Incommunicado 05

Circling around secrets of Cuba’s Software Industry

By sabine, July 5, 2005

Research Report by Kim van Haaster After doing fieldwork in Santiago de Cuba in 2003, I recently revisited Cuba for a new research project in Havana with an emphasis on ICT for development issues. I studied the current situation on ICT for Development in Cuba, and focused on a new university called la Universidad de [...]

Incommunicado body language

By sabine, June 21, 2005

Remote participation by Mirjam Struppek, Berlin. From top to bottom: Steve Cisler, Soenke Zehle, Monica Narula, Geert Lovink and Jan Nederveen Pieterse.
An open session/discussion about Digital Bandung/New Axes of Info-Capitalism, a...

Workshop D2: Digital Bandung: New Axes of Info-Capitalism

By sabine, June 20, 2005

An open session/discussion about Digital Bandung/New Axes of Info-Capitalism, a topic which has emerged out of the research for the conference, and that the organizers considered interesting to put on the conference agenda to see the level of need for such a conversation and continuation of research. documented by Andreea
Chair: Soenke Zehle (Incommunicado, Germany) Participants: Lisa McLaughlin (University of...

ICT corporations at the UN

By sabine, June 20, 2005

Chair: Soenke Zehle (Incommunicado, Germany) Participants: Lisa McLaughlin (University of Illinois, USA): Cisco Systems, the United Nations, and the Corporatization of Development; Michael Gurstein (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA): Critiquing Apple Pie: What We Can Say and Not Say About the UN These Days; Manuel Acevedo (consultant, Spain): ICT4D partnerships at face value: experiences [...]

E-Waste Session

By sabine, June 20, 2005

how to think about ICT in order to reduce waste and take into consideration environmental impact documented by Andreea
Workshop A3 : Open Source, Open Borders chair: Jo van...

Workshop A3 : Open Source, Open Borders

By sabine, June 19, 2005

Workshop A3 : Open Source, Open Borders chair: Jo van der Spek (radio maker, NL) As an introduction Jo van der Spek, brought up the 14 people (mostly women and children) that drowned recently while trying to cross the Mediterannean in a rubber boat from Morocco to Spain; a regular occurance in that area. Presentations [...]
Florian Schneider : Fadaiat fadaiat = arabic “through spaces” http://www.fadaiat.net...

Workshop A3 : Open Source, Open Borders : Florian Schneider

By sabine, June 19, 2005

Florian Schneider : Fadaiat fadaiat = arabic “through spaces” http://www.fadaiat.net the modern border & nation state –> molecular border/ post-modernized border documented by Andreea
Nnenna Nwakanma : The Story of a Would-be Illegal Immigrant...

Workshop A3 : Open Source, Open Borders : Nnenna Nwakanma

By sabine, June 19, 2005

Nnenna Nwakanma : The Story of a Would-be Illegal Immigrant not just a migration issue, but a market issue Nnenna tells the story of Mamadou, a 30 year old man who moved to Abidjan(Ivory Coast capital),from his native village in burkina fassou. documented by Andreea
Roy Pullens presented his current research work “Migration Management: Export...

Workshop A3 : Open Source, Open Borders : Roy Pullens

By sabine, June 19, 2005

Roy Pullens presented his current research work “Migration Management: Export of the IOM Model for EU Security.” documented by Andreea
After a short introduction from Geert Lovink, Roberto Verzola took...

Plenary Lecture 1 : Introduction and Overview

By sabine, June 19, 2005

After a short introduction from Geert Lovink, Roberto Verzola took the podium where he talked at length about the Emerging Information Economy, its consequences on a global scale and what can be done in order to move forward towards a socially-just, ecologically-friendly society best. >> full report of Roberto Verzola’s talk Heimo Claasen, a researcher [...]