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Responding to local, regional and international demands and initiatives, the government of Ecuador has rolled out an innovative program Sistema Integral de Tecnologías para la Escuela y la Comunidad (SíTEC) to place information, and communication technologies (ICTs) into the hands of students, teachers, and other educational institutions. SíTEC draws upon several elements of social entrepreneurship and has successfully reached some of the most regionally remote and culturally diverse communities in the country. The SíTEC program is emblematic of many of the criteria set forth regarding social entrepreneurship including the vision of leadership, the focus on a social mission and the importance of innovation in partnership and resource allocation. This study looks at survey and interview data from the Shiña community teachers and school leaders to determine the effects of the SíTEC program and the availability and use of ICTs in schools, SíTEC has equipped public schools with computers, projectors, digital boards, and Internet. Additionally, SíTEC organizes training courses on ICTs for public school teachers and provides schools with educational software available in Spanish, Kichwa, Shuar, and English. While there is still much work to be done, SíTEC and the associated partnerships and programs are beginning to have impact in their specified outcomes. Creative partnerships developed within the Ministry of Education, Office of Bilingual Education, Shiña community have allowed for communication and exchange of knowledge and resources across multiple partners. This chapter explores SíTEC as an innovative government-based program that meets targeted social outcomes in ICTs and education. Copyright © 2014 by Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Se, de acordo com a Constituição Federal, a Universidade se caracteriza pela indissociabilidade entre Ensino, Pesquisa e Extensão, na prática essa interação não ocorre com facilidade. Neste artigo propomo-nos a discutir as tensões e os desafios nesse processo. Através dessas reflexões será possível perceber que, para a integração ocorrer, será necessário repensar a estrutura da universidade, especialmente no que respeita ao gerenciamento das três atividades que caracterizam a universidade e à organização dos cursos, bem como capacitar os docentes tanto para a pesquisa quanto para o magistério superior.

This book shows how transnational media operate in the contemporary world and what their impact is on film, television, and the larger global culture. Where a company is based geographically no longer determines its outreach or output, rather the social relations of the new political economy of transnational capitalist ownership constructs media practices and content. As media consolidate and partner across national and cultural boundaries, global culture evolves. The new transnational media industry is universal in its operation, function, and social impact. It reflects a shared transnational culture of consumerism, authoritarianism, cultural diversity, and spectacle. From Wolf Warriors and Sanju to Valerian: City of 1000 Planets and Pokémon, new media combinations have disrupted the past conditions for cultural imperialism and reflect cross-border collaboration as well as boundary-breaking multicultural content. Intended for students of global studies and international communication at all levels, the book will appeal to a wide range of readers interested in the way transnational media work and how that shapes our culture.

Part I: Geopolitics and Forced Migration -- Researching Refugees and Forced Migration in Eastern and Horn of Africa: Introducing the Issues -- Refugee Hosting and Conflict Resolution: Opportunities for Diplomatic Interventions and Buffeting Regional Hegemons -- The Greater Horn of Africa: Geopolitical Aspects of the "Refugee Crisis" -- Part II: Security and Conflict -- The Securitization of Humanitarian Aid: A Case Study of the Dadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya -- Securitization of Kenya's Asylum Space: Origin and Legal Analysis of the Encampment Policy -- Regional Integration By Military Means: The Case of the East African Standby Force -- Part III: Poverty, Development and Agency -- Refugee Undesirability and Economic Potentials: Questioning Encampment Policy in Forced Migration -- The Merowe Dam in Northern Sudan: A Case of Population Displacement and Impoverishment -- The Global and Local Politics of Refugee Management in the Horn: Ethiopian Refugee Policy and Eritrean Refugee Agency -- Part IV: Forced Repatriation, Trafficking and Legal Perspectives -- The Counter-Trafficking in Persons' Architecture in Kenya: A Security Governance Perspective -- Protection of Cross-Border Victims of Natural Disasters and Displacement in East Africa -- From Co-option, Coercion to Refoulement: Why the Repatriation of Refugees from Kenyan Refugee Camps Is Neither Voluntary Nor Dignified -- Part V: The Dadaab Camp and Its Dynamics -- 'We Cannot Manage This Plight Alone Anymore': Analysing the Kenyan Threats to Forcibly Repatriate All Somali Refugees from Dadaab Camp -- State Sovereignty vs. Refugees' Resilience: Repatriation, Securitization and Transnationalism in Dadaab -- Forging Associations Across Multiple Spaces: How Somali Kinship Practices Sustain the Existence of the Dadaab Camps in Kenya

AbstractThis paper illustrates the persistence of an exogenous model of development that underpins many interventions aimed at employing information and communication technologies (ICTs) to meet development goals. The analysis is based on a sample of texts from reports produced by United Nations agencies and the World Bank. The aim is to show how the discourse on ICT interventions invariably is reminiscent of a dominant exogenous model even when alternative models with respect to development are seen to influence policy and practice. It is argued that practice‐based, emergence approaches offer an attractive, although insufficient, way forward. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.