Is there another transition possible from state-based centralized planning systems, to something that would be different than a mere transition to extractive capitalism, which wreaked such havoc in the Eastern block, where life expectancy and health declined so dramatically after such a transition? Gorbachev wished for a cooperative transition which never came, and Cuba has pushed through a number of reforms to facilitate a cooperative-based economy, but which operates at the margin of the mainstream economy.

Paper by Carla Bonina, Ben Eaton and Stefan Henningsson: “Open Government Data (OGD) is increasingly an object of research. Whilst referred to as a platform problem, few studies examine the phenomenon using platform concepts. One challenge governments face is to establish thriving OGD ecosystems through appropriate platform governance.

El tema central de la actividad desarrollada en el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) en Washington, Estados Unidos, fue la respuesta de las universidades de la región a los retos creados por la revolución tecnológica digital en curso.Hasta Washington llegó el Rector de la Universidad de Chile, Ennio Vivaldi, para participar de dos jornadas de discusión junto a expertos del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), del Banco Santander / Universia y autoridades de otras siete universidades latinoamericanas.

A contar de hoy, los integrantes de la comunidad podrán completar el Formulario de Caracterización Estudiantil (FOCES) desde cualquier dispositivo. Entre sus beneficios se encuentra el facilitar el acceso a distintos servicios de la institución, así como también renovar becas de la Universidad de Chile y del Ministerio de Educación.

El Comité Operativo de Acreditación Institucional (COAI) convocó a la Federación de Estudiantes de la Universidad de Chile (FECh), a la Asociación Nacional de Funcionarios Académicos de la Universidad de Chile (ACAUCH) y a la Federación de Asociaciones de Funcionarios de la Universidad de Chile (FENAFUCH) para analizar en conjunto las principales conclusiones de la acreditación institucional.La participación de cada estamento en la acreditación institucional, proceso iniciado en mayo de 2017 y que actualmente se encuentra en la etapa de resolución final por

The Working Group sessions start tomorrow at IETF 103 in Bangkok, Thailand, and we’re bringing you daily blog posts highlighting the topics of interest to us in the ISOC Internet Technology Team. Only four days have been scheduled for the working groups this time around, which means there’s a lot of pack into each day; with Monday being no exception.

Report by Anthony McCosker, Jane Farmer, Tracy De Cotta, Peter Kamstra, Natalie Jovanovski, Arezou Soltani Panah, Zoe Teh, and Sam Wilson: “Every day, people undertake many different kinds of voluntary service and humanitarian action. This might involve fundraising and charity work, giving time, helping or inspiring others, or promoting causes.

Jarrid Green: Resident-owned communities (ROCs) are manufactured housing neighborhoods (sometimes referred to as mobile home or trailer parks) in which the land is community-owned and managed.

Book edited by Claudio Coletta, Leighton Evans, Liam Heaphy, and Rob Kitchin: “In cities around the world, digital technologies are utilized to manage city services and infrastructures, to govern urban life, to solve urban issues and to drive local and regional economies.

Cross-posted from Shareable.net. This article was adapted from our latest book, “Sharing Cities: Activating the Urban Commons.” Download your free pdf copy today.

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has released its fourth annual report on the impact of device encryption (i.e., smartphones and tablets) on the office’s investigations and prosecutions.
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The Internet Society Pakistan Islamabad Chapter has played a pivotal role in conducting the 4th edition of The Pakistan School on Internet Governance 2018 (pkSIG), the first national school in Asia Pacific region.

As happened earlier this year at IETF 102 in Montreal, DNS privacy will receive a large focus in the DNSOP, DPRIVE and DNSSD working groups. Given the critical role DNS plays as part of the “public core” of the Internet in linking names and identifiers to IP addresses, the DNS must have stronger security and privacy controls.  As part of our Rough Guide to IETF 103, here’s a quick view on what’s happening in the world of DNS.
Note – all times below are Indochina Time (ICT), which is UTC+7.

Die wissenschaftliche Beschäftigung mit den Ursprüngen des Lebens (englisch „Origin of Life“) übt eine große Faszination aus, selbst wenn die Forschenden davon ausgehen müssen, dass sie keine endgültigen Antworten finden werden. Dennoch oder vielleicht auch deshalb wird kaum ein Forschungsgebiet so heiß und teils dogmatisch debattiert.

Schlüsselbilder sind vielschichtig, sie fungieren nicht nur als Leitbilder mit Symbolcharakter, sondern können sowohl kulturell, politisch, aber auch emotional zum Wende- und Angelpunkt werden. Ein Beispiel ist etwa Edvard Munchs  Bild „Der Schrei“. Welches Potenzial diese Bilder haben, welchen Einfluss üben sie wirklich aus, in welcher Sinndichte werden sie reflektiert und diskutiert, welche Inhalte und Werte transportieren sie bis heute und in welcher Lesart werden die Bilder verstanden – das sind die Fragen, denen die TeilnehmerInnen der Tagung nachgehen wollen.

Robert Raymond: The third episode of The Response travels to Northern California to provide a unique perspective on the topics of climate change and immigration. California’s climate-fueled weather conditions have left the state in an extreme condition that has led to an unprecedented number of wildfires that are burning hotter, faster, and ever more acreage.

This post by Jorge Elbaum was originally published on Resumen.org

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The 103rd meeting of the IETF starts tomorrow in Bangkok which is the first time that an IETF meeting has been held in the city.
The Internet Society’s Internet Technology Team is as always highlighting the latest IPv6, DNSSEC, Securing BGP, TLS, and IoT related developments, and we’ll also be covering DNS Privacy and NTP Security from now on. This is discussed in detail in our Rough Guide to IETF 103, but we’ll also be bringing you daily previews of what’s happening each day as the week progresses.

Launch of New Platform and Field Report: