Hi Rich, This is in fact an interesting article to begin the year with, to think about the links between communication technologies and access to knowledge for the socially disadvantaged.
The Mumbay letter writer mentioned nearly went out of business because his main business was with writing private letters. But what about writing an efficient letter to your employer, to an administration ? Here in France, the public scribe, l'écrivain public, still exists and is now taught as a trade at the university of Paris III. There is even an entry in Wikipedia about it. I guess in a society such as the French where tacit social knowledge is quite crucial the public scribe will survive when it comes to access information for the less empowered. In the Yellow pages for the Paris region today you find 120 entries for "écrivain public". In Germany where tacit knowledge seems to me less important I had never heard that letter writing could be a trade to a earn living. Cordialement Frank Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, > > Here is an interesting article on one social consequence of the mobile > phone in India, the loss of “letter writers.” > > Rich L. > > _http://www.livemint.com/2007/12/24005852/A-letter-writer-signs-off-on-I.html_ > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mobile-society" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mobile-society?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
