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Table of Contents "African Information Ethics" International Review of Information Ethics (IRIE) Vol. 7 (2007) __________________________________________________ The 7th volume of IRIE (07/2007) is dedicated entirely to the publication of the proceedings of the first African Information Ethics Conference (www.africainfoethics.org) that was held in February, 5-7, 2007 in Pretoria, South Africa. The journal is available free of charge at: http://www.i-r-i-e.net Under the heading 'the joy of sharing knowledge' and the patronage of UNESCO it brought together some 80 policy makers and academic minds from Africa and around the world to discuss the impact of the use of modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on the African continent and formulate a specifically African perspective on the challenges involved - locally and globally. The contributions to the conference published in this issue can be divided into 3 categories: - African Information Ethics in the context of the global Information Society (articles 1 - 15) - Information Ethics issues in Africa (articles 16 - 31) - Action Items for the road ahead (articles 32 - 40) African Information Ethics (1-15) Capurro, Rafael: Information Ethics for and from Africa Britz, Johannes: The joy of sharing knowledge... Wafula-Kwake, A.K./Dennis. N. Ocholla: The feasibility of ICT diffusion... Mesbahi, Mohamed: The Third World and the paradox of the digital revolution Udeani, Chibueze C.: Cultural Diversity and Globalisation... Moahi, Kgomotso H.: Globalization, Knowledge Economy... Himma, Kenneth Einar: The Information Gap... Hongladarom, Soraj: Information Divide, Information Flow... Wimmer, Franz Martin: Cultural Centrisms... Boekhorst, Albert K.: Towards an Information Democracy... Ess, Charles: Cybernetic Pluralism... Bennani, Azelarabe Lahkim: The public spheres metamorphosis... Nagenborg, Michael: Artificial moral agents... Frohmann, Bernd: Assembling an African Information Ethics Fleissner, Peter: On the Ambivalence of Information... Information Ethics Issues (16-31) Ngulube, Patrick: The Nature and Accessibility of E-Government... Carbo, Toni: Information Rights... du Plessis, Jacques C.: The Spirit of Open Access to Information... Gathegi, John N.: Intellectual Property... Lor, Peter Johan: International advocacy for information ethics... Löwstedt, Anthony: Rights versus Diversity? Mabe, Jacob Emmanuel: Security Thought in Africa Ponelis, Shana R.: Implications of social justice... Sturges, Paul: What is this absence called transparency? Woodbury, Marsha: Information Integrity in Africa Ocholla, Dennis: Marginalized Knowledge Gopal, T. V.: Ethics in Deploying Data to make Wise Decisions Braman, Sandra: The Ourobouros of Intellectual Property Abdeljelil, Jameleddine Ben: The Discourse of Identity in the Maghreb... Caftori, Netiva: African Women and the Internet Albright, Kendra: AIDS and Culture: The Case for an African Information Identity Action Items (32-40) Lötter, H. P. P: Are ICTs Prerequisites for the Eradication of Poverty? Kigongo-Bukenya, Isaac: Towards Professionalism and Commitment in Africa... Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire: E-governance in Eastern and Southern Africa... Johnstone, Justine: Towards a creativity research agenda... Kaddu, Sarah B.: Information Ethics: a students perspective Bradshaw, Britz, Bothma, Bester: Using Information Technology to Create Global Classrooms Pellegrini, Tassilo: Co-Production on the Web Msuya, Jangawe: Challenges and opportunities ... Weil, Felix: Can you buy an African Dream? Journal Website: http://www.i-r-i-e.net __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
