title: Marketplaces for data: An initial survey

authors: Schomm, Fabian

abstract: Data is becoming more and more of a commodity, so that it is not surprising that data has reached the status of tradable goods. An increasing number of data providers is recognizing this and is consequently setting up plat- forms for selling, buying, or trading data. We identify several categories and dimensions of data marketplaces and data vendors and provide a snapshot of the situation as of Summer 2012.

text: Marketplaces for data: An initial survey Data is becoming more and more of a commodity, so that it is not surprising that data has reached the status of tradable goods. An increasing number of data providers is recognizing this and is consequently setting up plat- forms for selling, buying, or trading data. We identify several categories and dimensions of data marketplaces and data vendors and provide a snapshot of the situation as of Summer 2012.

year: 2013

title: Why Facebook doesn’t cause protests

authors: Ganesh, Shiv

subjects: social networking

abstract: Anyone who has followed the recent spate of political unrest in the Middle East and elsewhere could be forgiven for thinking that a full-scale global revolution is underway, caused by digital social networking tools such as Facebook and Twitter.  Several media commentators, at least in the western world, create a narrative where authoritarian regimes in far-off lands such as Iran, Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, and now Libya, are dramatically undermined by the free flow of information enabled by new technologies. In this simple formula, Internet growth is equated with democratization. Technology does play a pivotal role in contemporary social protests, but its role is actually a lot more complex, and definitely not causative. It is worthwhile though to first consider why such techno-centric explanations of social change capture our imagination in the first place.

text: Why Facebook doesn’t cause protests Anyone who has followed the recent spate of political unrest in the Middle East and elsewhere could be forgiven for thinking that a full-scale global revolution is underway, caused by digital social networking tools such as Facebook and Twitter.  Several media commentators, at least in the western world, create a narrative where authoritarian regimes in far-off lands such as Iran, Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, and now Libya, are dramatically undermined by the free flow of information enabled by new technologies. In this simple formula, Internet growth is equated with democratization. Technology does play a pivotal role in contemporary social protests, but its role is actually a lot more complex, and definitely not causative. It is worthwhile though to first consider why such techno-centric explanations of social change capture our imagination in the first place.

year: 2011-04

title: Ta Moko: Culture, body modification, and the psychology of identity.

authors: Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia

subjects: Maori

abstract: This paper outlines the context of Ta Moko in the Māori world, and locates the practice in the Pacific, and in the twenty first century. It describes the resurgence of the practice, and comments on the aims of the Marsen project. The three principal aims are: 
1.	To complete a comprehensive survey of the chant record and oral history with reference to archaeological, archival and artefactual materials.
2.	To examine traditional whakairo carving in relation to Ta Moko.
3.	To explore the nature of social relationships and ecologies that are supportive of, or resistant, to contemporary Ta Moko.

text: Ta Moko: Culture, body modification, and the psychology of identity. This paper outlines the context of Ta Moko in the Māori world, and locates the practice in the Pacific, and in the twenty first century. It describes the resurgence of the practice, and comments on the aims of the Marsen project. The three principal aims are: 
1.	To complete a comprehensive survey of the chant record and oral history with reference to archaeological, archival and artefactual materials.
2.	To examine traditional whakairo carving in relation to Ta Moko.
3.	To explore the nature of social relationships and ecologies that are supportive of, or resistant, to contemporary Ta Moko.

year: 2003