrentamiento disfuncionales, que provocan síntomas después".¿Cómo la crisis sanitaria y el confinamiento pueden afectar a las personas?

The world is moving rapidly to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus – and the Center for Democracy & Technology’s policy teams are working just as fast to ensure that government leaders, policymakers, and tech companies protect our civil liberties as well as our health.

The panel will also touch upon the impact of the pandemic on transportation and allocation of public space in the context of safety. Read more about Panel discussion: How should vehicle safety and data be managed in line with ethics and government policy?May 14, 2020AutoSensOnline

Impactos da COVID-19 na Recuperação de Empresas: medidas emergenciais do Poder Judiciário18h00O Evento: DIREITO E A CRISE DO CORONAVÍRUS - A contribuição do sistema jurídico para o enfrentamento da pandemia e a superação de seus efeitos econômicos e sociais
A Fundação Getulio Vargas, por meio de suas escolas de direito FGV Direito SP e FGV Direito Rio, realiza uma série de webinars com o objetivo de debater as questões jurídicas relacionadas à crise da pandemia do coronavírus.
Em 19/05, o debate terá como tema
 

Today, more than 30 civil society organizations joined in launching the Global Encryption Coalition, to promote and defend encryption in key countries and multilateral gatherings where it is under threat. The new coalition is led by a Steering Committee consisting of the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), the Internet Society, and Global Partners Digital.

How can technology help organizations to more effectively tackle societal challenges? In this article we introduce the concept of effectiveness in digitalization, which, we believe, is key to any digitalization effort in organizations pursuing social goals and also likely to contribute to a more inclusive and sustainable digital transformation. How can technology help organizations to…

The safety of the digital rights community is always our first priority. That’s why, with so much uncertainty about the trajectory of Covid-19, we’ve decided that Bread&Net 2020 will be held virtually. While we won’t be hosting an in-person gathering, we look forward to once again bringing the community together[...]

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Read an excerpt in English from Frictie over at Eurozine:

In the current situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, dealing with the effects of the restrictions is omnipresent, both in private conversations and in the media. But what memories of this period will remain for us after the crisis, and what influence will these memories have on our future lives?

El Centro para la Regulación del Genoma (CRG), liderado por el académico de la Facultad de Ciencias de la U. de Chile, Miguel Allende, trabaja hace casi un mes en la secuenciación de muestras de genoma de SARS CoV2, proyecto impulsado para colaborar con la labor que hasta entonces venía realizando el Instituto de Salud Pública (ISP).

"Nunca antes en la historia se generaron tantos datos sobre un tema como durante esta pandemia.