This is a liveblog of a talk by Emily Jacobi (@emjacobi) at the MIT Center for Civic Media, written by Erhardt Graeff, Rahul Bhargava, and Alexis Hope. All errors are our own.
 

La Universidad de Chile, encabezada por su Rector y representada en el Comité de Coordinación Institucional, instancia que reúne a sus máximos organismos, ven con profunda preocupación que el proyecto de Ley de Universidades del Estado, presentado por el Gobierno ante la Cámara de Diputados, no expresa una voluntad clara de fortalecer a las universidades estatales, mediante condiciones de gobernanza, régimen del personal y financiamiento recurrente y progresivo.

A fines de septiembre, familias de las regiones de Tarapacá, Coquimbo, O'Higgins y Los Lagos postularán a cupos para sus hijos en colegios públicos y subvencionados utilizando el nuevo Sistema de Admisión Escolar, aplicado en Magallanes en 2016. Esta herramienta fue confeccionada por investigadores del Núcleo Milenio Información y Coordinación en Redes (ICR) y el Instituto para la Investigación de Imperfecciones de Mercado y Políticas Públicas (MIPP), alojados en la U. de Chile, junto al Ministerio de Educación.

La Universidad de Chile se enorgullece en saludar al Premio Nacional de Literatura 1969, Nicanor Parra, quien este 5 de septiembre cumplió 103 años. Con una vida ligada a la educación superior pública y estatal, se tituló en el Instituto Pedagógico de la U.

Das Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft (HIIG) sucht zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine/n engagierte/n Projektmanager/in im Bereich Veranstaltungen & Wissenstransfer Ob wissenschaftliche Veranstaltungen wie die internationale Konferenz AoIR... MORE

The first season of Deep Dives - Sexing the Interwebs won the South Asian Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity 2017 in the “Best web series" /"Special edition” category. Rohini Lakshané was one of ten contributors to the series of long form essays on the intersection of gender, sexuality and the Internet.

Chapter by Gernot Rieder and Judith Simon in Berechenbarkeit der Welt?: “The paper investigates the rise of Big Data in contemporary society. It examines the most prominent epistemological claims made by Big Data proponents, calls attention to the potential socio-political consequences of blind data trust, and proposes a possible way forward.

Joan Subirats at Open Democracy: “Can we keep on organizing decision-making processes as we used to do in the age of the Enlightenment or in a scenario where information only flows from top to bottom? Designers and creators have been questioning this for a long time now, seeking to go beyond the user paradigm which has determined innovation processes in recent decades. Today, their concern is how to put people at the center of new experiences…..

Energy is fundamental to any development. The National Electricity Company of Burkina Faso (SONABEL) whose task is the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity in the Burkinabè population, works hard to enable citizens to benefit from this as an important resource. However, it is clear that SONABEL hardly fulfills this mission: hardly a day goes by without a power failure in Ouagadougou. After multiple complaints, which can be found on social networks, citizens have ended up resigning and passively endure the cuts.

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Author(s): Sonia KatyalPublication Date: September 14, 2017Publication Type: Other Writing

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Before the elections in Germany different voting advice applications appeared . Many of those online tools are purely informative, other tools like the Wahl-o-mat show the user’s political proximity to... MORE

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Russian social network Vkontakte, where the suicidal online "game" Blue Whale+ is believed to have originated, was blocked on certain internet service provider networks on Tuesday.
The article by Kim Arora was published in the Times of India on September 12, 2017.

Bate papo com os autores - lançamento dos livros O Direito realiza a Justiça? e Nazismo, Cinema e Direito11h00 até 12h00O Evento: 
Dia 22 acontece o Bate Papo com os autores dos livros "Nazismo, Cinema e Direito" e  "O Direito realiza a Justiça?"

Worldbank working paper by Daniel Oliver Rogger: “Who are the civil servants that serve poor people in the developing world? This paper uses direct surveys of civil servants — the professional body of administrators who manage government policy — and their organizations from Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan and the Philippines, to highlight key aspects of their characteristics and experience of civil service life.

Niall Firth at New Scientist: “Bitcoin changed the way we think about money forever. Now a type of political cryptocurrency wants to do the same for votes, reinventing how we participate in democracy.

Reforma Tributária: perspectivas para 2017 e lançamento do livro "Tributação e Desigualdade"09h00 até 15h00O Evento: 

Timi Lewis at The GovLab: “The GovLab and FBK Launch OD200 Italy, the First and Only Comprehensive Mapping of Open Data Use in Italy