Completely agree, Tim. I'm actually studying development and have been frustrated by the divide b/w what I see as such complementary fields. I'm working to bring OpenCourseWare to Georgetown (tips appreciated!) and hopefully it will focus on the role of open educational resources to help developing countries. I'd love to help out with any projects regarding this dev+FC and imagine the folks at http://freedomforip.org/ would, as well.
Best, Kevin -- Kevin Donovan Georgetown '11: SFS www.blurringborders.com 630.849.8285 On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Elizabeth Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Completely agree that it would be great to branch out, Tim. I think through > OLPC, iCommons, and some other projects we've had a decent amount of contact > with people interested in tech and development, but there's definitely room > for a lot more outreach. One movement that is trying to bridge the gap > between development and free culture is the A2K or access to knowledge > movement, which has mainly been spearheaded out of Yale. There's also an > upcoming A2K conference in Geneva that I'll be attending (one of my first > reactions was that they need to hold events in the developing world as > well). In any case, I'll be working on that project next year with Yale, and > hope to be able to promote cooperation between the development and free > culture communities. > > -E > > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Tim Hwang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> At least speaking from Harvard FC's experience and some of the talking >> I've been doing with other SFC groups, I've been thinking lately that, >> strategically, one really promising thing to pursue much more >> aggressively in the future is to build up partnerships with >> pre-existing communities that are already poised to be part of Free >> Culture without actually being part of it. As a whole, chapters (not >> surprisingly) seem to have created good outreach to the techie world, >> but on a whole we've got less consistent relationships with the world >> outside of that. >> >> I think that the international development community might be great >> space for this kind of teaming up on projects. They're plugged in with >> a massive ecosystem of organizations who are dealing with a bunch of >> intellectual property issues (pharmaceuticals, technology transfer, >> cultural product distribution) where restrictiveness is causing real >> problems. These are natural allies, and I think Free Culture can play >> a big role A) as a connector to the tech world and B) in helping these >> groups join up with Free Culture more generally. >> >> In any case, been scheming up some stuff for HFC in the fall. I know >> we already have some existing connects with Gavin and the UAEM >> (http://www.essentialmedicine.org/) folks -- but wanted to see on the >> list if any of the the chapters had any protips/experiences to impart >> or had ideas on FC-friendly orgs worth getting in touch with/teaming >> up with. Alternatively, if you want to join up with us on projects in >> this vein next year -- let me know! >> >> Best, >> Tim >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >
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