net critique blog by Geert Lovink
By sabine, June 16, 2005
(APC, South Africa) Final Statement
(One World, Kenya): Mobile technology – A tool for Development?
(University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Internet in the Slums. Discussion with Geert and Tracey.
(African Civil Society for the Information Society, Nigeria): The mirage of South – South cooperation in ICT4D
By sabine, June 15, 2005
(Sarai New Media Initiative, India) Forgetting Development: Cybermohalla Practices and Information Networks.
Welcome by Tracey Naughton who is the chair of this opening session. She is announced as a WSIS media critic and presents herself as a free lance development worker which specializes in communication from development. Partha Pratim Sarker unfortunately could not be here tonight.
Moving WEE up the Ladder of Lansink: innovative approaches to waste prevention through software, hardware, and financial interventions. Overview of the INCOMMUNICADO Session The INCOMMUNICADO session is the first of three “discussion meetings” with interested stakeholders and those with experience in thinking about and working on these kinds of issues. The more general discussion meeting [...]
By sabine, June 14, 2005
BERICHT Drie maal nieuw: Eerste afstudeerders Media Lab Amsterdam Amsterdam, 14 juni 2005 Vrijdag 17 juni vanaf 14.00 uur presenteren studenten van het Media Lab Amsterdam de eerste resultaten van een jaar werken in het Media Lab Amsterdam. Dat is in drie opzichten nieuw: er ligt een uniek onderwijskundig concept aan ten grondslag, het zijn [...]
By sabine, June 10, 2005
June 15: Opening Night June 16-17: Working Conference De Balie, Amsterdam Organized by the Institute of Network Cultures, in collaboration with: Waag Society and Sarai. Supported by: Hivos, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and IICD. Information and registration: www.incommunicado.info/conference Wiki: https://www.networkcultures.org/wiki/
By sabine, June 1, 2005
by Roy Pullens The freedom of movement is a contested common right. Understood as a form of grassroots globalisation, migration is contained, managed and restricted by a top-down process of trans-nationalization. And with an increase in mobility and migration, irregular migration is being perceived as a threat to the world-order and to the integrity of [...]
