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| + | == ABOUT US: == | ||
| + | [https://www.ufm.edu/cms/es/at-a-glance Universidad Francisco Marroquin] is a private university in Guatemala, it was founded 1971. The mission of Universidad Francisco Marroquín is to teach and disseminate the ethical, legal and economic principles of a society of free and responsible persons. | ||
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| + | [http://newmedia.ufm.edu/gsm/index.php?title=A_Creative_Commons_World:_Free_to_Choose,_to_Create,_to_Innovate,_to_Learn,_to_Imagine A Creative Commons World: Free to Choose, to Create, to Innovate, to Learn, to Imagine] | ||
| + | Our Chapter was born 2008 we had de honor to host [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_wales Jimmy Wales]. There is a strong link between the University's philosophy and the idea of Creative Commons. Wales mentioned the fact that in order to understand [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia Wikipedia] one had to understand the ideas of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_August_Von_Hayek Friedrich August von Hayek]. | ||
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| + | To watch the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOEBoCn1G-4 interview] | ||
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| + | == ACTIVITIES: == | ||
[[Birthday Party 2008 Guatemala]] | [[Birthday Party 2008 Guatemala]] | ||
| − | Participation on | + | Participation on [http://www.filgua.com FILGUA 2010]. Guatemala's biggest book fair and one of the most important book fairs in Central America was held in Parque La Industria in Guatemala City. We decided to do something creative and therefore the best way to introduce people to creative commons and technology and the way these two relate to books was an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference unconference] We thought it would be a nice approach to discuss [http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=139146902779903&index=1 |
| − | + | the future of books, electronic book], and that's how we called the event. It was really interesting because the audience was diverse, by means of age and careers, the age range was from 20's to 60's and there were writers, scholars, designers, bloggers and [http://noticias.ufm.edu/index.php/Biblioteca_Ludwig_von_Mises_en_Filgua | |
| − | + | librarians from University Francisco Marroquin]between others. | |
| − | http://noticias.ufm.edu/index.php/Biblioteca_Ludwig_von_Mises_en_Filgua | ||
Revision as of 01:03, 4 December 2010
ABOUT US:
Universidad Francisco Marroquin is a private university in Guatemala, it was founded 1971. The mission of Universidad Francisco Marroquín is to teach and disseminate the ethical, legal and economic principles of a society of free and responsible persons.
A Creative Commons World: Free to Choose, to Create, to Innovate, to Learn, to Imagine Our Chapter was born 2008 we had de honor to host Jimmy Wales. There is a strong link between the University's philosophy and the idea of Creative Commons. Wales mentioned the fact that in order to understand Wikipedia one had to understand the ideas of Friedrich August von Hayek.
To watch the interview
ACTIVITIES:
Participation on FILGUA 2010. Guatemala's biggest book fair and one of the most important book fairs in Central America was held in Parque La Industria in Guatemala City. We decided to do something creative and therefore the best way to introduce people to creative commons and technology and the way these two relate to books was an unconference We thought it would be a nice approach to discuss [http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=139146902779903&index=1 the future of books, electronic book], and that's how we called the event. It was really interesting because the audience was diverse, by means of age and careers, the age range was from 20's to 60's and there were writers, scholars, designers, bloggers and [http://noticias.ufm.edu/index.php/Biblioteca_Ludwig_von_Mises_en_Filgua librarians from University Francisco Marroquin]between others.
