How do youth allies promote young people’s critical thinking on privacy, in informal learning contexts in the Americas? This blog post is part of a series showcasing the work of different organizations at the intersection of youth development, digital rights, and online safety.
Quick facts
Who: Ezequiel Passeron from Faro Digital
What: Workshops, talks and campaigns
Mission/vision: To promote, through co-design, the responsible use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for a more just society
Where: Argentina

Bereits seit 2013 lädt die HHU zusammen mit der Bezirksregierung Düsseldorf und der Industrie- und Handelskammer zu Düsseldorf Lehrerinnen und Lehrer an die Universität ein. Im Mittelpunkt der jährlichen Lehrerfortbildung stehen die Fächer Biologie, Chemie, Informatik, Mathematik und Physik. Die Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer erfahren aus erster Hand, wie sich die Wissenschaft in ihren Fächern weiterentwickelt.

Fixing the Internet: Is the Internet broken? Politico’s EU site looks at the work of the Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network, which met in Ottawa, Canada, last week to discuss how to fix problems like poor cybersecurity, inaccurate information spread on social media, and other bad behavior.

Durante la ceremonia se destacó la labor de académicos, funcionarios, estudiantes y egresados que han colaborado permanentemente durante la primera etapa del Proceso de Acreditación. Con la presencia del Rector Ennio Vivaldi y el prorrector Rafael Epstein, el equipo del Comité Operativo de Acreditación Institucional (COAI), encabezado por su directora Ejecutiva, la Prof.

Heridas de animales diabéticos tratadas en una cámara hiperbárica experimental a escala, sobre las cuales se aplicó un parche con células madre, lograron una exitosa y rápida reparación. Embriones de pollo colocados bajo este mismo tratamiento, aumentaron la formación de vasos sanguíneos durante el desarrollo, y células troncales del intestino animal potenciaron su proliferación bajo la terapia hiperbárica (HBOT). Todos estos resultados son parte de un estudio liderado por la Dra. Verónica Palma de la Facultad de Ciencias. ¿El próximo paso de esta investigación?

Guide for the use of MDC in the humanitarian and development field: “This webpage aims at sharing documentation produced jointly by Terre des hommes (Tdh) and CartONG to help humanitarians and development actors use Mobile Data Collection (MDC)more efficiently in the field.

New report by the Open Data Institute:  “…Today we’re publishing our initial findings based on examining 8 examples where open data supports the delivery of a public service. We have defined 3 high-level ‘patterns’ for how open data is used in public services. We think these could be helpful for others looking to redesign and deliver better services.
The patterns are summarised in the table below:

The demand side of the data is increasing constantly. But finding and using data is difficult if there is no central data catalog. Often, structured and usable data is hard to find online. This is why Open Knowledge Nepal launches the beta version of Open Data Nepal on the occasion of the International Open Data Day 2018.
3rd March 2018, Kathmandu, Nepal

Learning to work with data is like learning a new language — immersing yourself in the culture is the best way to do it. For some individuals, this means jumping into tools like Excel, Tableau, programming, or R Studio. But what does this mean for a group of people that work together? We often talk about data literacy as if it’s an individual capacity, but what about data literacy for a community? How does an organization learn […]

How do youth allies promote young people’s critical thinking on privacy, in informal learning contexts in the Americas? This blog post is part of a series showcasing the work of different organizations at the intersection of youth development, digital rights, and online safety. Quick facts Who: Ezequiel Passeron from Faro Digital What: Workshops, talks and campaigns Mission/vision: To promote, through co-design, the responsible use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for a more just society […]

Courtney C. Radsch at Project Syndicate: “Many media analysts have rightly identified the dangers posed by “fake news,” but often overlook what the phenomenon means for journalists themselves.

Perhaps one of the most important examples of a broad based, decentralized, democratic, community directed development based on social justice, gender equality and ecological well-being; sustained by the people known for the central role their fighters played in the defeat of ISIS. The following article was written by Sean Keller and originally published in Local Futures.

A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet. Jason W. Moore and Raj Patel. University of California Press, 2017. The following texts mainly extracted from the publisher’s site.
Contextual Citation
The call for a Reparation Ecology by Jason W. Moore and Raj Patel:

The Public-Private Dialogue on Existing and Emerging issues related to E-commerce and the Digital Economy was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on 3rd March, 2018, along with the APEC Senior Official Meetings.

L’intelligence artificielle, par les transformations qu’elle entraîne dans les entreprises et sur les marchés, a non seulement des impacts économiques, mais aussi sociaux, notamment en termes de bien-être des individus. Relue à l’aune de l’économie du bonheur, l’IA passerait alors de valeur économique à valeur sociale. D’un point de vue juridique, le droit n’a que peu de rapport avec le bonheur. Encore que, la morale n’est pas loin et, s’agissant de l’IA, l’éthique est présentée comme la meilleure voie possible.
IntervenantS :

W Centrum Cyfrowym jesteśmy orędownikami otwartego internetu. Ważną częścią naszej działalności jest udział w procesie kształtowania tych polityk publicznych, które regulują różne warstwy internetu. W 2017 roku najważniejsza były dla nas działania dotyczące europejskiej reformy praw autorskich. Dużo pracy włożyliśmy nie tylko w działania rzecznicze, ale też w badania, kampanie i działania sieciujące działaczy.
Reforma europejskiego prawa autorskiego

Eunice Kwon: Three years ago we set out to make it possible for communities to own their energy. And boy did we run into some strange things along the way!

Andrew J. Hoffman at The Conversation: “Academia is in the midst of a crisis of relevance. Many Americans are ignoring the conclusions of scientists on a variety of issues including climate change and natural selection.

Paper by Niels van Berkel et al: “The obesity epidemic is one of the greatest threats to health and wellbeing throughout much of the world. Despite information on healthy lifestyles and eating habits being more accessible than ever before, the situation seems to be growing worse  And for a person who wants to lose weight there are practically unlimited options and temptations to choose from.

Notes by Charlie Beckett (at LSE’s Media Policy Project Blog) : “…AI and