Massimo De Angelis. Omnia Sunt Communia: On the Commons and the Transformation to Postcapitalism (London: Zed Books, 2017).
Massimo De Angelis is a thinker very much in the autonomist tradition; he mentions being a student of Harry Cleaver. This comes through loud and clear in his focus on the self-activity of ordinary people, and on the centrality of their self-created and -governed institutions as the kernel of a postcapitalist successor society.

Der Dekan beglückwünschte die erfolgreichen Absolventen seiner Fakultät: „Sie alle haben Großartiges geleistet. Sie haben großen intellektuellen Einsatz, viel Zeit, Fleiß und Disziplin aufgebracht, um dahin zu kommen, wo Sie heute stehen. Sie sollten sich immer daran erinnern, welche Herausforderungen Sie im Studium gemeistert haben und dies sollte Ihnen das Selbstbewusstsein geben, darauf zu vertrauen, dass Sie auch jede neue Hürde des Lebens erfolgreich bewältigen können – und daran weiter wachsen werden.“
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This week is IETF 102 in Montreal, Canada, and we’re bringing you daily blog posts highlighting the topics of interest to us in the ISOC Internet Technology Team. And today’s topics include IPv6, IoT and Trust technologies.

Whether it is childcare, credit or consumer goods: ratings, scores and the digital footprint produce new social classifications. This increasing quantification of the social is the reason for new forms of status gains or losses. In our lecture series “Making Sense of the Digital Society”, Marion Fourcade grasped these tendencies with the term “übercapital”. Steffen…

On 17 July 2018, the Internet Society and its locally based chapter, Internet Australia, joined 75 organizations in signing a letter urging Australia not to pursue legislation that could undermine the security of encrypted services and devices used by Australians.

Let’s face it – things are different now than when we were kids.
I grew up with technology. My weekends consisted of frantically switching out floppy disks while on 13-inch-green-screen missions to destroy cubism-esque dragons, orcs and whatever else I could with my wizard powers. It taught me critical reasoning, innovative thinking, and gave me the courage to try new things.

Nicole Wallace at the Chronicle of Philanthropy: “The chaos and confusion of conflict often separate family members fleeing for safety. The nonprofit Refunite uses advanced technology to help loved ones reconnect, sometimes across continents and after years of separation.

Alunos de diversos estados brasileiros participaram desta ediçãoNa última semana aconteceu a 3ª edição do Curso de Inverno da FGV Direito Rio. Foram 41 alunos de instituições de ensino de diversos estados do Brasil que tiveram a oportunidade de vivenciar o método participativo de aula, conhecer as linhas de pesquisas da instituição e debater com alguns dos principais professores da Escola.

Aula aberta I Processo Sancionador e Repressão à Corrupção19h00O Evento: A FGV DIREITO RIO apresenta a Aula aberta: Processo Sancionador e Repressão à Corrupção que integra o programa do LL.M em Direito: Societário e Mercado de Capitais. O curso objetiva preparar profissionais para lidar com questões atuais na área de Direito Societário e Mercado de Capitais em um cenário de globalização. Na ocasião será possível experimentar a metodologia aplicada e conhecer toda a infraestrutura disponível para os alunos.

Fcomunav continúa entre las 50 mejores facultades de Comunicación del mundo, según el ranking QS by subject
La Facultad de Comunicación de la Universidad se sitúa en el puesto 49, manteniéndose por segundo año consecutivo como una de las 50 mejores facultades de Comunicación de tamaño medio del mundo

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La XVII promoción del MEGEC se gradúa en el campus del IESE en Madrid
 

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Why don’t we glue it in the road? A technology startup has patented a way to integrate broadband fiber to blacktop, reports Motherboard. The patented technique, inspired by dentistry, uses a blend of resins to stick fiber optic cables to roads.

Em que tempo vivemos?
Assunto que tem ganhado repercussão nas discussões envolvendo tecnologia e Direito, as legal techs, ou startups jurídicas, estão no centro de debates sobre a aplicação da tecnologia ao Direito e suas repercussões para o exercício de atividades que ainda podem ser consideradas convencionais, como a advocacia ou a magistratura. Em última instância, novos modelos de negócio, de base tecnológica, envolvendo o Direito, povoam o imaginário, em misto de desconfiança e entusiasmo, sobre o futuro.

Prof. Dr. Thomas Potthast, Marius Albiez, Andri König and Dr. Uta Müller will give a presentation at Studium Generale regarding this question.When: 07/18 2018 18:00c.t.Where: Kupferbau, Hörsaal 25This lecture is part of the Studium Generale series: "Lehrer*innenbildung für eine Schule der Zukunft. Perspektiven aus der fachdidaktischen Forschung".

The week-long 2018 CMPF Summer School kicked off on June 11 at with a core focus on journalism in the era of algorithms and artificial intelligence.
From the Robert Schuman Centre’s Villa Schifanoia in sunny Florence, our participants were treated to a number of interesting presentations from speakers working at the forefront of their respective fields. For those who were unable to attend we have compiled a few brief video interviews with some of the summer school speakers who were kind enough to share their thoughts and ideas on the future of journalism.

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A 17-year struggle by Mumbai’s textile millworkers against powerful mill-land owners, for land and housing as compensation for job losses, resulted in a historic gain of workers’ rights over a part of urban industrial land.

Tomorrow sees kickoff of the Working Groups sessions at IETF 102 in Montreal, Canada, we’re bringing you daily blog posts highlighting the topics of interest to us in the ISOC Internet Technology Team. Monday is an important day, with meetings of the TLS, 6MAN and SIDROPS Working Groups, along with two other IoT related groups.

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