Ziel der Veranstaltung ist die kritische Erinnerung an ein Ereignis von welthistorischer Bedeutung. Es steht außer Zweifel, dass die russische Oktoberrevolution die Welt verändert und langfristig zu ihrer Spaltung in zwei große Blöcke beigetragen hat, die sich feindlich gegenüberstanden.
Peter Jones recently asked us for a list of our ten most representative articles to help others who wanted to come up to speed on the subject. The list was put together by Vasilis Kostakis, Vasilis Niaros, Stacco Troncoso and myself. Rather than ten articles, we came up with ten general categories, which then feature one or two representative articles. Enjoy!
Neben den Beiträgen der studentischen Teilnehmer wird die Leiterin der Aachner Domschatzkammer, Dr. Birgitta Falk, einen Vortrag über „Kunstwerk mit bewegter Geschichte – Das Evangeliar der Äbtissin Theophanu in Essen“ halten.
Zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Partizipation richtet sich die Tagung explizit an Nachwuchswissenschaftler und insbesondere an Studierende.
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First of a three part series, Niko Georgiades takes on a journey through Greece’s post-capitalist alt. economy. Originally published in Unicorn Riot Ninja.
En el encuentro, desarrollado en el marco del reciente lanzamiento del Plan Nacional de Demencias, se analizó el presente del país en torno a las cerca de 200 mil personas que actualmente padecen Alzheimer y se proyectaron los desafíos en política pública sobre este tipo de patologías ante el progresivo envejecimiento de la población.
El próximo lunes 20 de noviembre, la U. de Chile dará inicio a su semana de aniversario, conmemorando así un año más de existencia desde su fundación ocurrida el 19 de noviembre de 1842. En el marco de un 2017 marcado por el proceso de reforma a la educación superior, la comunidad de la Casa de Bello reafirmará en estas celebraciones su vocación y compromiso público en estos 175 años de trayectoria universitaria.Una nutrida agenda de actividades marcará la semana de aniversario de la Universidad de Chile este 2017.
Christopher Nelson, Anita Chandra & Carolyn Miller in Stanford Social Innovation Review: “Our ability to track and report all sorts of things is growing by the day, resulting in a proliferation of measures—the percentage of children attending preschool, the cost of housing, access to mental health services, to name just a few.
Paul M. Schwartz and Karl-Nikolaus Peifer in Georgetown Law Journal: “International flows of personal information are more significant than ever, but differences in transatlantic data privacy law imperil this data trade.
Paper by Edward Castronova: “The rapid expansion of virtual reality (VR) technology in the years 2016-2021 awakens a significant constitutional issue. In a liberal democratic order, rule is by consent of the governed.
plainlanguage.gov: “The Plain Language Action and Information Network (PLAIN) is a group of federal employees from different agencies and specialties who support the use of clear communication in government writing. Originally called the Plain English Network, PLAIN has been meeting informally since the mid 1990s.
Saadia Madsbjerg in the New York Times: “Our data is valuable. Each year, it generates hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of economic activity, mostly between and within corporations — all on the back of information about each of us.
Paper by Cynthia Gibson for the Ford Foundation: “…During the past decade, all sectors of society have faced heightened demand for greater accountability and transparency. People have become more distrustful of established institutions, they are demanding more information about issues and decisions afecting them and their families and communities, and they want more voice in decision-making processes.
New project by The GovLab: “With rates of trust in government at historic lows, the legitimacy of traditional representative models of lawmaking — often conducted by professional staff and politicians working behind closed doors and distorted by political party agendas–is called into question. New forms of public participation could help to improve both legitimacy and effectiveness by introducing more data and diverse viewpoints at each stage of the lawmaking process.
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Freedom of the Net 2017 Report by the Freedom House: “Governments around the world have dramatically increased their efforts to manipulate information on social media over the past year. The Chinese and Russianregimes pioneered the use of surreptitious methods to distort online discussions and suppress dissent more than a decade ago, but the practice has since gone global.
The collaboration between startups and medium-sized companies promises major advantages for both sides. Furthermore, it contributes to Germany’s innovative capacity. A new HIIG study investigates in a qualitative manner how... MORE
The withdrawal of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) process, and the current deep freeze of U.S.-EU negotiations on a Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has generated gaps in plurilateral efforts to promote the Digital Economy through targeted policy initiatives and regional commercial frameworks.
Kate Chapman: Just a few hours after the 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti in January 2010, a group of collaborators from the OpenStreetMap community began collecting all sorts of topographical data about the country – roads, towns, hospitals, government buildings. Within forty-eight hours high-resolution satellite imagery taken after the earthquake became available, and within a month over 600 people had added information to OpenStreetMap of Haiti.