ICT Congress in Colombia

June 6, 2016. Call for papers for the Sixth National Congress of Information, Technologies and Communications “Our ICT 2016”, Santa Marta, Colombia, June 30th - July 1st, 2016.

This annual meeting brings together the most representative actors of Colombia, responsible for the implementation of strengthening education projects based on incorporation, use and appropriation of ICT. A space of 3 days for the analysis and presentation of the state of the art, trends of policies, and projects at the national level in what refers to the proposed themes. The main theme of the Congress will be “Colaborative work in education”. Take part in this academic event and engage in a new role management, teacher and student in the global environment of the new millennium. Visit the website: www.nuestrastic.com

Graduated with Honors

June, 2016. These four graduate students completed the majority of the requirements to obtain honors which included a 4.0 GPA, published works, recommendation from their advisor, patent a product, etc. Congratulations to all of them!


Dganit Zicin Gensher
Doctor of Philosophy
Organizational Psychology
CUM LAUDE
Ruchir Gaur
Doctor of Science
Civil Engineering
CUM LAUDE
Kolapo Babatunde Adeogun
Doctor of Mech. Engineering
Automobile Engineering
CUM LAUDE
Daniela Assimiti
Master of Nutrition Science
Nutrition Counseling
CUM LAUDE


New feature in Student Resources

May 18, 2016. Atlantic International University is always looking for ways to enhance your learning experience. Since we all learn through different ways, we want to give you the tools to go forward with the ideal learning method for you. In Student Resources you will find our Active Learning exams. Please watch the tutorial created by our Academic Coordinator, Dr. Edward Lambert: www.aiu.edu/ Resources/tutorials/Activelearning- exams.mp4 In phase 2, there are many options for doing an assignment and getting credits. Two common options are writing essays and creating original multiple choice questions. AIU has a new option with the Active Learning exams, in which you are given specific questions to answer on a course topic. You’ll find a link to the book used for the exam, to study and learn from. Even though the exams are open book exams, they are challenging. Each exam will receive 3 credits towards graduation. There are many interesting subjects available. When you complete one exam, you can look through the list of exams to choose another one. The subject of each exam will appear on your transcript. We look forward to receiving your assignment soon.

18th internatio nal conference on Sport & Society

Call For Papers
This Conference will be held 10-11 July 2017 at the Imperial College, in London, UK. We invite proposals for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters/exhibits, virtual lightning talks, virtual posters, or colloquia addressing one of the following themes:

• Theme 1: Sporting cultures and identities
• Theme 2: Sport and health
• Theme 3: Sports and education
• Theme 4: Sports management and commercialization
• 2017 Special Focus: Out of bounds: gender, identity, and participation in sport.

We welcome the submission of proposals at any time of the year. All proposals will be reviewed within two to four weeks of submission. The dates below serve as a guideline for proposal submission based on our corresponding registration deadlines.

• Current proposal submission deadline: 10 July 2016

Visit the website: sportandsociety.com

Book

June 6, 2016. One of our graduates, Dennis N. Onyama, has published a book, Looking Beyond Corporate Management / The Challenges of Corporate Entrepreneurship, Corporate Development and Industrial Clusters, in More Books, Germany, through Lambert Academic Publishing. This book provides a valuable and vast pool of resources to policy makers, government officials, academicians, entrepreneurs, corporate executives, beginners and professionals in the business world. You can find it here: www. morebooks.de/store/gb/ book/looking-beyondcorporate- management/ isbn/978-3-659-88967-7 Dennis has completed a Doctorate program in Business Administration, and is a state lecturer in Cameroon.

