As in other international scientific gatherings to which we have previously referred, our interdisciplinary approach to information has also been argued within the information-systems arena of Ibersid (October 6-7) and the philosophical forum of SEFA-2010 (October 14-16). As in other occasions we pursued, on the one hand, strengthen our methodology and scientific soundness; on the other hand, disseminate our proposals. Ibersid: International Conference on Information and Documentation SystemsIn Ibersid (15th International Conference on Information and Documentation Systems held in Zaragoza, Spain, October 6-7) BITrum was presented as a virtual research community with a twofold focus: a scientific programme aimed at searching for a better and interdisciplinary understanding of information, and the internationalization of the virtual research community by means of a electronic infrastructure to be developed under international support. The communication, presented by José María Díaz in a session on knowledge organization, corresponds to a paper co-authored with Leticia Barrionuevo (s. paper-preliminary versionre attached; s. presentation). Among the contributors to the conference there were a significant participation of Latin America researchers (around the half of the contributions). Relevant in number and contents, the works presented covered the fields of: information and documentation systems (in general and specialized to education, organisations, and heritage), content analysis, legal challenges, information divide, and information retrieval (s. Programme).
This philosophical forum is regularly convened by the Spanish Society for Analytic Philosophy every 3 years, gathering not only Spanish researchers but a significant number of foreign participants. This sixth edition held in Tenerife, Canary Islands, October 14-16, was co-chaired by our BITrum colleagues: Manuel Liz, Margarita Vázquez, María Ponte and Gemma Robles -among others-, and was attended by over 100 participants, presenting works -mostly in English- with a wide coverage of the philosophical field (s. abstracts of keynote, abstracts of contributions). Besides the presentation of BITrum's interdisciplinary proposal by J.M.Díaz (entitled: "Information, between Babel and Pentecost"), other BITrum members presented works in different topics:
We heartfelt thank to all organisers and the Spanish Society for Analytic Philosophy (which also involves Jesús Ezquerro -who attended the meeting- and José Miguel Sagüillo) for enabling this meeting where, on the one hand, we could present our proposal; on the other hand, a number of BITrum members had the chance to be face to face. |
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