Southern Theory: The Global Dynamics of Knowledge in Social Science

The Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development [DEECD], Symantec, Cyber Safe Kids and Common Sense Media are currently conducting a pilot collaborative project in which 10 selected schools are trialing a digital citizenship curriculum. This digital citizenship curriculum has been aligned with local/national and international curriculum achievement standards, learning areas, competencies/capabilities. Participating schools will also trial the use of an Incident Response Tool.

Growing up digital.

The American Street Gang: Its Nature, Prevalence, and Control.Malcolm W. Klein

This review provides an opportunity to assess the current state of gang research and suggest directions for its future. There has been a dramatic increase in research on gangs, gang members, and gang behavior since the early 1990s, making this review especially timely. We use Short’s three-level framework of explanation to organize the findings of prior research, focusing on individual-, micro-, and macro-level research. Attention is focused on the findings of such research, but we also examine theoretical and methodological developments as well. Drawing from Short and life-course research, we introduce a cross-level temporal framework to guide future directions in gang research.

What Do We Know About Gangs and Gang Members and Where Do We Go From Here

Research on adolescence and drug abuse increased substantially in the past decade. However, drug-addiction-related behaviors following stressful experiences during adolescence are less studied. We focus on rodent models of adolescent stress cross-sensitization to drugs of abuse. Review the ontogeny of behavior, dopamine, corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), and the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis in adolescent rodents. We evaluate evidence that stressful experiences during adolescence engender hypersensitivity to drugs of abuse and offer potential neural mechanisms. Much evidence suggests that final maturation of behavior, dopamine systems, and HPA axis occurs during adolescence. Stress during adolescence increases amphetamine- and ethanol-stimulated locomotion, preference, and self-administration under many conditions. The influence of adolescent stress on subsequent cocaine- and nicotine-stimulated locomotion and preference is less clear. The type of adolescent stress, temporal interval between stress and testing, species, sex, and the drug tested are key methodological determinants for successful cross-sensitization procedures. The sensitization of the mesolimbic dopamine system is proposed to underlie stress cross-sensitization to drugs of abuse in both adolescents and adults through modulation by CRF. Reduced levels of mesocortical dopamine appear to be a unique consequence of social stress during adolescence. Adolescent stress may reduce the final maturation of cortical dopamine through D2 dopamine receptor regulation of dopamine synthesis or glucocorticoid-facilitated pruning of cortical dopamine fibers. Certain rodent models of adolescent adversity are useful for determining neural mechanisms underlying the cross-sensitization to drugs of abuse.

Stress in adolescence and drugs of abuse in rodent models: Role of dopamine, CRF, and HPA axis

The past two decades have witnessed the rise of a new global cycle of collective
action not only organized through the Internet and made visible during mass protest
events, but also locally shaped by diverse organizations, networks, platforms
and groups. Focusing on specifi c cases in two Iberian cities — Barcelona and Lisbon
— we argue that this protest cycle has given rise to new kinds of movements
referred to here as ‘new, new’ social movements. We analyze particular aspects
of each case, but also discuss their European and global dimensions. The article
will also highlight the role of youth, discussing the characteristics associated with
the participation of young people in the ‘new, new’ movements. After a short
introduction to the research on this topic, focusing on the emergence of the
‘anti-corporate globalization movement’ and related theoretical implications,
we provide a description of four protest events in Barcelona and Lisbon. Next, we
analyze the local contexts that anchor these events. Finally, we discuss the main characteristics of the ‘new, new’ social movements, examining the links between
Barcelona and Lisbon and the wider international context that shapes them and
paying particular attention to contemporary networking dynamics.

Global citizenship and the ‘New, New’ social movements: Iberian connections

La historia del Siglo XX puede verse como la sucesion de diferentes generaciones de jovenes que irrumpen en la escena publica para ser protagonistas en la reforma, la revolucion, la guerra, la paz, el rock, el amor, las drogas, la globalizacion o la antiglobalizacion. En este articulo propongo realizar un paseo por las teorias sobre la juventud en la era contemporanea, poniendo en relacion los cambios en la forma de vida de los jovenes con las reflexiones cientificas, filosoficas y literarias en torno a este grupo de edad.

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Generación XX. Teorías sobre la juventud en la era contemporánea

Desde Augusto Comte e Karl Mannheim (mas tambem desde Jose Ortega y Gasset e Antonio Gramsci), o conceito de geracao tem sido um tema relevante nas ciencias humanas e sociais. Como metafora para a construcao social do tempo, tem sido uma das categorias mais influentes nao so no debate teorico, mas tambem no impacto publico das pesquisas sobre juventude. Mesmo que o uso e abuso do conceito esteja enraizado no contexto europeu no periodo entre a Grande Guerra e a Segunda Guerra Mundial, tem sido relevante nos debates ideologicos e politicos de outras regioes. Este artigo representa uma tentativa de repensar o conceito de geracao a partir de uma perspectiva historica, destacando-se sua relevância para os debates contemporâneos sobre juventude.

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O conceito de geração nas teorias sobre juventude

El presente ensayo es un intento de formular un modelo teorico sobre las transformaciones contemporaneas en la cultura juvenil, que fija su mirada en los cambios en las concepciones del tiempo y en las modalidades del consumo cultural de los jovenes. Puesto que no resulta facil conceptualizar tendencias de cambio en curso, preferimos reflexionar a partir de una serie de metaforas, que pueden servirnos para repensar los perfiles contradictorios de este proceso. Nos basaremos en la metafora del reloj, como simbolo e instrumento para medir el paso del tiempo, pues ilustra distintas estrategias de construccion cultural de las biografias juveniles.

https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/3989394.pdf

Generación @ La juventud en la era digital

Desde Auguste Compte y Karl Mannheim -pero tambien desde Jose Ortega y Gasset y Antonio Gramsci-, el concepto de generacion ha sido un tema relevante en las ciencias sociales y las humanidades. Como metafora de la construccion social del tiempo ha sido una de las categorias mas influyentes, no solo en el debate teorico sino tambien en la esfera publica de la investigacion sobre juventud. Aunque los usos y abusos que ha tenido el concepto estan bien enraizados en el contexto europeo durante el periodo entre las dos guerra mundiales, ha tenido importancia en los debates ideologicos y politicos de otras regiones. Este articulo es un intento de retomar el concepto de generacion desde una perspectiva historica, subrayando su importancia en los debates contemporaneos sobre juventud.

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Carles Feixa

Papers

Global citizenship and the ‘New, New’ social movements: Iberian connections

Generación XX. Teorías sobre la juventud en la era contemporánea

O conceito de geração nas teorias sobre juventude

Generación @ La juventud en la era digital

El concepto de generaciòn en las teorìas sobre la juventud