Youth Democratic Political Identity and Disaffection : Active Citizenship and Participation to Counteract Populism and Polarization in Barcelona

Globally, youth satisfaction with democracy is declining-not only in absolute terms, but also relative to how older generations felt at the same stage in their lives. Young people's democratic political identity is lower than any other age group. One can point to concrete factors to explain such declines-ranging from the growth of youth unemployment to the persistence of corruption and poverty in new democracies. Growing discontent with living conditions is taken advantage of by populist leaders. This populist rule-whether from the right or the left-has a highly negative effect on democratic political identities (especially on youth) and can lead to a significant risk of democratic erosion. Our research aims to explore the significance of youth identification with democracy, and their participation approaches as an alternative to the decline in democratic quality in Barcelona, Spain. Using quantitative data collection and analysis, in this article we present the first results of our research and suggest a path for further investigation

Algebraic topological analysis of time-sequence of digital images

This paper introduces an algebraic framework for a topological analysis of time-varying 2D digital binary–valued images, each of them defined as 2D arrays of pixels. Our answer is based on an algebraic-topological coding, called AT–model, for a nD (n=2,3) digital binary-valued image I consisting simply in taking I together with an algebraic object depending on it. Considering AT–models for all the 2D digital images in a time sequence, it is possible to get an AT–model for the 3D digital image consisting in concatenating the successive 2D digital images in the sequence. If the frames are represented in a quadtree format, a similar positive result can be derived

Wungu : Gènere i diversitat cultural a l'escola. Informe de recerca sobre gènere i cultura als centres educatius

El document que teniu a les mans és el fruït del treball realitzat durant els mesos de gener i febrer de 2020 per l'equip de recerca ERDISC (https://centresderecerca.uab.cat/erdisc/), en el marc del projecte de recerca "WUNGU. Gènere i diversitat cultural a l'escola", promogut i finançat per la Direcció General d'Atenció a la Família i Comunitat Educativa del Departament d'Educació de la Generalitat, en el marc del "Pacto de Estado contra la violència de género" (Ministerio de Igualdad). L'informe que segueix s'estructura en 4 capítols: en primer lloc es contextualitza la recerca, tant pel que fa al marc normatiu, com la necessitat que justifica el projecte; seguidament es presenta el marc teòric que sustenta la recerca, fent emergir aquells conceptes teòrics que han guiat l'anàlisi de la informació; al tercer capítol es descriu la metodologia emprada, incidint específicament en aquells aspectes metodològics més innovadors; finalment, s'aprofundeix en els resultats de la recerca, organitzats a mode de 9 aprenentatges clau