A true digital transformation for well-being does not mean more technology, Rector said, but more humanity, empathy, collaboration, support, freedom and less individuality. Virtual University System of the University of Guadalajara (SUV-UDGVirtual). (UdeG), Dr. CARLOS IVAN MORENO ARELLANO.
At the opening of the OECD-UdeG Forum, “ChangeDigital n for Wellbeing: Reflections and Good PracticesOn that dayTricks for a techInsideIt was held within the framework of ‘people-centred’ FIL Guadalajara 2023Moreno Arellano said that not a single area of public, private, social, political and personal life has been unaffected by this shift from in-person to digital.
“It is in finance, business, conversations, debates, teaching, research and editorial production. Digital is not just another element influencing our lives, but rather it is inseparable from the human experience,” he declared.
What these dialogue spaces provide is not to solve problems, but to take time to reflect and think about them, as universities are a haven for this reflection, critical thinking in this whirlwind of instant and digital change.
Rebuilding cities is urgent
In a globalized world facing planetary challenges, cities face continuous challenges to utilize their public space, and municipalities must consider strategies that benefit communities to restore public spaces and create social, educational, and cultural development.
Under this scoop, mayors and former mayors spoke at the table “Globalization and nearby: Origin of Cities”It is part of an international gathering of government and civil society FIL Thinking.
Former mayor of Barcelona and housing activist Ada Colao, in that Spanish city they chose to improve the pedestrian areas to improve the social development of the municipalities, which he considers to be the smallest structure of the population, but which needs more attention due to its proximity to the citizens. “They are places associated with opportunity for individual and collective growth,” he highlighted.
Mayor of Monterey, LUIS DONALDO COLOSIO RIOJASHe noted that opportunities will emerge with the modernization of cities nearby, Facilitating the establishment of foreign companies, it is necessary to commit to transforming local development.
Studies are presented at the UDG Science Forum
For the second consecutive year within the framework of UDG Science ForumA thesis competition was held to disseminate the results of a master’s research at UdeG on the topic “Effects of Environmental Pollution on Health”.
The competition aims to disseminate the results of thesis research developed in UdeG projects through a collection of science communication and dissemination videos.
This edition had two divisions: Doctoral Dissertation and Master’s and Special Thesis, and it was divided into four axes: Water Pollution, Air Pollution, Soil Pollution and Other Types of Pollution.
Irma Ayde García Villegas won the Master’s and Special Thesis category.Master’s degree in Environmental Health Sciences, joint program between University Center for Biological and Agricultural Sciences (CUCBA) and the University Health Center (CUCS), with the paper “Dietary Risk of Neonicotinoids and Other Pesticides in the Regular Diet of Preschool Children in San Andrés Ixtlan, Jalisco.”
The winner of the Doctoral Thesis category was Brian Arturo Rodriguez AguilarDoctor of Science in Biochemistry, Ecology and Natural and Agricultural Resource Management, a multi-centre program between the University Center for Biological and Agricultural Sciences (CUCBA) Coastal University Center (CUCosta) and South Coast University Center (CUCSur), with the thesis “Pollution by pesticides in various components associated with the aquatic environment of La Cuenca Ayuquilla-Armeria”.
They teach a workshop within the framework of the EIP
This Wednesday, Cesar Alan Ruiz Galicia, winner of the 2020 National Journalism Award, presented a journaling workshop at Carlos Fuentes Bookstore. XIX International Press Conference (EIP), FIL Guadalajara 2023.
“Journalism is a profession that generally doesn’t think about itself.” Ruiz Galicia opened the workshop with a brief presentation on the current state of journalism as a profession and the new obstacles it faces in the context of new technologies and the crisis situations the country is experiencing today.
Now, in addition to journalism, coaching, and critical thinking, many more technical skills are needed. “The old idea was that you trained in a newsroom, but that’s not the case anymore,” said the workshop leader. “Journalism is moving away from newsrooms,” because they are currently going through a crisis derived from the economy and the time it takes to do investigative journalism. Without incentives, he explained, “investigative journalism moves away from newsrooms and toward funding from private initiative organizations.”
Societies need to take responsibility for using AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) should not be thought of as a good or bad technology, rather it is a tool with a wide range of possibilities and it is up to humans how to manage, use and regulate it. For humanity.
FIL Ciencia project “Should we fear artificial intelligence?” That’s the message from scientists and popularizers Carlos Coello Coello and Miguel Alcubierre when they discuss the development of AI in recent years at the table.
Coello Coello, computer science doctor and member of El Colegio de México, said AI is not a recent invention, but rather a development that began in the 1960s and has been developed in many different ways.
He asserted that while AI is a development that represents a threat to the future of humanity, it is actually an emerging technology that cannot reach its potential if it is not driven by humans.
Contradictions of the Fourth Transformation
By placing At the center of his politics is the poor, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has achieved The historical claim was undermined by unrestrained support for the policy of demilitarization violates human rights.
It was discussed at the table. “Feathers of Government: Keys to Understanding the National Agenda of the Fourth Amendment”, At FIL Guadalajara 2023, the International Government and Civil Society Meeting of the FIL Benzaminto Project.
Although the Commissioner for the Promotion of Truth, Historical Clarification and Justice for Serious Violations of Human Rights in Mexico, researcher Carlos A. Pérez Ricardo endorsed López Obrador’s perspective. to reduce poverty, He said it had not overcome some of the previous government’s debts, but had not destroyed the economy as its opponents claimed.
“He failed to justify the historical struggles. No more than what previous administrations did; Forecasts related to the economy, employment and national accounts have also not been met,” he declared.
They remember Porfirio Muñoz Ledo at FIL 2023
For the second time, the life and work of the politician Porfirio Muñoz Ledo, who died on July 9, was commemorated during the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL).
This Wednesday night, in the Salon México l of the Barceló Hotel, colleagues and friends paid tribute to one of the founders of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) and Honorary Doctor of the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) in 2018.
On this occasion, it discussed how political leadership contributed to Mexico’s democratic transition between 1988-2000 and the promotion of the human rights agenda.
