"Paz y reconciliación son temas cruciales de nuestra historia. En la coyuntura de análisis y debates, La fiesta de las paces reflexiona sobre la construcción de la paz desde una perspectiva interdisciplinaria y, lo que es más importante, desde voces no institucionales. Los autores demuestran que
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la paz desborda lo oficial y académico; rescatan esfuerzos cívicos, populares y sus distintas formas de expresión en el territorio. Los enfoques que aquí se compilan presentan a la paz desde miradas indígenas, negras, femeninas, artísticas, medioambientales y territoriales. No solo es la ausencia de guerra, sino la oposición a cualquier forma de violencia. La fiesta de las paces nos recuerda que la paz se celebra colectivamente y se vive en lo común. Es un llamado a liberar la fiesta, el humor, el relato y la alegría como elementos fundamentales en el camino hacia una paz auténtica y diversa." (Descripción de la casa editorial)
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"The survey establishes that from 2010 to 2014, copyright industries in Ecuador experienced rapid growth and increased their share of GDP from 3.65 per cent to 4.47 per cent, or 3,116 million US dollars in monetary terms. In 2014, the creative sector generated 3.47 per cent of national employment (2
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40,497 jobs), a decline from the 4.03 per cent generated in 2010. During this period, Ecuador remained a net importer of creative goods and services. While the Ecuadorian economy expanded during this period by 23.5 per cent, the valueadded in constant prices generated by the creative sector rose by 51 per cent, suggesting a sustained positive trend and considerable growth. The largest contribution was generated by the core copyright industries, which accounted for 57 per cent of the total value-added by the sector and themselves grew by 76.3 per cent, cementing their status as the most dynamic component of the creative sector. Among the core copyright industries, the main drivers were software and databases (33.8 per cent with a growth rate of 196 per cent), followed by advertising services (32.1 per cent with a growth rate of 102.5 per cent). The traditionally strong publishing industry (press and literature) saw its share decrease from 30.3 per cent to 16.8 per cent, but remained the largest employer in the creative sector with 28 per cent of total employment, followed by advertising (17 per cent), software (12 per cent) and radio and television (11 per cent). Collecting societies experienced remarkable growth – 215.3 per cent – in the collection and distribution of copyright royalties." (Executive summary, page 7)
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"Internet Studies has been one of the most dynamic and rapidly expanding interdisciplinary fields to emerge over the last decade. The Oxford Handbook of Internet Studies has been designed to provide a resource in this area, bringing together scholarly perspectives on how the Internet has been studie
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d and how the research agenda should be pursued in the future. The book aims to focus on Internet Studies as an emerging field, each chapter seeking to provide a synthesis and critical assessment of the research in a particular area. Topics covered include social perspectives on the technology of the Internet; the Internet's role in everyday life and work; implications for communication, power, and influence; and the governance and regulation of the Internet. The book aims not only to help to strengthen research on the key questions, but also to shape research, policy, and practice across many disciplines that are finding the Internet and its political, economic, cultural, and other societal implications increasingly central to their own key areas of inquiry." (Publisher description)
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