blog de notas de juan freire

Estas nuevas formas organizativas toman a veces la forma de activismo político, en otras son modelos alternativos de organización del trabajo o de producción de conocimiento y de economía, pero confluyen en el nuevo papel del ciudadano. Inevitablemente esto nos conduce a una lucha en marcha sobre una nueva gobernanza que entre lo público y lo privado de un papel relevante a lo ciudadano o lo común.

Hasta hace poco tiempo, este tipo de análisis estaban restringidos a especialistas dentro de organizaciones con abundantes recursos que les permitían acceder a las imágenes y al software propietario y los equipos necesarios para procesar estas bases de datos masivas. Poco a poco las bases de datos se han ido liberando (aunque inicialmente con restricciones) y ha surgido software libre que permite desarrollar los mismos análisis que los programas propietarios que hasta hace poco constituían un oligopolio. Earth Engine da una nueva vuelta de tuerca en esta evolución.

Sutton, con motivo de la publicación de su libro Scaling up Excellence, reflexiona sobre la necesidad de hacernos más budistas en nuestras estrategias de aprendizaje.

Además del video del making of son interesantes los treks e imágenes y el sitio Behind the scenes.

Benjamin Bratton. Accidental Geopolitics (Lecture at The Guardian Activate Summit, New York, April 28, 2011)

The structure and dynamics of ecosystems can affect the information available to resource users on the state of the common resource and the actions of other resource users. We present results from laboratory experiments that showed that the availability of information about the actions of other participants affected the level of cooperation. Since most participants in commons dilemmas can be classified as conditional cooperators, not having full information about the actions of others may affect their decisions. When participants had more information about others, there was a more rapid reduction of the resource in the first round of the experiment. When communication was allowed, limiting the information available made it harder to develop effective institutional arrangements. When communication was not allowed, there was a more rapid decline of performance in groups where information was limited. In sum, the results suggest that making information available to others can have an important impact on the conditional cooperation and the effectiveness of communication.

This paper examines the use of crowdfunding platforms to fund academic research. Looking specifically at the use of a Pozible campaign to raise funds for a small pilot research study into home education in Australia, the paper reports on the success and problems of using the platform. It also examines the crowdsourcing of literature searching as part of the package. The paper looks at the realities of using this type of platform to gain start–up funding for a project and argues that families and friends are likely to be the biggest supporters. The finding that family and friends are likely to be the highest supporters supports similar work in the arts communities that are traditionally served by crowdfunding platforms. The paper argues that, with exceptions, these platforms can be a source of income in times where academics are finding it increasingly difficult to source government funding for projects.

Sudán del Sur se enfrenta a su tercera guerra civil en 50 años, de Iliana Mier-Lavin en El País.

Many authors have pointed out the need for simpler assessment and management procedures for avoiding overexploitation in small-scale fisheries. Nevertheless, models for providing scientific advice for sustainable small-scale fisheries management have not yet been published. Here we present one model; the case of the Barefoot Fisheries Advisors (BFAs) in the Galician co-managed Territorial Users Rights for Fishing. Based on informal interviews, gray literature and our personal experience by being involved in this process, we have analyzed the historical development and evolution of roles of this novel and stimulating actor in small-scale fisheries management. The Galician BFA model allows the provision of good quality and organized fisheries data to facilitate and support decision-making processes. The BFAs also build robust social capital by acting as knowledge collectors and translators between fishers, managers, and scientists. The BFAs have become key actors in the small-scale fisheries management of Galicia and a case for learning lessons.

Cita utilizada por Gary Yeritsian (UCLA) en su ponencia “Social Media and the Spirit of Post-68, ‘Participatory’ Capitalism” que ha presentado en la conferencia “Time for Outrage around the World” celebrada en la University of Miami http://bit.ly/19Sl7Gc

The tyranny of traditional disciplines and functionally segregated organizations fail to produce the type of people who can work with this creativity compass, but I believe that in a world where the rate of change increases exponentially, where disruption has become a norm instead of an anomaly, the challenge will be to think this way if we want to effectively solve the problems we face today, much less tomorrow.

Mapa imposible de las relaciones entre arquitectura y política. Pensemos en un famoso arquitecto español y tratemos de localizar obras de su autoria que no se hayan convertido un conflicto por sus implicaciones con tramas corruptas o por sus deficiencias técnicas. No se si la obra de la foto constituye una de esas excepciones que contribuirían a ese mapa imposible.