Good practice for dialogue and communication as strategic principle for policing political manifestations in Europe (GODIAC):field study handbook

This handbook describes the peer review methodology that was applied at the GODIAC project fi eld studies1. The peer review evaluation method as initiated by Otto Adang in the Netherlands and further developed in a European football context (Adang & Brown, 2008) involves experienced police offi cers cooperating with researchers to perform observational fi eld studies to identify good practices and learning points for public order management. The handbook builds on the GODIAC seminars and workshops, for the fi eld study members, which took place in September 2010, January 2012 and January 2013. The handbook has been discussed in the project group and in the steering committee. It is primarily written for the GODIAC fi eld study members as background material for understanding the fi eld study process and for clarifying the different responsibilities that enable active participation in the fi eld study. The handbook has been developed during the project period and incorporates learning points and developments of the peer review method. The handbook aims at promoting the use of fi eld studies for evaluation of policing major events.

Good practice for dialogue and communication as strategic principle for policing political manifestations in Europe (GODIAC):the anthology

The volume is divided into two parts; the fi rst deals with issues related to the police, and the second addresses issues related to demonstrators and protesters. We hope that this volume will provide further insight into issues associated with policing at major events and shed light on the complexity of the organisations, motives, and strategies in play whenever protester groups are involved.

Good practice for dialogue and communication as strategic principle for policing political manifestations in Europe (GODIAC):recommendations for policing political manifestations in Europe

This report summarises the fi eld study results of the project ’Good practice for dialogue and communication as strategic principles for policing political manifestations in Europe’ (GODIAC).1 The overall idea was to integrate operative police work, research and training within the fi eld and to build international and institutional networks, ensuring and recognising the responsibilities of the organisers. The purpose of the GODIAC project was to contribute to the development of a European approach to policing political manifestations.

Bioética intercultural para la salud global

Hoy las enfermedades no tienen fronteras,por lo tanto no pueden ser concebidas en términos locales, sino como problemas conectados con la pobreza y la marginalidad en todos los países del mundo. Esta consideración de la salud global e integral obliga, por una parte, a detectar los impedimentos que dificultan crear condiciones de salud mundial y, por otra parte, buscar las vías y diseñar las estrategias necesariaspara superar los obstáculos y alcanzar las cotas de salud que se entiende constituyen la calidad de vida.

Bioética intercultural para la salud global

Hoy las enfermedades no tienen fronteras,por lo tanto no pueden ser concebidas en términos locales, sino como problemas conectados con la pobreza y la marginalidad en todos los países del mundo. Esta consideración de la salud global e integral obliga, por una parte, a detectar los impedimentos que dificultan crear condiciones de salud mundial y, por otra parte, buscar las vías y diseñar las estrategias necesariaspara superar los obstáculos y alcanzar las cotas de salud que se entiende constituyen la calidad de vida.

Direct Thy-1/alphaVbeta3 integrin interaction mediates neuron to astrocyte communication.

Thy-1 is an abundant neuronal glycoprotein of poorly defined function. We recently provided evidence indicating that Thy-1 clusters a beta3-containing integrin in astrocytes to induce tyrosine phosphorylation, RhoA activation and the formation of focal adhesions and stress fibers. To date, the alpha subunit partner of beta3 integrin in DI TNC1 astrocytes is unknown. Similarly, the ability of neuronal, membrane-bound Thy-1 to trigger astrocyte signaling via integrin engagement remains speculation. Here, evidence that alphav forms an alphavbeta3 heterodimer in DI TNC1 astrocytes was obtained. In neuron-astrocyte association assays, the presence of either anti-alphav or anti-beta3 integrin antibodies reduced cell-cell interaction demonstrating the requirement of both integrin subunits for this association. Moreover, anti-Thy-1 antibodies blocked stimulation of astrocytes by neurons but not the binding of these two cell types. Thus, neuron-astrocyte association involved binding between molecular components in addition to the Thy-1-integrin; however, the signaling events leading to focal adhesion formation in astrocytes depended exclusively on the latter interaction. Additionally, wild-type (RLD) but not mutated (RLE) Thy-1 was shown to directly interact with alphavbeta3 integrin by Surface Plasmon Resonance analysis. This interaction was promoted by divalent cations and was species-independent. Together, these results demonstrate that the alphavbeta3 integrin heterodimer interacts directly with Thy-1 present on neuronal cells to stimulate astrocytes.

L’educació intercultural. Un repte a l’aula de P4 d’una escola de la comarca de la Garrotxa

Des de l’educació intercultural es pretén aconseguir una societat més justa i igualitària capaç de respectar la diversitat cultural sense prejudicis, fomentant el diàleg i la convivència com una possibilitat per apropar les diferents cultures, on la participació dels diferents agents educatius és fonamental. Aquest treball mostra la investigació realitzada en una aula, d’infants de quatre anys d’una escola de la comarca de la Garrotxa, per valorar si la seva pràctica educativa segueix una línia intercultural. S’ha fet ús d’una metodologia qualitativa per mitjà de l’observació, l’entrevista i l’anàlisi de documents que ha posat de manifest la importància del professorat en tenir una actitud positiva cap a la comprensió i interacció entre diferents cultures per tal de caminar cap a la interculturalitat.

Anne Gangloff, Dion Chrysostome et les mythes. Hellénisme, communication et philosophie politique, París (J. Millon) 2006.

Thi book, as its author makes clear, is based on a thesis that set out initially to analyse what the myths in the works of Dio Chrysostom actually represented but as Gangloff proceeded whit her research her analysis became rather an examination of how the sophist took over and reinvented myths, adpting them to his own purposes and his own times.

Premsa gratuïta, un model de comunicació local = Free press, a local communication model

The relationship between non-institutional free press and local communication is quite particular since this type of press forms a very characteristic model of local communication, showing that advertising suffices to finance an information product addressed to a fairly well-defined readership as long as this product has a good advertising sales department and an effective distribution in its operating area. This paper discusses the present situation of the free press in Catalonia, where this phenomenon has been quite prominent. It points out the main features of this type of press and makes a review of its history, which runs from the euphoria of its early years and its expansion and consolidation, to the current crisis

La construcción narrativa de la identidad en un contexto educativo intercultural = The narrative construction of identity in a intercultural educative setting

En este trabajo se expone e ilustra un modelo teórico para entender las funciones de la identidad, así como los mecanismospsicosociales asociados a su construcción: “Modelo Evolutivo y Funcional de la Identidad Mediada” (MEBIM). La identidad, mediada narrativamente, cumple una función personal orientada a la dirección de la propia vida, así como una función sociocultural vinculada a la búsqueda de reconocimiento de los derechos de los grupos sociales a los que uno se siente apegado. Se ilustran los factores asociados a la construcción de la identidad personal (sí mismos posibles, transiciones vitales, vínculo afectivo) y sociocultural (acción-transformación e identificación simbólica) a partir de 12 historias de vida realizadas con mestizos e indígenasde la Universidad Intercultural de Chiapas (México). Se sugiere que en contextos educativos formales, como la escuela o la Universidad, se deben propiciar narrativas personales y socioculturales con el objetivo de optimizar la identidad en un mundo a la vez globalizado y plural