12th internatio nal conference on Arts in Society



Call For Papers
This Conference will be held 14-16 June 2017 at Pantheon- Sorbonne University, in Paris, France. We invite proposals for paper presentations, workshops/ interactive sessions, posters/exhibits, virtual lightning talks, virtual posters, or colloquia addressing one of the following themes:
• Theme 1: Arts education
• Theme 2: Arts theory and history
• Theme 3: New media, technology, and the arts
• Theme 4: Social, political, and community agendas in the arts
• 2017 Special Focus: Gestures that matter. We welcome the submission of proposals at any time of the year. All proposals will be reviewed within two to four weeks of submission. The dates below serve as a guideline for proposal submission based on our corresponding registration deadlines.
• Current proposal submission deadline: 14 June 2016
Visit the website: artsinsociety.com



Graduation Ceremony

June 2016



Eduardo Nimi
Bachelor of Science
Petroleum Engineering
Angola
Gonzalez, Dante Martín
Master of Business Administration
Business Processes
Argentina
Daniel Hurtado Paniagua
Doctor of Philosophy
Transport Engineering
Bolivia
Sergio Orlando Cors Careaga
Bachelor of Science
Civil Engineering
Bolivia
Estevao Luemba Mazebo
Doctor of Business Administration
Business Administration
Angola
Arce Hector Manuel
Doctor of Education
Education
Argentina
Enivah Mugunzva
Doctor of Philosophy
Management
Brazil
Charles Ronald Mann
Master of Science
Mining Engineering
China
Rodrigo da Cruz Suama
Doctor of Political Science
Political Science
Angola

Agbor Nkongho Egbe
Bachelor of Science
Oil and Gas Engineering
Cameroon
Toyin Bamidele Olukayode
Master of Education
Leadership in Education
Canada
Jaime M. Torres Galvez
Doctor of Science
Electrical Engineering
Chile
Milton Ernesto Zamora Peñate
Master of Science
Electrical Engineering
El Salvador

Hector Fabio Sepulveda Londoño
Master of Business Administration
Finance
Colombia
Maria Victoria Delgado
Bachelor of Psychology
Psychology
Colombia
Rene Leonardo Delgado Villalobos
Master of Science
Geology
Colombia
Hansel Vinicio Alvarez Alvarez
Bachelor of Science
Mechanical Engineering
Guatemala
Oscar Ramiro Rengifo Salamanca
Doctor of Finance
Finance
Colombia
Luis Albeiro Cardona Cabrera
Master of Education
Education
Colombia
Mario Gustavo Enríquez Jaramillo
Master of Science
Marketing
Guatemala
Teresa Luna Ramírez
Master of Education
Education
Colombia

Luz Myriam Téllez O.
Bachelor of Science
Systems Engineering
Colombia
Pablo Vicente Coral Chingal
Doctor of Business Administration
Marketing Management
Colombia
Twijukye Apollo Kajoka
Master of Business Administration
Finance
Gambia
Pedro Ndongo Asumu
Doctor of Science
Health Science
Equatorial Guinea


Esmeraldo Augusto Bravo Mena
Doctor of History
History of America
Dominican Republic
Juan de Dios Nzang Mangue Mbang
Bachelor of Legal Studies
Legal Studies
Equatorial Guinea

José Engels Rosa Vidal
Bachelor of Science
Civil Engineering
Dominican Republic
Nancis Regina Luciano Jimenez
Doctor of Science
Clinical Biochemistry
Dominican Republic
Isidro Quiñones Taveras
Doctor of Science
Environmental Management
Dominican Republic
Jaime Andres Acosta Holguin
Doctor of International Legal Studies
International Legal Studies
Ecuador
Marco Mauricio Borja Reyes
Master of Business Administration
Marketing
Ecuador
Salvador González Rodríguez
Doctor of Public Health
Public Health
México
Andrea María Luján Quirós
Bachelor of Business Administration
International Business
Guatemala
Sergio Enrique Toralla Herrera
Master of Public Health
Public Health
Guatemala
Gaspar Fabiao Zavala
Doctor of Philosophy
Psychology
Guinea-Biss au

