In 1964, Marshall McLuhan wrote:
Today, after more than a century of electric technology, we have
extended our central nervous system itself in a global embrace,
abolishing both space and time as far as our planet is concerned.
At WWW2003, we invite you to participate in the Global Community
Track, where we will explore how the World-Wide Web has made McLuhan's
statement part of everyday experience for millions of people, and what
it will take to make it true for everyone. We will also be exploring
the effect of the Web on members of the Global Community -- both those
who currently have access and those who don't. We plan to provide an
interesting and informative experience for those who are concerned
with the use of the Web to develop and support global development to
improve the lives of all people, around the world.
The Track will attempt to engage those who have a contribution which
is of interest and will benefit others, whether presenters or active
members of the audience. Some presenters will have submitted papers to
be refereed in the usual way; we will also be specifically inviting a
few people to contribute in this Track, and we expect many to come and
lend their support and meet others with similar interests.
The range of topics is broad, but always the central focus will be
helping people everywhere reach their full potential as members of
a
Global Community, using the web. Necessarily, this topic also
focuses
on developing the web in order to maximize its potential to contribute
to this process. Of particular interest will be presentations that
contribute to increasing participation in and the value of the online
world for all people. Presentations that focus on sustaining
particular cultures and their contribution to the Global Community
will be welcomed. In addition, the Global Community Track Program
Committee will invite distinguished members of the research and
cultural community to make or respond to presentations, seminar
style.
Topics of particular interest include the needs of:
* artists, musicians and crafts people
* indigenous cultural communities
* disability communities
* global/local societies
* freedom and privacy in a Global Community
* describing, sharing access to, and discovering resources and services,
locally and globally
* cultural communities and practices - arts, crafts, literature, dance,
music, philosophy, and more
* creative, expository and scholarly publishing
* multi-culturalism and multi-linguality
* government and legal frameworks and policies
The website for the conference is at
http://www.www2003.org/
Liddy Neville
Program Committee Chair
Director, Drexel Digital Museum Project
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