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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 the modern border & nation state –> molecular border/ post-modernized border documented by Andreea
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 of the IOM Model for EU Security.” documented by Andreea
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 [...]
The role new media plays in contemporary culture and globally. ICT contemporary culture as its being built currently. documented by Andreea
Nuts and Bolts of Internet Governance Chair: Reinder Rustema (Internet Society, NL) With contributions by: Enrique Chapparo (Fundacion Via Libre, Argentina); Danny Butt (Independent Consultant, Researcher, New Zealand) – Cultures of Internet Governance : From global coordination to trans-cultural dialogue.
A very straightforward talk by Roberto Verzola dealing with the emergign economy of information, explaining various terms, and tracing the paths each takes within a local and global context as well as offering new areas that need further thought and research. documented by Andreea
Chair: Paul Keller With contributions by: Dorkas Muthoni (Linux Chicks Africa, Kenya) – Chix Presence: A strategic partner in increasing the efficiency of FOSS for the benefit of society; Felipe Fonseca (MetaReciclagem, Brazil) – Metareciclagem: technology re-appropriation and collective innovations; Ednah Karamagi (Brosdi, Uganda); Bill Kagai (FOSSFA, Kenya); Nnenna Nwakanma (Africa Civil Society for the [...]
By sabine, June 18, 2005
Human Rights have been at the heart of many agendas for social change and transformation. Today we’re seeing the rights frame expanding into the field of cultural rights on one hand, and Info-rights on the other. Because of issues regarding access, accountability and control, ICT is now treated as a political entity by civil society. [...]