Carlos Arturo Banegas Giron
Bachelor of Science
Systems Engineering
Honduras
Gustavo Adolfo Reyes Martínez
Doctor of Science
Management
Honduras
Dganit Zicin Gensher
Doctor of Philosophy
Organizational Psychology
Israel
Joseph Wwonkamie Gaye
Bachelor of Science
Sociology
Liberia
Yacouba Dena
Master of Child Care and Development
Child Care and Development
Mali
James Abiodun Oyikeke
Doctor of Business Administration
Business Administration
México
Fernanda D. Caetano Ricardo José
Doctor of Business Administration
Human Resources
Mozambique
Omare Lasters Jussa
Bachelor of Project Management
Project Management
Malawi
Rabia Imran
Bachelor of Fashion Design
Fashion Design
Pakistan
Althea L. Walters
Doctor of Human Studies
Human Studies
Namibia
Ruchir Gaur
Doctor of Science
Civil Engineering
New Zealand
Muttaqha Rabe Darme
Doctor of Philosophy
Industrial Engineering
Nigeria
Oforma Friday Jacob
Bachelor of Science
Information Systems
Nigeria
Stephen, Lazi Akhere
Post Doctorate
Management
Nigeria
Kolapo Babatunde Adeogun
Doctor of Mechanical Engineering
Automobile Engineering
Nigeria
Dr. Robinson Ehiorobo
Doctor of Environmental Science
Renewab le Energy
Nigeria
Naheed Hussein
Master of Business Administration
Business Administration
Samoa
Jesus Antonio Celis Castañeda
Bachelor of Science
Civil Engineering
Panama
Erika Patricia Romani
Bachelor of Business Administration
Marketing Management
Paraguay

Sixto Alejandro Morey Trigozo
Doctor of Philosophy
Political Science
Peru
Guido Elar Ordoñes Carpio
Doctor of Philosophy
Civil Engineering
Peru
Aruna Quadri Akinade
Bachelor of Homeland Security
Security Management
Portugal
Aruna Ganiyat
Bachelor of Philosophy
Philosophy
Portugal
Joan M. Martínez Mercado
Doctor of Philosophy
Public Health
Puerto Rico
Ivette Pérez González
Doctor of Philosophy
Public Health
Puerto Rico
Nzayirata Roger
Bachelor of Science
Mechanical Engineering
Rwanda
W. W. Labuschagne
Bachelor of Business Administration
Operations Management
South Africa
Tony Pierre Rohner
Doctor of Philosophy
Biology
Sweden
Valerie H Saffold
Doctor of Philosophy
Psychology
USA
Mário João dos Santos
Master of Accounting
Auditing
Sao Tome and Principe
Suriyakumar S/O Vaithilingam
Master of Business Administration
Business Management
Singapore
Mmaposo Collins Sekele
Master of Science
Project Management
South Africa
Dean Adrian Madeira
Bachelor of Education
Human Development
Thailand
Korgba-Faiduwoh, Tamba
Master of Arts
Criminology
Switzerland
Said Idd Dunia
Bachelor of Science
Electrical Engineering
Tanzania
Daniela Assimiti
Master of Nutrition Science
Nutrition Counseling
Thailand
Danny Nsama Kasonde
Bachelor of Accounting
Accounting
Zambia
Euclides A Sanchez
Bachelor of Science
Electrical Engineering
USA
Oluwagoke Taiwo Ajayi
Doctor of Philosophy
Industrial Engineering
USA
Carlos R. Aponte
Master of Telecommunications
Telecommunications
USA
Isakatonga Loanie Justin
Doctor of Science
Information Technology
Zaire
Samuel De Vilhena Chagas
Doctor of Psychology
Clinical Psychology
USA
Pamela H. Jordan
Bachelor of Science
Geology
USA
Jorge Alex Deutsch de Barros
Doctor of Science
Industrial Engineering
Uruguay
Don Muzumbwe Miyanda
Bachelor of Social and Human Studies
Regional Development
Zambia
     



Testimonial

Itua Joseph Obaitua
Doctor of Public Health
April 20, 2016


“My AIU experience is a dream come true —the achievement of a doctorate degree! Beyond the achievement of the degree, what matters more is the experience which has made me a different person. I never knew I had so much information and knowledge until AIU helped me harness it. Its andragogic method of learning is something I believe every adult on the face of the earth needs to experience. It takes you into a realm where you and only you are able to plough, sow and reap from the education plains in that subconscious part of you beyond your wildest imaginations. Another unique thing about AIU is the fact that the learning is virtual and online. Having gone through the learning, it’s hard to fathom that it can be exclusively delivered online without having to come physically in contact with a tutor. This coupled with the facts that the learning is self-paced, with no laid down curriculum and tailored specific to each student adds the icing to this educational cake called AIU! I definitely will recommend AIU to everyone who aims for a formal degree in which your academic prowess is put to the test but with a guarantee of certain victory in your educational endeavors.

