> Reinvent the word, not the concept, because the word "telecenter" does not convey meaning > to anyone who doesn't already know what it means. Whereas "community computing center" > does convey meaning even if you never heard the phrase before.
IMO a Telecentre is best defined by the societal context in which it exists - Telecentre's in affluent society's tend to the model of an Internet Café - in less affluent places, as centres of civic interest and engagement, a communications centre, somewhere to meet, to train, to plan for business opportunity. A library and perhaps even a medical centre. In the later context computers may be less important than other of the services provided by a Telecentre. Don _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
