"Vida de familia" es la cinta co-dirigida por la profesora del Instituto de la Comunicación e Imagen (ICEI), Alicia Scherson, junto al cineasta Cristián Jiménez, que a partir de un modelo de producción independiente, colaborativo y asociado, rescata los vínculos personales de una familia, desde la perspectiva de un personaje que finge una vida diferente a la suya.
El Rector de la U. de Chile y presidente del Consorcio de Universidades del Estado de Chile (CUECH), Ennio Vivaldi dijo al término de la reunión en La Moneda que "las universidades estatales no pueden ser limitadas en su derecho a conversar con el Estado.
En el Salón de Honor de la Casa Central fueron recibidos los nuevos estudiantes que se integraron a la Universidad de Chile a través del Sistema de Ingreso Prioritario de Equidad Educativa (SIPEE) y del Programa de Acompañamiento y Acceso Efectivo a la Educación Superior (PACE), iniciativas que buscan asegurar el acceso a la institución a jóvenes provenientes de contextos vulnerables que tengan excelencia académica. Durante tres días podrán participar en talleres y visitas a distintos campus de la U.
Monday 13th of March, 17:00 – 18:15 @Spui25, Amsterdam.
With keynote lectures by Michiel de Lange and, Emma Fraser and Clancy Wilmott.
From Mah-Jong to the introduction of Prussian war-games, through to the emergence of location-based play: maps and play share a long and diverse history. In this programme, we will launch the book Playful Mapping in The Digital Age, which shows how playing and mapping can be liberating, dangerous, subversive and, performative.
O mundo digital e globalizado permite de forma fácil que utilizadores e organizações criem e partilhem dados por e entre diversas redes.
O IP Guarda vai promover e debater a cibersegurança uma vez que diariamente surgem novos ataques que podem comprometer a segurança de redes e sistemas.
O evento pretende ser um marco de encontro para todos os interessados na área. Este ano, o evento irá realizar-se no dia 15 de março de 2017 no Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, Portugal.
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Open Review of Book by Matthew J. Salganik: “In the summer of 2009, mobile phones were ringing all across Rwanda. In addition to the millions of calls between family, friends, and business associates, about 1,000 Rwandans received a call from Joshua Blumenstock and his colleagues. The researchers were studying wealth and poverty by conducting a survey of people who had been randomly sampled from a database of 1.5 million customers from Rwanda’s largest mobile phone provider.
Executive Summary: “This government’s Plan for Britain is a plan to build a stronger, fairer country that works for everyone, not just the privileged few. …Our digital strategy now develops this further, applying the principles outlined in the Industrial Strategy green paper to the digital economy. The UK has a proud history of digital innovation: from the earliest days of computing to the development of the World Wide Web, the UK has been a cradle for inventions which have changed the world.
La Región de Arica y Parinacota podría abastecer de energía eléctrica a todo Chile por sus altos índices de radiación solar, cielos despejados y amplios territorios para la instalación de paneles fotovoltaicos.
Jamie Doward, Carole Cadwalladr and Alice Gibbs in The Guardian: “The UK’s privacy watchdog is launching an inquiry into how voters’ personal data is being captured and exploited in political campaigns, cited as a key factor in both the
Bill Bishop in the Washington Post: “…Trust in American institutions, however, has been in decline for some time. Trump is merely feeding on that sentiment.
The leaders of once-powerful institutions are desperate to resurrect the faith of the people they serve. They act like they have misplaced a credit card and must find the number so that a replacement can be ordered and then FedEx-ed, if possible overnight.
Book by Rocci Luppicini and Rachel Baarda: “Digital technology has revitalized the landscape of political affairs. As e-government continues to become more prominent in society, conducting further research in this realm is vital to promoting democratic advancements.
In my previous blog on propaganda, I noted private information, when stolen and published, can prove useful for propaganda efforts. This post develops that concept in more detail, with an emphasis on privacy considerations.
I agree with interpretations of the First Amendment finding important protections for publication of private information without consent. And I concur that, as a matter of principle, the public interest can justify such publication. But too often the “public interest” defense is rather often a post hoc rationalization rather than a reasoned justification.
Saturday March 4, 2017 marks the 7th annual International Open Data Day — an event in which participants across the globe will “create local events that will use open data in their communities” with the idea of demonstrating its positive value. Over 322 events are currently planned across all 6 continents.
Kylee McIntyre at TechInAsia: “A problem beyond India’s low doctor-to-patient ratio is the distribution of those doctors. Most, particularly specialists, congregate in bigger cities and get seen by patients in the surrounding areas.
Minouche Shafik at Project Syndicate: “…public confidence in experts is at a crossroads. With news becoming more narrowly targeted to individual interests and preferences, and with people increasingly choosing whom to trust and follow, the traditional channels for sharing expertise are being disrupted. Who needs experts when you have Facebook, Google, Mumsnet, and Twitter?
Alfredo J. Morales, Vaibhav Vavilala, Rosa M. Benito, and Yaneer Bar-Yam in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface: “Social media are transforming global communication and coordination and provide unprecedented opportunities for studying socio-technical domains. Here we study global dynamical patterns of communication on Twitter across many scales. Underlying the observed patterns is both the diurnal rotation of the earth, day and night, and the synchrony required for contingency of actions between individuals.
Panthea Lee at Reboot: “The promise of open government is unlocked when diverse actors work together toward a common vision. It requires engagement by citizens, government, civil society, the private sector, and others with a stake in good governance.