"...Nearly 300 delegates, coming from 18 countries on 4 continents, shared on the place that sciences and technologies have on the “march of the world”, on their evolutions and on the necessity of the emergence, on an international scale, of a network-space, which could put in prospects the working of the scientific insti
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SHARED CONCERNS AND ISSUES EMERGING FROM THE 1ST SCIENCE AND DEMORACY WORLD FORUM
"This text is the initial result of the 1st Science & Democracy World Forum which took place in Belém on 26-27 January 2009. It has been written and accepted by citizens of 18 countries from 4 continents.
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Free Software at the 2009 World Social Forum in Belém, Brazil. Another World is Possible...
"On January 26th and 27th, 2009, the Sciences and Democracy World Forum will be held in Belém (Brazil).
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Towards a dialogue between scientists, civic groups and social movements in Brazil
"...Science, technology and social and economic interests are profoundly intertwined today, interacting and mutually influencing one another. Many movements that are struggling for changes now recognize that, unless these issues are taken up by many and various groups of citizens, it will not be possible to deal with the challenges of our times.
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The commons, the state and transformative politics
"...Arturo di Corinto, a sharp and ebullient Italian media activist, writer and film-maker, set out a bold vision of free software as a common resource: ‘Thanks to its characteristics, the free software is a distributed property that is capable of evolving into a common good’, he declared. [...] Can ideas, both inspirational metaphors and actual experiences, from the free software movement provide any guide for turning public services into commons?
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Call for a World Social Forum sciences and democracy
"Towards a political dialogue between scientists and social movements across the planet..."
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