Ambika Tandon attended a workshop organized by Association for Progressive Communications for grantees of the Feminist Internet Research Network as a panelist on a session on feminist research methods.. The workshop was held from 27 February to 1 March, in Malaysia. Represented from 8 organizations attended the workshop.
Objectives of the convenining
Revelations of intentional and unintentional use and misuse of consumers’ personal data in 2018 have left people feeling vulnerable and even angry. Debates continue to drive headlines and are gaining in volume and intensity in private companies, legislative halls, regulatory agencies, the media, and homes all over the world about the best way to manage trust and privacy in the digital economy. But there is a paradox between what consumers and their advocates say they want and what we actually do: consumer social media and Internet use remains largely unchanged.March 28, 2019Redwood City
After a long legislative process, the final text of the EU Copyright Directive was cemented last week as trilogue negotiations between the EU Commision, Parliament, and Council came to a close. Now that the final text has been made available, with only a yes-no vote in Parliament standing in the way of its implementation, Wikimedia has determined that we cannot support the reform as is. Here’s why.
The evolution of the directive’s text
O evento de lançamento será realizado no dia 03/04Em 16 de março de 2016, a então presidente Dilma Rousseff sancionou a Lei 13.260/2016, mais conhecida como Lei Antiterrorismo. Mas afinal, por que o Brasil tem uma lei sobre esse assunto? A intrigante pergunta é respondida pelo pesquisador do Centro de Justiça e Sociedade (CJUS) da FGV Direito Rio, Guilherme France, que acaba de lançar o livro “As origens da Lei Antiterrorismo no Brasil”, pela editora Letramento.
O curso Comparative issues in Administrative Law: American and Brazilian perspectives será ministrado por Matthew Stephenson, da Harvard Law School, em conjunto com os professores Eduardo Jordão e Natasha Salinas, da FGV Direito Rio. O programa tem como objetivo examinar as perspectivas americana e brasileira referentes a temas polêmicos e atuais do Direito Administrativo, além de identificar semelhanças e diferenças entre as soluções jurídicas empregadas pelos dois países e questionar a conveniência de eventuais reformas.
A new Internet Society Chapter had been founded within the Regional Bureau in Latin America & Caribbean. The creation of the Internet Society Dominica Chapter was officially launched on January 11, at the Fort Young Hotel in Roseau City.
Ahead of Open Data Day on Saturday 2nd March 2019, Tomoaki Watanabe from our Japanese chapter Open Knowledge Japan shares more information on a tool they developed to facilitate dealing with intellectual property (IP) rights during hackathon events. This year, many Open Data Day events are planned in Japan: Open Knowledge Japan created an overview at https://odd.okfn.jp/.
"Wir verstehen Chancengerechtigkeit als Querschnittsaufgabe“, erklärte Prof. Pfeffer. Ein Lenkungskreis, der sich aus Vertreterinnen und Vertretern der Statusgruppen an der Universität zusammensetzte, habe es ermöglicht, Sichtweisen und Ideen sowohl von Studierenden, von Vertreterinnen und Vertretern der Lehrenden, der Administration als auch vom Rektorat zu entwickeln und zu diskutieren. Die Umsetzung des Auditprojekts übernahm die Koordinierungsstelle Diversity.
Heiner Flohr studierte von 1954 bis 1958 Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften an der Universität zu Köln, wo er 1963 mit der Arbeit Probleme der Ermittlung volkswirtschaftlicher Erfolge promoviert wurde und sich 1966 zum Thema Parteiprogramme in der Demokratie. Ein Beitrag zur Theorie der rationalen Politik habilitierte. Nach einer Lehrstuhlvertretung für Politische Wissenschaften an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum wurde er 1970 Professor für Politikwissenschaft an der Pädagogischen Hochschule Rheinland, Abteilung Neuss.
INC is happy to announce the publication of Communities at a Crossroads as the 28th book in our Theory on Demand series. The author of the book, Annalisa Pelizza, will be joined by Stefania Milan to discuss the book and open a discussion. Please join us on Monday April 15th at 17:00 hours at Spui25 in Amsterdam to celebrate the launch.
COMMUNITIES AT A CROSSROADS
Michel Bauwens: I very strongly believe this is one of the key solutions for climate change mitigation, and more generally, about creating ‘circular finance’ mechanisms, i.e. rewarding generative, rather than extractive activity. Capitalism rewards extractive activities, but has a great structural difficulty in financing generative impacts. One of the potential solutions are ‘circular finance’ mechanisms, in which positive and generative ‘externalities’ can be recognized, valued and financed by those benefitting from it.
Michel Bauwens: Here is an excellent article on communities from Allen Butcher.
A. Allen Butcher • The School of Intentioneering • 4thWorld@consultant.com • February 24, 2019
The papers and presentations are done, the awards and appreciation certificates have been handed out, and the boxes are packed and labeled for shipping. NDSS 2019 has come to a successful close. It was a record setting event with over 550 registrations, 89 papers, 36 posters, and four workshops. It was inspiring to see such energetic and passionate security research professionals gathered together in one place discussing their work.
Na última segunda (25/07), o jornal Bahia Meio Dia revelou que a tecnologia de reconhecimento facial será utilizada nos circuitos da folia durante o carnaval da cidade de Salvador, para fins de segurança pública.
Wikimania 2019 will take place on 14–18 August at Stockholm University. Hosted by Wikimedia Sweden, the conference will bring together leaders within free knowledge spaces across the world for five days of pioneering discussions on the role of Wikimedia and free knowledge in fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outlined by the United Nations in its 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Why we chose this theme
Während der Schreibnacht erhalten alle Studierenden, die ein Schreibprojekt beginnen, bearbeiten oder beenden möchten, Unterstützung. Sie können sich in individuellen Beratungen und Workshops Tipps für ihre Haus- und Abschlussarbeiten holen. Auf dem Programm stehen u. a. Zeitmanagement, Recherchestrategien, Fact-checking, Plagiatsvermeidung und Academic English.
Eine Schreiblounge bietet die Möglichkeit in entspannter Atmosphäre unter Gleichgesinnten und mit fachkundiger Anleitung Schreibprojekte zu beginnen, weiterzuführen oder einen letzten Feinschliff vorzunehmen.
La Universidad, entre las 100 mejores del mundo en Negocios y Administración, Comunicación, Filosofía, y Contabilidad y Finanzas
La institución suma 12 especialidades en el último ranking QS por materias
FOTO: Manuel Castells
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María Salanova
This article was originally published in The Scotsman.
With councils across the UK facing major financial pressures, libraries are too often seen as an easy target for cuts.
In 2017, it is estimated that more than 120 libraries closed their doors in England, Wales and Scotland. That figure is likely to have increased last year.
Internet Democracy Project and Point of View co-organized a two-day Imagine a Feminist Internet event in Sri Lanka on 22011 and 22 February 2019. Ambika Tandon was a speaker and presented a paper 'Framing Reproductive Health as a Data Problem? Unpacking ‘Dataveillance’ in India' which was co-authored by herself and Aayush Rathi.
