Islam transnacional y nuevos espacios de libertad religiosa: Las redes sociales en la construcción de una identidad hispano-musulmana.

Proyecto de investigación I+D+I “El Mundo Árabe-Islámico en movimiento: Migraciones, Reformas y Elecciones y su impacto en España” del Taller de Estudios Internacionales Mediterráneos (TEIM) de la Universidad Autónoma de MadridLa expansión del uso de las redes sociales entre los jóvenes musulmanes y los conversos al Islam proporciona la creación de espacios "virtuales" de discusión informal y comunitaria donde la idea de una determinada forma del Islam, a menudo reivindicada por diferentes organizaciones en el espacio “real”, empieza a ser puesta en cuestión. El mundo online proporciona una mayor libertad de movimiento ya que se derriban aquellas barreras o controles físicos-emocionales que caracterizan el mundo offline. Un locus de interacción que permite la activación de una reflexividad colectiva sobre las propias experiencias de vida diaria que rompen y se enfrentan a los discursos institucionales más rígidos y de alcance transnacionalThe progressive expansion of use of social networks among the Young Muslims and the converts to Islam provides the creation of "virtual" spaces of informal and communitarian discussion where the idea of a particular form of Islam, often claimed by different organizations in the “real” space, begins to be questioned. The “online” world allows greater freedom of movement because it breaks down those barriers or physical-emotional controls that characterize the “offline” world. It offers a “locus” of interaction where it is possible a collective reflection on one's daily life experiences to come out, creating different discourses that break and challenge stiffer institutional and transnational discourse

Making a compulsory course compelling

This case study focuses on teaching a small group of level 4 personal and professional development (PPD) students on the BSc Economics course at the University of Greenwich. A student-centred approach to learning, combined with joint decision-making, is shown to have successfully created a more engaged and productive learning environment. Evaluation is based on a mixture of oral feedback, testimonials and assessment outcomes. The possible limitations and lessons of this exercise are also discussed

Variations of low temperature fumaroles as a tool for detecting changes in volcanic activity state: a brief overview

Abstract. Fumarolic fields, especially those with near-surface soil temperature <100 ∘C, are very common features of active or quiescent volcanoes, with both open or closed conduits. Their spatial extent, as well as the time variability of their temperature, are conditioned by three main factors: (1) Local hydro-meteorological conditions; (2) Vapor flow from the underlying volcanic-hydrothermal system; (3) Permeability variation induced by stress field changes and/or deposition dissolution cycles of hydrothermal alteration minerals. Once depurated from the exogenous noise, time variations of the thermal signal, in term of both short-lasting transients and medium/long term trends, reflect changes in the activity state of the related volcanic system, and/or of seismic activity, also of tectonic origin, affecting volcanoes. Theoretical models of heat transfer processes are discussed, highlighting how it is very difficult distinguish between conductive and convective mechanisms or calculating heat fluxes: as a consequence, thermal data from low temperature fumaroles should be used as qualitative proxies of volcano-tectonic phenomena acting on the monitored volcanoes. Following the description of the measuring systems and of the criteria for designing a performing network for thermal monitoring of fumaroles, some case histories from Italian volcanoes (Vulcano, Stromboli, Mt. Etna, Mt. Vesuvius) are presented, illustrating how in the last years the monitoring of low temperature fumaroles have given useful insights on the evolution of the activity state of these volcanoes