Open Educational Resources

A la defensa del disenso

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial) 1 H5P Activities Spanish

Author(s): Glencora Borradaile

Subject(s): Seguridad informática, Activismo político

Institution(s): Oregon State University

Publisher: Oregon State University

Last updated: 08/06/2022

A la defensa del disenso es una introducción a la criptografía que atiende los efectos sociales de la vigilancia, así como el potencial de protección que brinda el cifrado, con un enfoque en los movimientos sociales nacidos en Estados Unidos. Cada capítulo termina con una historia que aporta un contexto social al material: desde la vigilancia contra protestas contemporáneas en Estados Unidos, hasta la forma en que el Congreso Nacional Africano usó cifrado parcialmente manual para luchar contra el Apartheid en la Sudáfrica de los años 80 del siglo pasado.

Puedes leer este libro en forma lineal o puedes elegir los temas sobre los cuales te gustaría aprender. Al inicio de cada capítulo se menciona lo que deberías leer primero (como antecedente) y al final, lo que podría ser de tu interés a continuación.

Traducido por Lauren Robbins

Also available in English

Tablero de datos

Defend Dissent

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial) 1 H5P Activities English

Author(s): Glencora Borradaile

Subject(s): Computer security, Political activism / Political engagement

Institution(s): Oregon State University

Publisher: Oregon State University

Last updated: 31/05/2022

Defend Dissent is an introduction to cryptography paired with the social impacts of surveillance and the protective potential of encryption, with a focus on US social movements. Each chapter ends with a story that brings social context to the material—from surveillance used against contemporary US protests to the African National Congress’s use of partially manual encryption in fighting apartheid in South Africa in the 80s.

This book can be read linearly, or you can pick and choose what you would like to learn about. Each chapter is prefaced with what you should read first (for background) and concludes with what you might want to read next.

También disponible en Español

Data dashboard

Foundations of Epidemiology

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial) English

Author(s): Marit L. Bovbjerg

Subject(s): Epidemiology and Medical statistics

Publisher: Oregon State University

Last updated: 15/12/2021

Foundations of Epidemiology is an open access, introductory epidemiology text intended for students and practitioners in public or allied health fields. It covers epidemiologic thinking, causality, incidence and prevalence, public health surveillance, epidemiologic study designs and why we care about which one is used, measures of association, random error and bias, confounding and effect modification, and screening.

Concepts are illustrated with numerous examples drawn from contemporary and historical public health issues.

Data dashboard

Getting Organized

CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) English

Subject(s): Law: wills, probate, succession, inheritance

Publisher: Oregon State University

Last updated: 12/11/2021

The purpose of this guide is to provide foundational education for farm and ranch families on how to create a basic business succession and estate plan. In working with farm families, we have identified four fundamental goals for the farm succession planning process: (1) preserving family relationships, (2) strengthening the farm business, (3) protecting the owners and operators from business disruptions, and (4) minimizing the complexity and expense of succession and estate plans. With some basic knowledge, you will be educated consumers of legal and financial services, which may save you time and money as you consult with the attorneys, accountants, and other professionals who are key to creating a successful plan. This guide also gives you a starting point as you consider your alternatives and begin family discussions about the roles that each family member or nonfamily member may play in the future of the farm as a business.

Data dashboard

Introduction summary video

Chapter 1 summary video

Chapter 2 summary video

Chapter 3 summary video

Chapter 4 summary video

Chapter 5 summary video

Chapter 6 summary video

The Environmental Politics and Policy of Western Public Lands

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial) English

Subject(s): Environmental policy and protocols

Publisher: Oregon State University

Last updated: 12/11/2021

In this volume, Erika Allen Wolters and Brent Steel have brought together the experts who can explain the evolution of public lands policies and politics in all their complexities. While their subject is complex, their prose is clear, and while their subject is torn by some of the most viciously self-interested, deceitful arguments in politics today, their prose is calm, factual, and evenhanded. No one should underestimate what a rare and valuable gift this is.

Data dashboard

Strategic Marketing in the Global Forest Industries

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial) English

Author(s): Eric Hansen & Heikki Juslin

Subject(s): Forestry industry

Publisher: Oregon State University

Last updated: 12/11/2021

The forest industry is increasingly global and every marketer of forest products should have a global perspective. As a natural resource-based industry, the forest industry has an especially high profile role in environmental protection and is increasingly involved in climate change mitigation and management. Global forests are not only important because they provide a source of industrial raw material, but also because of the various other human needs they satisfy. A forest products marketer should have a basic understanding of the role that global forests play in society.

Data dashboard

State and Local Government and Politics: Prospects for Sustainability

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) English

Author(s): Christopher A. Simon, Brent S. Steel, Nicholas P. Lovrich

Subject(s): Regional, state and other local government

Publisher: Oregon State University

Last updated: 12/11/2021

This book is a collective effort to understand and apply current conceptualizations of sustainability to a study of state and local government. It is an attempt to focus our attention on a basic understanding of the time-tested institutions and guiding principles likely to take society and governance towards greater advancement. Our work is, however, tempered by a developing understanding of smart growth — growth in productive capacity, quality of life and social justice that does not necessitate large-scale destructive or extractive activity. The growth sought produces widespread mutual benefit, is prudent in design and thoughtful in execution. The growth in question here is mindful of the past, yet builds better lives and futures for our posterity.

Data dashboard

Permaculture Design: Tools for Climate Resilience

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial) English

Subject(s): Sustainable agriculture

Publisher: Oregon State University

Last updated: 12/11/2021

This book is predominantly about climate, and the macro influences of climate and climate change on design. As we get through the topics of climate analogues and climate change forecasting, we will end up moving down this list to see the climate’s influence on specific design choices.

Data dashboard

Nuclear Security: Countering the Threat From States and Non-State Actors

CC BY (Attribution) English

Subject(s): Security, safety and protection skills / professions

Publisher: Oregon State University

Last updated: 10/11/2021

The danger posed by nuclear weapons and fissile materials is ever present. The end of the Cold War and the significant reduction in the size of Russian and U.S. nuclear stockpiles did not change this fact of life. There are now nine states that possess nuclear weapons – the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, Israel, India, Pakistan, and North Korea – and the number of nuclear weapons in the world in 2019 is estimated to be almost 14,000. In addition, the production of highly-enriched uranium and plutonium continues in several places, while more than 440 civilian nuclear facilities around the world are in operation, posing their own particular risks. When one also considers that non-state actors constitute a significant global danger and the potential for nuclear terrorism, it is clear the need for nuclear security remains paramount. There is no other type of weapon that comes close to doing the level of damage that nuclear weapons can inflict.

Data dashboard

Monitoring Animal Populations and their Habitats: A Practitioner's Guide

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) English (United States)

Subject(s): Ethology and animal behaviour

Publisher: Oregon State University

Last updated: 09/11/2021

In the face of so many unprecedented changes occurring in our lives, our ecosystems and our globe, society is more often expecting scientists to provide information that can help guide communities toward a more sustainable future. This book is our attempt to provide a framework that managers of natural resources can use to design monitoring programs that will benefit future generations by providing the information needed to make informed decisions. In addition we offer tools and approaches that engage individuals in our society in monitoring programs. We firmly believe that people and communities who are empowered in the design and implementation of monitoring programs are more likely to use the information that results from the program, and support it over time.

Data dashboard

Catalog

OERU, Oregon State University