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This book studies the rise of social media in the first decade of the twenty-first century, up until 2012. It provides both a historical and a critical analysis of the emergence of networking services in the context of a changing ecosystem of connective media. Such history is needed to understand how the intricate constellation of platforms profoundly affects our experience of online sociality. In a short period of time, services like Facebook, YouTube and many others have come to deeply penetrate our daily habits of communication and creative production. While most sites started out as amateur-driven community platforms, half a decade later they have turned into large corporations that do not just facilitate user connectedness, but have become global information and data mining companies extracting and exploiting user connectivity. Offering a dual analytical prism to examine techno-cultural as well as socio-economic aspects of social media, the author dissects five major platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, and Wikipedia. Each of these microsystems occupies a distinct position in the larger ecosystem of connective media, and yet, their underlying mechanisms for coding interfaces, steering users, filtering content, governance and business models rely on shared ideological principles. Reconstructing the premises on which these platforms are built, this study highlights how norms for online interaction and communication gradually changed. “Sharing,” “friending,” “liking,” “following,” “trending,” and “favoriting” have come to denote online practices imbued with specific technological and economic meanings. This process of normalization is part of a larger political and ideological battle over information control in an online world where everything is bound to become “social.”

L'article realitza un estudi de cinc contes presents en el llibre de l'escriptor i il·lustrador colombià Luis Carlos Barragán Castro: Parásitos perfectos (2021). Els relats tenen en comú l'expressió dels abastos imaginatius de simbiosis entre éssers humans, animals, insectes, màquines i paràsits en general. Així, després d'un marc teòric dedicat al New Weird, Biopunk i a alguns components del pensament harawayano, l'assaig abordarà l'obra de Luis Carlos Barragán Castro respecte a la idea de simbiosi, la qual permet remeiar la marginalització social de els/as protagonistes i crear simpoéticas parasitàries com a nova forma de política comunitària. The paper carries out a study of five stories present in the book by the Colombian writer and illustrator Luis Carlos Barragán Castro: Parásitos perfectos (2021). The stories have in common the expression of the imaginative reaches of symbiosis between human beings, animals, insects, machines and parasites in general. Thus, after a theoretical framework dedicated to the New Weird, Biopunk and some components of Harawayan thought, the essay will address the work of Luis Carlos Barragán Castro with respect to the idea of symbiosis, which allows remedying the social marginalization of the protagonists and create parasitic sympoetics as a new form of community politics. El artículo realiza un estudio de cinco cuentos presentes en el libro del escritor e ilustrador colombiano Luis Carlos Barragán Castro: Parásitos perfectos (2021). Los relatos tienen en común la expresión de los alcances imaginativos de simbiosis entre seres humanos, animales, insectos, máquinas y parásitos en general. Así, después de un marco teórico dedicado al New Weird, Biopunk y a algunos componentes del pensamiento harawayano, el ensayo abordará la obra de Luis Carlos Barragán Castro con respecto a la idea de simbiosis, la cual permite remediar la marginalización social de los/as protagonistas y crear simpoéticas parasitarias como nueva forma de política comunitaria.

As universities transform cities with their innovation districts, what works in these new public-private partnerships? In recent years, the successful revitalization of urban areas has turned them into magnets for those looking for opportunities in a fast-paced and rapidly unfolding technology-based economy. After the economic crisis of 2008, many colleges and universities attempted to generate alternative sources of revenue and pursued aggressive economic development strategies. Some universities even began to actively invest resources in the rebirth (and rebranding) of urban cores, encouraging the development of entrepreneurial, technology-oriented innovation districts. In Anchoring Innovation Districts, Costas Spirou explains that these districts have emerged as geographic clusters of technology startups, business incubators, and accelerators. They aim to take advantage of intellectual capital, commercialize knowledge, and give their associated institutions a way to enter into the market. The outcome of robust private-public partnerships and complex real estate strategies, these initiatives also complement other urban revitalization efforts and reshape the socioeconomic makeup of city neighborhoods. Presenting readers with six case studies that explore the role of technological innovation, Spirou argues that higher education–anchored innovation districts can make significant contributions to economic expansion, job growth, and the institutions that guide their development. He also points out that these districts nonetheless raise questions about the impact of the Ivory Tower on the urban environment. Spirou focuses on Midtown Atlanta's Tech Square (Georgia Tech), Cambridge's Kendall Square (MIT), Philadelphia's University City (the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University, and the University of the Sciences), the PHX Core (Arizona State University), and the role that the University of West Florida in Pensacola and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga play in developing innovation ecosystems. Anchoring Innovation Districts provides unique insight into the transformative opportunities offered and the challenges faced by higher education in the built environment. University administrators, board members, policy makers, and scholars will find Spirou's analysis thought-provoking and helpful.

Cutting-edge and insightful discussions of Latin American literature and culture In the newly revised second edition of A Companion to Latin American Literature and Culture, Sara Castro-Klaren delivers an eclectic and revealing set of discussions on Latin American culture and literature by scholars at the cutting edge of their respective fields.

The decline of the weight of industry in the economy of the region of Valencia during the last two decades has been severe, falling from 25% of the gross value added in 1995 to less than 17% in 2013. This decline is explained by the structural changes that Valencian industry has faced over the last two decades in adapting to new globalised patterns of production and consumption. This process was aggravated by the financial crisis of 2007. Based on a sectorial and territorial approach, we have carried out an analysis of the recent evolution of Valencian industry. It is observed how the predominant model of Valencian industry is still the endogenous industrial district, although multinational companies are increasingly present, especially in cities. After decades of decline, from 2012 onwards the Valencian manufacturing sector has shown a strong resilience that enables optimism about a positive industrial future for this region.

Mainstream policy economics now pays more attention to the delivery of policy outcomes and how incentives and institutional change shape the effectiveness of government. But should these issues be studied against a background of purely self-interested public servants? There is plenty of evidence that many citizens are publicly spirited. Can their m.

The handbook provides a broad overview of educational policy and politics from critical perspectives engaging with both foundational and cutting edge topics. In critical perspectives, educational policy debates and programs for reform are about more than narrow questions of efficacy say to raise test scores or for simply more educational inclusion, fairer school spending, or even cultural responsiveness. Rather, policy and reform debates represent contested visions for schools and society by social groups vying for hegemony. Critical approaches to educational policy and politics see schooling and education more broadly as contested terrain in which competing visions for education are imbricated with the material and symbolic interests and cultural ideologies of different classes and cultural groups. (DIPF/Orig.).

Do private and philanthropic solutions to the problems of education signal the end of state education in itswelfare form?Education policy is being reformed and re-worked on a global scale. Policies are flowing and converging to produce a singular vision ofbest practice based on the methods and tenets of theneo-liberal imaginary. Philanthro

From a collaborative effort of the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) and the Energy Institute (EI) comes an invaluable book that puts the focus on a specific qualitative risk management methodology - bow tie barrier analysis. The book contains practical advice for conducting an effective bow tie analysis and offers guidance for creating bow tie diagrams for process safety and risk management. This book clearly shows how bow tie analysis and diagrams fit into an overall process safety and risk management framework.Although this book is written primarily for anyone involved with or responsible for managing process safety risks, this book is applicable to anyone using bow tie risk management practices in other safety and environmental or Enterprise Risk Management applications. It is designed for a wide audience, from beginners with little to no background in barrier management, to experienced professionals who may already be familiar with bow ties, their elements, the methodology, and their relation to risk management.