Foreword by guest editors for the Special Issue on the 2013 ICUFN Conferencs

Jeong, S.; Rodrigues, JJPC.; Cano Escribá, JC. (2014). Foreword by guest editors for the Special Issue on the 2013 ICUFN Conferencs. Wireless Personal Communications. 78(4):1827-1831. doi:10.1007/s11277-014-2046-yS1827183178

El Volcán: Forging global comics cultures through alliances, networks and self-branding

Edited by Alejandro Bidegaray and José Sainz, El Volcán (2017) asserts its claim to being the first anthology of contemporary Latin-American comics. Both the collection’s title and its impressive count of 42 contributors are suggestive of a momentous outbreak of creativity and talent. Flicking through its pages makes immediately apparent both the stylistic diversity and an emphasis on authorial and creator-led practice. The format favours the short form and anecdotal, and these are comics that appear to have more in common with the moods and subjectivities of post-underground comix than traditions of historietas that negotiate processes of urbanisation and industrial modernity (L’Hoeste and Poblete 2009: 7). El Volcán’s current eruption is traceable to histories embedded in specific political contexts of independent comics publishing, for example during the 1960s and 70s in Argentina (Reati, 2009: 100), and the 70s in Brazil (Vergueiro, 2009: 165). The anthology’s construction of a regional comics culture, exceeding national borders and identities, is another key point of interest. Following its publication Bidegaray, Sainz and some of the creators toured comics events internationally, including the Helsinki Comics Festival and an event in Riga. Talks and exhibitions of the artwork publicised individual profiles and collective endeavours, presented as ‘contemporary Latin-American comics culture’. Built on interviews with the editors, and contributors, this chapter examines El Volcán as an endeavour to construct a contemporary Latin- American comics culture that entails internal, but also decidedly transnational community building, positioning and networking in a wider international arena. In this context, it becomes pertinent to consider what the regional commonality espoused by a project such as El Volcán speaks to, and to what extent it functions as a promotional strategy (Platz Cortsen and Kauranen 2016). Aldama, Frederick Luis (2009). Your Brain on Latino Comics. Austin: University of Texas Press. Bidegaray, Alejandro and José Sainz (eds.) (2017). El Volcán: Un Presente de la Historieta Latinoamericano. Rosario, Argentina: Editorial de Municipial de Rosario and Musaraña Editora. Fernández L’Hoeste and Juan Poblete (2009). ‘Introduction.’ In Redrawing the Nation: National Identity in Latin/o American Comics. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Pp. 1-16. Platz Cortsen, Rikke and Ralf Kauranen (2016). ‘New Nordic comics – a question of promotion?’ Journal of Aesthetics & Culture, Vol. 8, 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jac.v8.30253 Reati, Fernando (2009). ‘Argentina’s Monteneros: Comics, Cartoon, and Images as Political Propaganda in the Underground Guerilla Press of the 1970s.’ In Redrawing the Nation: National Identity in Latin/o American Comics. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Pp. 97-110. Vergueiro, Waldomiro (2009) ‘Brazilian Comics: Origin, Development, and Future Trends.’ In Redrawing the Nation: National Identity in Latin/o American Comics. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Pp. 151-170

Limits to Modularity: A Review of the Literature and Evidence from Chip Design

This working paper has been prepared as part of the East-West Center's research project on Globalization of Knowledge Work: Why is Chip Design Moving to Asia. In this paper, Dieter assesses what we know about the limits to modularity and their impact on firm organization and industry structure. He focuses on evidence form chip design, drawing on interview on 2002 and 2003 with a sample of 60 companies and 15 research institutions that are involved in chip design in the US, Taiwan, Korea, China and Malaysia. It is summarized "stylized" propositions of the modularity literature that are well-established, as well as predictions that are controversial. In addition, important limits to modularity and relevant management responses were reviewed.

Workshop proceedings: Information Systems for Space Astrophysics in the 21st Century, volume 1

The Astrophysical Information Systems Workshop was one of the three Integrated Technology Planning workshops. Its objectives were to develop an understanding of future mission requirements for information systems, the potential role of technology in meeting these requirements, and the areas in which NASA investment might have the greatest impact. Workshop participants were briefed on the astrophysical mission set with an emphasis on those missions that drive information systems technology, the existing NASA space-science operations infrastructure, and the ongoing and planned NASA information systems technology programs. Program plans and recommendations were prepared in five technical areas: Mission Planning and Operations; Space-Borne Data Processing; Space-to-Earth Communications; Science Data Systems; and Data Analysis, Integration, and Visualization

Identity in online communities: social networking sites and language learning

Since their emergence in 2005, Web 2.0 technologies have been advanced as potentially transformative in the area of education in general and foreign language learning in particular. Web 2.0 technologies are presenting new opportunities for developing diverse online learning environments and enhancing interactivity, participation and feedback between students, their peer groups and teachers. This article examines one of the most significant Web 2.0 tools, Social Networking Sites (SNS), and focuses on Livemocha, an example of an online community specifically aimed at encouraging collaboration between foreign language learners. Results from the ethnographic approach adopted in the paper indicate that: (a) SNSs can be used by language learners to explore new relationships rather than merely maintain existing ones and that (b) longitudinal studies are required to achieve a better understanding of the complex processes of mediation involved in online community formation and maintenance

Center of Excellence in Space Data and Information Science, Year 9

This report summarizes the range of computer science related activities undertaken by CESDIS(Center of Excellence in Space Data and Information Sciences) for NASA in the twelve months from July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997. These activities address issues related to accessing, processing, and analyzing data from space observing systems through collaborative efforts with university, industry, and NASA space and Earth scientists

Government Information Quarterly. Volume 7, no. 2: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scientific and Technical Information Programs. Special issue

NASA scientific and technical information (STI) programs are discussed. Topics include management of information in a research and development agency, the new space and Earth science information systems at NASA's archive, scientific and technical information management, and technology transfer of NASA aerospace technology to other industries

Interdisciplining Digital Humanities: Boundary Work in an Emerging Field

The first book to test the claim that the emerging field of Digital Humanities is interdisciplinary and also examines the boundary work of establishing and sustaining a new field of stud

Foreword – LatCrit Praxis @ XX: Toward Equal Justice in Law, Education and Society

This article marks the twentieth anniversary of Latina and Latino Critical Legal Theory or the LatCrit organization, an association of diverse scholars committed to the production of knowledge from the perspective of Outsider or OutCrit jurisprudence. The article first reflects on the historical development of LatCrit’s substantive, methodological, and institutional commitments and practices. It argues that these traditions were shaped not only by its members’ goals and commitments but also by the politics of backlash present at its birth in the form of the “cultural wars,” and which have since morphed into perpetual “crises” grounded in neoliberal policies. With this background, the article turns to the current foundations for the future intergenerational transmission of the LatCrit mission and outlines a number of potential future challenges. It concludes with a description of the symposium essays written primarily by a new generation of LatCrit scholars, both the potential inheritors and creators of current and future substantive, methodological and institutional LatCrit practices