While it is important for people to understand how to take advantage of the available technologies it is also important to step back and understand what is behind the capabilities. Perhaps the most powerful idea is the complete decoupling of how we exchange packets of bits from their meaning and purpose.
GPS is good example and one I use in my talks. It has become a valuable resource, or infrastructure. But it is only by the accident of history and our ability to use software to use it in unanticipated ways. This is why I talk about creating generative opportunity and not just “the Internet™”.
In terms of a workshop it is important to separate learning what we can do with the technology from how to create more opportunity and infrastructure. Both are vital but it is allowing independent innovate that has enabled us to do so more than what we could’ve imagined.
From: dc3-bounces@listas.altermundi.net [mailto:dc3-bounces@listas.altermundi.net] On Behalf Of Jane Coffin
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Cc: ermanno@gmail.com; Butler, Jane <jane.butler@ucl.ac.uk>; Steve Song <stevesong@nsrc.org>; Marco Zennaro <mzennaro@ictp.it>
Subject: Re: [DC3] IGF workshop proposal accepted!!!!
Hi All –
Some more links for the team from colleagues in Canada.
This data comes from Marita Moll who was very involved with some of this work.
--The site for the community networking alliance in Canada is at tc.ca.
-- Here is a link to a great story book of projects -- about 5 years old now. Led under previous Canadian leadership and called "Community Access Program (CAP)". Not clear all the links are up.
http://tc.ca/cap/The%20Road%20We%20Travelled%20-%20story%20book.pdf
-- As part of a University of Toronto research project, Marita co-edited a book of research and case studies on community networking in Canada called "Connecting Canadians; Investigations in Community Informatics."
http://www.aupress.ca/index.php/books/120193
Best,
Jane
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From: <dc3-bounces@listas.altermundi.net> on behalf of Carlos Rey-Moreno <carlos.reymoreno@gmail.com>
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Date: Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 10:37 AM
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Cc: "ermanno@gmail.com" <ermanno@gmail.com>, Steve Song <stevesong@nsrc.org>, Marco Zennaro <mzennaro@ictp.it>
Subject: Re: [DC3] IGF workshop proposal accepted!!!!
Hi Jane et al,
I think your idea is great. I had the chance to participate in a similar event organized by Steve and Peter in 2014 around ACMDev and GAIA in Berkeley (http://decentralizethis.org/Go_Local!_Workshop) and the energy and knowledge I gathered at that event is still with me. If I can choose I would prefer the event to be before IGF.
By the way, these are the videos from CNs in Africa that I know about, maybe you can add them to your list:
- The BBC dedicated one of their Click Programs to one of the most important Community Netowrks in Africa: Macha Works, in Macha, Zambia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei4Inh3W03M
- Video about Tunapandanet, a mesh network in Kibera, Kenya: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKcdLC48fzo
- We have also created a documentary about Zenzeleni Networks, the CN I'm personally involved in, located in Mankosi, South Africa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxTPSWMX26M
All the best,
calros
On 2 August 2016 at 19:00, Nicolás Echániz <nicoechaniz@altermundi.net> wrote:
On 07/29/2016 11:37 AM, Jane Coffin wrote:
> Given the amazing energy around this great workshop, and that so many
> people may be in one place.
>
>
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> I wondered – should we take advantage of all of the great people coming
> to Guadalajara and hold a day-long Community Networking event?
Hi all,
I believe it is a good idea to have day-long roundtable meetings
(similar to what we had in Bogotá a few months ago). But I would propose
that we consider a more detailed agenda that considers what we have been
doing and the plans that are already in place so we can focus on moving
forward.
During the Bogotá meeting we proposed to use the Wiki to keep track of
projects and initiatives and I did this only partially:
http://dc3.libre.social
BTW, Ernmanno and Marco, you are more than welcome to join the DC3
mailing list!
https://listas.altermundi.net/mailman/listinfo/dc3
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