Testimonial

Claire Mawemunko
Bachelor of Human Resources
April 29, 2016

“Atlantic International University is an awesome place to study. It offers a wide range of courses and opportunities to various students around the world through online studying. I have greatly benefited from the study and my time at the University with the presence of an incredible group of tutors that offer unconditional support throughout the study. I have gained more knowledge and exposure from the study at Atlantic International University. I am so grateful to have been part of the studying group which will enable me to achieve my goals in the study.

Testimonial

Ruchir Gaur
Doctor of Science
in Civil Engineering
June 1, 2016

“Firstly, I would like to pass my gratitude to the entire administration and the supervisors of the University for the continuous assistance they provided to me while studying at AIU. I would also like to express my sincere thanks to the university board for the financial support and care that was accorded to me throughout this success. Without this support, it would have been difficult for me to achieve this Doctorate Degree in Civil Engineering. I would also like to express my gratitude to my advisor Dr. Jack Rosenzweig for the continuous support of my previous research papers which eventually helped me in gaining this qualification. I sincerely admire his patience and in depth knowledge of the subjects. In addition to this, I would also like to thank my academic tutor, Mr. Arturo Vejar, who also continuously supported and advised me where I needed. I would also like to sincerely thank Catherine Gutarra, who has always been beside me whenever I needed any help. I can confidently say that the staff at this University goes the extra mile to help their students in achieving their goals. The University also grants scholarships to the students who cannot afford to pay big amounts. Their method of accepting the payment is also very flexible. The extra knowledge I have gained from the university will help me to overcome challenges which I was facing before starting the study. I am applying the knowledge I have gained to solve any task at my work place with more confidence. I am sharing my knowledge to help my colleagues and friends. While concluding my letter, I will emphasise the importance of the qualification/s which one needs in order to get a good job and success. The staff at AIU is very helpful in assisting the students who want to gain a good qualification. I salute all the staff that has helped me, and surely, would be helping many other students.






The Monroe doctrine

corollaries for Latin America
By Luis Narváez Ricaurte | PhD in Political Science

As part of US foreign relations, Latin America (LA) has held various stages ranging from a position of primadonna to the supporting actor or extra in the US Foreign Policy Agenda. LA location on the foreign agenda is directly related to the dynamics of the US interests; interests that are formulated and set in an idealistic halo, resumed in establishing democracy and strengthening the rule of law, tacitly immersed human rights, freedom of speech, among others. This international exercise of the United States of America (USA) has been articulated and strengthened with two specific doctrines, which over time have been subtilized, however basically build under the concept of Raison d’État (Borja C., 1998). These doctrines of the US foreign policy are: (i) the Monroe Doctrine; and, (ii) the doctrine of Manifest Destiny. The first: the Monroe Doctrine, is an exercise in determining geopolitical spaces in which to exercise control of economic, political, military and police nature; and the second: the doctrine of Manifest Destiny, allows to extend its territorial space under the principle of lebensraum (Kasperson & Mingh, 2011, p.42), and as a result of this, geopolitically fixing the living space and therefore its security perimeter. The Monroe doctrine formulated by President John Quincy Adams —and attributed to his Secretary of State, James Monroe in 1823—, that can be summarized in the phrase “America for the Americans”, was formulated in response to specific geopolitical realities covering the first six decades of the nineteenth century, in order to achieve two objectives: a) to keep outside the political and economic reality of America to the Powers of the Old World; and, b) consolidate its presence as a dominant player in the New World.

