Over the past year or so, I have expanded my work in both areas of my current research. I have explored deeper the interaction between information technology and society, some outcomes of which have recently been published on the internet (Castells 2001). I have also continued my analysis of spatial transformation through an interdisciplinary approach to the problems of cities and regions. This...

Out society is changing. This statement does not necessarily follow from the observation of a particular society, but can also be derived from the attention sociologists (and others) pay to the theme of a changing society. There are numerous examples of sociological analyses of the 'new' society, like the post-modern society (Bell, Lyotard), the risk society (Beck), the global society (Giddens,...

Free, open-source participatory platforms like Decidim or Consul were designed by the 15M’ citizen activists in Spain. Initially implemented Barcelona and Madrid, these are spread many countries. Castells has not examined institutionalization of 15M’s offspring, thus we aim to contribute studying rollout platform Catalan municipalities. We examine its disruptive potential along three democratic...

RESUMO Neste artigo, pretendemos partir de certas releituras que se têm feito a respeito do construto saussuriano sobre o objeto língua, tomando por base principalmente noção relacional sistema, valor linguístico, para, então, criar possibilidades diálogo com perspectiva axiológica língua presente em Mikhail Bakhtin. Tal perspectiva, neste autor, ganha corpo na conceituação heterodiscurso e gên...

The article presents the results of XVII International Bakhtin Conference held in Saransk (Russia) on July 5-10, 2021. forum brought together over 100 participants from 22 countries and was online. 18 plenary lectures more than panels online-discussions focused most important questions reception Bakhtin’s heritage, influence thinker’s ideas contemporary humanities. Presentations included works ...