Monthly Archives: November 2005

WSIS WIRE is an independent news service offering an updated...

WSIS WIRE now online

By sabine, November 12, 2005

WSIS WIRE is an independent news service offering an updated survey of news and blog posts concerning the World Summit on the Information Society. Whether you want to be updated on the latest WSIS news or need some earlier articles for research – WSIS WIRE is a convenient service to find the desired information. http://www.wsis-wire.net/
Digitaal Erfgoed Nederland organiseerde op 9 en 10 november in...

DEN Conferentie 2005: ICT & Cultuur

By sabine, November 11, 2005

Digitaal Erfgoed Nederland organiseerde op 9 en 10 november in samenwerking met Virtueel Platform de conferentie over innovatie en cultureel erfgoed. Het Institute of Network Cultures was aanwezig; een verslag van de conferentie is te vinden op de blog van trendwatcher Frank Janssen.
The Incommunicado post-conference production is now available as a download...

WSIS Incommunicado Quick Links

By sabine, November 9, 2005

The Incommunicado post-conference production is now available as a download (PDF, 17,5 mB). A mirror location is available here. A hard copy of the book (192 pages) and a CD-ROM with 10 hours of interview material are available upon request. Incommunicado Reader Information technology for everybody else Edited by Geert Lovink and Soenke Zehle Publisher: [...]
The UNESCO report ‘Towards Knowledge Societies’, published this month, urges...

Knowledge versus information societies: UNESCO report takes stock of the difference

By sabine, November 8, 2005

The UNESCO report ‘Towards Knowledge Societies’, published this month, urges governments to expand quality education for all, increase community access to information and communication technology, and improve cross-border scientific knowledge-sharing, in an effort to narrow the digital and ‘knowledge’ divides between the North and South and move towards a ‘smart’ form of sustainable human development. [...]
The main objective of the WSIS is to ensure that...

Annan: The U.N. isn’t a threat to the Net

By sabine, November 6, 2005

The main objective of the WSIS is to ensure that poor countries get the full benefits that ICT can bring to economic and social development. But as the meeting draws nearer, there is a growing chorus of misinformation about it, UN secretary general Kofi Annan writes in the Washington Post of November 5. Internet governance [...]

Out There: Exploring Satellite Awareness

By sabine, November 1, 2005

Interview with Lisa Parks By Geert Lovink In her book Cultures in Orbit (2005), media theorist Lisa Parks describes satellite technology as a ‘structuring absence’. Satellites play a key role in today’s global news industry and its “spotlighting of the apparatus” (Elsaesser). However, the key ingredient of the global live connection remains invisible. This is [...]