“autonomous ones not subsumed by or subjected to the capitalist drive to accumulation and exploitation.”

This essay was written by Tiziana Terranova and originally published in Euromade.info

WHEN: 21st March 2019 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pmWHERE: University of Westminster (Room UG05); 309 Regent St; Marylebone, London W1B 2HT; UKCOST: Free

Michel Bauwens, Vasilis Kostakis & Alex Pazaitis (P2P Foundation) –Book Launch ‘Peer to Peer. The Commons Manifesto’ (University of Westminster Press)

What exactly is colonial about the economic use of data? On November 20, Nick Couldry continued the lecture series Making Sense of the Digital Society. In his lecture, he focused on the social consequences of data collection by private companies. He characterised the current tendencies as a new form of colonisation that has serious consequences…

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The latest in the EU's string of internet regulatory efforts has a new target: terrorist propaganda. Just as with past regulations, the proposed rules seem onerous and insane, creating huge liability for internet platforms that fail to do the impossible.

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We live in a world increasingly governed by algorithms. Sadly these algorithms aren’t creating a more neutral world of equitable outcomes; they are baking in historical injustices long present in society at large (1). Not surprisingly, those who are currently denied power in society are the most at-risk in this data driven future. Their voices should be amplified and set the agenda. The Data for Black Lives (twitter) organization works to bring together one communty of folks […]

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La medición considera aspectos relevantes como número de artículos, citaciones, cantidad de publicaciones, impacto y colaboración internacional.

NPJ analisa desafios de políticas públicas habitacionais no paísNa última semana foi repercutido na imprensa um estudo que revela que o déficit habitacional no Brasil cresceu 7% em dez anos, chegando a quase 7,78 milhões de unidades em 2017. O levantamento, feito pela Associação Brasileira de Incorporadoras Imobiliárias (Abrainc) em parceria com a Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), aponta, ainda, que, apesar dos desafios, o programa Minha Casa, Minha Vida, do governo federal, conseguiu reduzir os componentes do déficit e impedir seu crescimento em ritmo maior do que o verificado.

New Online Toolkit Allows City Policymakers to Leverage Their Most Valuable Asset

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“Fifteen Years of Evolution of Law, Technology and Society” To celebrate SCRIPTed’s 15th birthday, we are hosting a conference on Monday 28 January (3pm-7pm) at Evolution House here in Edinburgh. For more details, the programme, and (free) registration, see our

Hot tub vulnerabilities: New connections to the Internet of Things for hot tubs – allowing users to do things like adjust water temperature using their smartphones – also may make the products vulnerable to attacks, Naked Security writes. At least one connected hot tub would be easy to attack by a nearby hacker, according to research.

Pacto foi assinado por cerca de 160 paísesO presidente Jair Bolsonaro confirmou nesta semana a saída do Brasil do Pacto Global para Migração Segura da Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU). O pacto foi firmado oficialmente em dezembro de 2018 e contou com a assinatura de cerca de 160 países. O acordo fundamenta-se em valores de “soberania do Estado, compartilhamento de responsabilidade e não-discriminação de direitos humanos”, segundo a entidade internacional, e foi assinado em um contexto de forte onda de movimentos migratórios em todo o mundo. 

Wilhelm Gössmann studierte Germanistik, Philosophie und Theologie in Münster und München. Nach dem Staatsexamen promovierte er 1955 mit einer Dissertation über „Das Schuldproblem im Werk Annette von Droste-Hülshoffs“ bei dem Literaturwissenschaftler Prof. Dr. Hermann Kunisch.

A new article has been published in the Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability (Vol. 35, December 2018, pp. 22-29) with the collaboration of Prof. Potthast: Caring for nature matters: a relational approach for understanding nature's contributions to human well-being.

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Michel Bauwens: This video from IASC COMMONS is covers the evolution of the commons through history, and the role of the commons in the current shift from labor-based capitalism to contribution-based capitalism and the potential for post-capitalist developments in this particular context

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