The implementation of this doctrine for the first time — that I call corollary Quincy Adams—, using the nominate logic interpretation based on the name of the Head of Stateexhorts the right of the US to intervene when any European state obtrusive in American affairs, it being understood that the mere interference would be considered an act of aggression. The exercise of this foreign policy allowed the US to clearly define a space to influence and interference in the Central and South American territories and the Caribbean. Foreign policy that can demonstrate the role that the US had to disband the political interest of the Congress of Panama Amphictyonic held in June 22, 18261 (Clare, 1965, p.49); disarticulation which was, no doubt, with support and complacency of local actors (Narvaez Ricaurte, 2015) which showed discrepancies regarding the objective of the “Liberator”, Latin America dividing into separate discrete units (Narváez Rivadeneira, 2007, p.510) together and annexed the international context, especially the US —which over time has been deepening for economic, commercial, political, military, immigration, etc. For 1899 within a process of consolidation of the US in the region, it develop a second interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine, or corollary Rutherford Hayes, who makes the understanding that the Caribbean and Central America were part of the exclusive sphere of the US influence, synthesized in the assertion by which to avoid interference extra continental imperialisms in America, the United States should exercise exclusive control over any canal to be built. This political definition legitimized the military actions that throughout Central America and the Caribbean were being going on since 1899, as the “Yankees” landing of troops in the Bluefields port, following the insurrection of General Juan R. Reyes against General Jose S. Zelaya in Nicaragua. The discussion on the proposal of the “Panama Canal Company” —the company promised to build the channel within 7 to 10 years and give the superintendence of the Canal to the United States—; the implications of the Treaty of Paris (April 12th, 1899) between Spain and the United States, with the subsequent demand for US (May, 17th, 1899) that the Cuban soldiers surrender their weapons in exchange for the distribution of three million dollars through his interlocutor on the island. General Maximo Gomez and —widespread and systemized internal reaction by the newspaper “La Independencia”— seek to save the Cuban soldier of dishonor and humiliation of this transaction. (Selser, 2001, p.20-112) Also we can’t forget the result of the fine work of occupation that made the US in Puerto Rico (July 1st, 1899), which is consolidated with the manifesto by which the definitive and sincere annexation of that territory is advocated in order to pass to be partly as a State of the Federal Union; among other facts recorded in Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, etc. (Selser, 2001), influence and interference articulated under the corollary Rutherford Hayes, corollary that finds its turning point at the end of 1904.

On December 6th, 1904, under the State of the Union having as a background the German naval blockade actions in Venezuela (1902-1903)3 President Theodore Roosevelt made the third interpretation of the Monroe doctrine (Roosevelt Corollary), by which it is judgment that if an American country threatened or endangered the rights or property of citizens or US companies, the US government was forced to intervene in the affairs of that country to reorder, restoring rights and property of its citizens and its companies. As seen, this new interpretation places the geopolitical spectrum in a more concrete platform of interests: economic and trade, without this, the political aspects has lost prominence in the process of influence and interference. The articulation of this new interpretation can be noticed in the relationship with Mexico after the invasion of US guards at the headquarters of the Mexican Liberal Party (PLM, in Spanish) in Arizona, Texas and the entry of US troops and the slaughter of the workers of the Cananea copper mines. The implementation of the “big stick policy” of President Roosevelt allowed the regular collection of bonds of so-called “banana republics” (Cestero, 1931, p.180-181). American influences to alienate French Haiti with the establishment of the National Railway Company in Haiti capital, and the implementation of the Platt Amendment in Cuba and later in Guatemala and El Salvador. Also must be having in mind the intervention of the US Navy in the armed conflict in 1907 between Honduras and Nicaragua. With regard to Latin America, the speech on November 20th, 1906 by the Secretary of State Elihu Root, before the Commercial Trans-Mississippi Congress in Kansas City, Missouri, is instructive in relation to the joint corollary Roosevelt, with regard to Latin America.

