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A Conversation with Pallavi Phartiyal – part 2

The Union of Concerned Scientists is about to open its new ‘Center for Science and Democracy’, and I was fortunate enough to meet and record a conversation with the centre’s Program Manager Pallavi Phartiyal. (…continues from the previous entry). J H: Global warming or climate change is a political problem here. If you come from ... A Conversation with Pallavi Phartiyal – part 2

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A Conversation with Pallavi Phartiyal – part 1

Cambridge Massachusetts hosts one of the main offices of the Union of Concerned Scientists, described on their own website as “the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world” They go on to state that “UCS combines independent scientific research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and to secure ... A Conversation with Pallavi Phartiyal – part 1

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Dan Sperber lecture – 3/3

Event: Dan Sperber. Fondazione Bassetti lecture. Title: The deconstruction of social unreality. Date: 2011 09 03 Time: 31 min. Place: Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. Language: English. url Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/28928117 Report: Dan Sperber. La lecture per la Fondazione Giannino Bassetti (in Italian) part III ECAP7 Milan, September 3, 2011 Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele Dan ... Dan Sperber lecture – 3/3

Dan Sperber

Dan Sperber lecture – 2/3

Event: Dan Sperber. Fondazione Bassetti lecture. Title: The deconstruction of social unreality. Date: 2011 09 03 Time: 18 min. Place: Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. Language: English. url Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/28925111 Report: Dan Sperber. La lecture per la Fondazione Giannino Bassetti (in Italian) part II ECAP7 Milan, September 3, 2011 Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele Dan ... Dan Sperber lecture – 2/3

Dan Sperber

Dan Sperber lecture – 1/3

Event: Dan Sperber. Fondazione Bassetti lecture. Title: The deconstruction of social unreality. Date: 2011 09 03 Time: 32 min. Place: Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. Language: English. url Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/28924148 Report: Dan Sperber. La lecture per la Fondazione Giannino Bassetti (in Italian) part I ECAP7 Milan, September 3, 2011 Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele Dan ... Dan Sperber lecture – 1/3

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A threat to internet democracy?

Last week George Monbiot’s blog hosted by the Guardian UK featured an interesting follow on article about the problem of astroturfing, an issue that Mombiot has written about in greater detail on his personal blog site and in his book Heat. To anyone who is not a jargon fiend, astroturfing is the action of taking ... A threat to internet democracy?

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Practicing Responsibilities: social engagement, controversy and innovation

At the Trento EASST conference, held 1-4th September 2010, workshop/track 32. “Practicing Responsibilities” was co-chaired by Cristina Grasseni (University of Bergamo / Bassetti Foundation); Luca Guzzetti (University of Genova) and Giuseppe Pellegrini (University of Padova) within the theme “social engagement, controversy and innovation”. The latest issue of EASST Review is available for download at EASST ... Practicing Responsibilities: social engagement, controversy and innovation

Open Culture

The website Open Culture describes itself as The best free cultural & educational media on the web. A claim that certainly sounds worthy of investigation. In this posting we take a quick look at some of the articles posted on the site that may be of interest to the Bassetti Foundation. At first glance the ... Open Culture

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Different forms of expertise

Lunedì 3 maggio si è svolto presso la sede della Fondazione Giannino Bassetti un seminario con il professor Wiebe E. Bijker, professore di Tecnologia e società all’Università di Maastricht (Olanda). Abbiamo già pubblicato l’intervista al professor Bijker fatta da Margherita Fronte (Il ruolo degli esperti nella democrazia), ora rendiamo disponibile la registrazione del seminario e ... Different forms of expertise

Seminario di Wiebe Bijker in FGB

Lunedi 3 maggio, ore 15.30. "Different forms of expertise in democratising technological cultures: experiences from the current Societal Dialogue on Nanotechnologies in the Netherlands" Sede della Fondazione Giannino Bassetti via Barozzi 4, Milano Lunedi 3 maggio alle 15.30 Wiebe Bijker (Università di Maastricht) discuterà con Piero Bassetti, Cristina Grasseni, Paolo Volonté e Alessandro Blasimme il ... Seminario di Wiebe Bijker in FGB

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