Dear Sam, Don, Steve, Peter, Douglas and others,
Several points in your contributions resounded with my experience.
The vision of ICTs for Development is, by its very nature, "top down
priorities driven" - because its genesis is in rich, developed countries
and anything we do in the South, is an
Hello Douglas and all,
May I add a brief cautionary note to your post in relation to your
comment: "In conclusion: Getting people connected and in touch with each
other is all important".
This is a true enough statement when referring to the family unit or a
social framework within which an indi
Greetings to all,
The suggestions on the Open Knowledge Network are most welcome and
useful. More importantly, they are doable.
There is an issue that appears to need some more attention. That is
access. Good proposals for input can be attenuated in their performance
and expectations by limited
Dear GKD Members,
Speaking personally, I've found the comments on the list about the
proposed Open Knowledge Network a helpful contribution to the ongoing
debate about the best approach to supporting local content. The idea is
for this process to continue for at least another year to include as
m
Dear GKD Members,
I must say I benefited a lot reading all your comments on the proposed
Open Knowledge Network (OKN) Project which is one of the outcomes of the
G8 Dotforce Working Groups. As someone who follows most of the ongoing
ICT-related research, I must first of all congratulate the G8 Wo
In response to Peter Armstrong's call for feedback and in response to
the critique from Warren Feek (in quotes)
"1. Local content creation: I am not sure you need to incentivise this -
support it and commincate it, yes, but not incentivise. "
Why not incentivise local content creation? Just bec
It is good to hear the calm and measured voice of Sam Lanfranco once
more.
(I note that I use the metaphor of "voice" after reading Sam, although I
have never "heard" him: I "read" him.)
After a thoughtful deconstruction of other positions which he suggests
are myth and mystique unsupported by e
Dear GKD Participants,
I have just read the posting by Sam Lanfranco only minutes after sending
a post to another list about "accountability" in development, and
bemoaning the fact that we have failed terribly to use modern computer
and communications power to bring accountability to developmen
On this thread... perhaps others like myself (who are not citizens of a
G8 country) might be interested in the parallel initiative to G8 'Dot
Force' currently being undertaken by the UN - officially launched in
November 2001, the UN have established an ICT Task Force whose main role
is to advise t
As one of the early players in the ICT for Development efforts of the
1980's and 1990's, for several years I have deliberately gone quiet in
these global discussion forums. The time has gone into some rewarding
ICT and Development work and into considerable intellectual soul
searching, trying to
A live example of what faciliating open content can do to promoting rural
community development has been pioneered by the Swaminathan Reaserch
Foundation and One World in Pondicherry, India. The project has community
ownership and leadership at its core and provides a strong evidence of the
avai
Peter - thanks for sharing the Open Knowledge Network proposal. You
asked for feedback through this forum. Here are some personal
observations - they do not and are not intended to represent the views
of The Communication Initiative partners.
Any initiative to strengthen the use of the new techno
Dear GKD Members,
One of the proposals to come out of the Dotforce process is focused on
facilitating the exchange of local content on developmental themes. The
idea is to link up existing initiatives in the South in a p2p network,
using agreed standards for metadata and 'open content' IPR licens
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