“Anything less than three centuries of colonial and national life have brought to the people inhabiting the United States, by a process of evolution, natural and inevitable of existing forces, a point net and radical change in its economic relations with the rest of humanity (...) Coinciding with this change in the United States, the progress of political development has been taking the neighboring continent of South America stadium militarism, to move to the stage of industrialism (...) the people —south American— notes with satisfaction and pride to the stability of their governments and the certainty of justice; almost everywhere people crave foreign capital to develop its natural resources and foreign immigration occupy its vacant land —at that— (...) occurs immediately before us, at exactly the right moment, just when we are ready to thus, great opportunities for commercial and industrial peaceful expansion to the south (...) the material resources of south America are, with regard to some important, complementary to our aspects, the continent is more weak where North America is stronger (...) the South American is polite, refined, cultivated, lover of literature and expression and graces and charms of life, while North America is worked hard, intense, utilitarian. Where we accumulate, they spend (...) While we are less endowed with the optimistic philosophy (...) they have less of the inventive faculty continually strives to increase the productive power (...) The declared by Monroe principle is today an expression so sensible of a politician (...) judgment and his character remains effective rule of conduct ...” (Selser, 2001, p.140-145)





Honors for a lecturer

Interview with Kolapo Babatunde Adeogun, AIU graduate

Can you tell us what you do for a living? Who is Kolapo Adeogun?
I am from Nigeria and I am the principal lecturer in Federal College of Education (Technical) with affiliation to the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State. I was the past head of the Automobile Engineering department.

Why have you chosen to study at AIU?
I decided to study in Atlantic International University, so as to have additional knowledge, wisdom and understanding in the area of my specialization, Mechanical and Automobile Engineering, which I have acquired, and I believe I will be able to pronounce those to the world at large.

In your opinion, what is the most critical situation your country faces at the moment?
The most critical situation my country –Nigeria– is facing is the problem of corruption, and the government is trying its best to curb the situation. It is hard, but I think we can advance in this topic.

You have become an expert in the automobile industry in your country. What is your vision of that?
The Automobile industry is growing especially in the area of mechatronic automobile and the transportation technology. These areas are also blending with the automobile industry because one is always a corresponding to the other, we can not separate them.

You have been honored with Cum Laude for your recently completed PhD program. What does this mean for you?
Cum Laude simply means “with distinction”. The doctorate degree program I finished with distinction, I believe is one of its kind in Nigeria based on the candidate academic performance. I am very excited about it, because even if it is not the first in Nigeria, it would be among the firsts. I am very happy and I will never forget AIU.

Could you send a message, some advice for the new students?
My advice to new students is that they should study very much to achieve this kind of honor. Because everything is about dedication, and you have to focus on your studies.




Without distinction of race, color, sex

By Dr. Rosa Hilda Lora M. Advisor at AIU | [email protected]

In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, December 1948, the second article says: Everyone has all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or another condition. By reading and analyzing of the previous article we can make us as proposed single equality of all human beings; equality for just the human condition. Equality as a human condition should give us as thought the opportunity for any human being to the right to education, work, health, housing, recreation, the expression of their political, religious views and finally choose the lifestyle that considers the respect of those rights to others. When we talk about rights and freedoms for all human beings we are referring to the way the human species should be organized for coexistence, we are talking about politics. Politics, the way of doing things for a particular purpose to obtain an intended goal. Politics has become the policy, a science in order to show the different purposes that may have human being meetings that aim to achieve what they consider right for your group without harming others. Policy can be from a group, the policy may be of State, and it also can be Policy of International Organizations. Policy always exists implicitly or explicitly where a group of human beings is working to achieve a goal. The purpose of Article 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the policy for the coexistence of all human beings, therefore is a multidimensional policy. The multidimensional policy must understand the technicality and scientism always referred to global, to the planetarium, the meaning of life and human purpose. According to Morin in Homeland-Earth: we know that man inhabits the poetic Earth and prosaically where poetry is not a variety of literature: it is also the way of life in participation, love, fervor, communion, exaltation, rite, partying, drunkenness, dancing and singing that transform the prosaic life. Morin (2005).

Since we can live with opportunities for all, this indicates that the path of society in which we live must be: we adapt to the present and the present adapt to us; it means an effort to understand so that it does not become denial of what is proposed. A life with opportunities for all in every aspect of what human life is. We must not modernize if the term means strength, we must politicize modernity in the sense of adapting the teaching of coexistence global problems; we must learn to live in the complementarity of different times. Every human group has its time and we should not and cannot accelerate all to Western time. Today’s society is sick of speed; we have to find and organize to human time. We see how we are living: no matter where on Earth you live, electronic commerce requires work schedules that the body rejects, and there arise schedule changes in different industrialized countries regardless of the rejection of the body human operation to which it is subjected. We have created the industrialized world in which we live and what we have done for the development of technology and science where we have already forgotten our development and welfare as human beings.

We are living so alienated by the progress that it seems the world will be for the development of the machines where we will be another machine. Therefore from industrialized countries it is intended that the historical development that they had, have to be the same for the other countries, asking them to work and organize their societies in the same way, forgetting cultural differences. We can integrate technology and science accepting cultural differences without trying to make this world a world of equals. We must show the younger the world we have created, we must teach the young to join the knowledge society, the information society, but always with the thought put into the differences from culture to culture, for integration of a different world to its historical development. We must always think that every human group has its time, has its process, has its way of interpreting the new and make it theirs. Also we must always have the thought that if a culture is different, it does not mean it is less or more than us, they are just different. It is something that costs us much to accept: cultural differences, being different from the one whom we consider the other. The other can be white, can be dark-skinned differently than our skin, hair different than ours, religion different to ours, different from our own sex, may be young, may be old, can be rich, may be poor but they are human beings like me, everyone has a culture and it is not my top and is not mine bottom: we are all human beings and as human group have had different processes of development and we can’t think that one it is better than the other. All that happens is that we had different processes for all that is the history of every human group. We need to integrate knowledge, what we are as human beings with our similarities and differences.

BIBLIOGRAPHY. Loza Ramos, I. (2009). Ética y Valores 2. México: Et. Morin, E. y Anne-Brigitte Kern. (2005). Tierra- Patria. Barcelona: Kairós. United Nations official website. Retrieved from www.un.org/en/index.html . United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved from www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/about-us/















Elegy for a dead world


A side-scrolling exploration game where the player writes a diary visible to other players.

Here, the player explores three worlds inspired by British romantic poets Shelley, Byron, and Keats. While exploring, players make notes on their observations. The notes are publicly visible via Steam Workshop. The collective note taking mechanic earned it an honorable mention for the Nuovo Award in the 2014 Independent Games Festival.

Developer Ziba Scott credits the theme of the game with his love for British romantic poetry. Shelley’s world, for example, was inspired by Percy Bysshe Shelley’s famous poem, Ozymandias. Developer Ichiro Lambe is exploring the intimacy created through collaborative writing. Find it here: store.steampowered.com/app/252290/





Under the Olympic flag


Ten refugees will compete at the 2016 Olympics in Rio.

Since the modern Olympics began in 1896, over 200 national teams have vied for glory at the Summer and Winter Games. Now, for the first time, a team of refugees will compete as well. The International Olympic Committee announced the selection of 10 refugees who will compete this August in Rio de Janeiro, forming the first-ever Refugee Olympic Athletes team:

Rami Anis, 25, Syria, 100-metre butterfly. | Yolande Mabika, 28, Democratic Republic of the Congo, middleweight. | Paulo Amotun Lokoro, 24, South Sudan, 1,500 metres | Yusra Mardini, 18, Syria, 200-metre freestyle | Yiech Pur Biel, 21, South Sudan, 800 metres | Rose Nathike Lokonyen, 23, South Sudan, 800 metres | Popole Misenga, 24, Democratic Republic of the Congo, middleweight | Yonas Kinde, 36, Ethiopia, marathon | Anjelina Nadai Lohalith, 21, South Sudan, 1,500 metres | James Nyang Chiengjiek, 28, South Sudan, 800 metres. Read full text: www.unhcr.org/news/ latest/2016/6/575154624/10-refugees-compete- 2016-olympics-rio.html