Thanks to Christopher Miller for an illuminating discussion of the link between technology and culture.
He asks: <<My question is then to the DDN - what do those in Iraq want to know about?>> Might "those in Iraq" be too broad a category? Might we want to distinguish between what the Amish and the Mennonites want to hear, the Sunnis and the Shiites want to hear? And perhaps we need to consider the related question, "With whom do the factions in Iraq want to talk?" Certainly there are those who do not want messages from Americans. A jump. Here is a piece of a message from another list: on technology's role in increasing violence against women. <<In more ways than one, ICTs do help to harm women By itself, the Internet itself isn't creating new forms of crimes against women and children. But, it is sure creating new ways and means for these crimes to be perpetrated. Beyond the hype, today's new communication technologies -- particularly the Internet -- have severe impacts for women. Women's movements are now having to deal with the issue of cyber-stalking, pornography on the Internet, SMS harassment, and 'teledildonics'. So, can the intersection point between ICTs and violence against women be redefined, or at least better understood?>> Many of us fall easily into the evangelical mode when we think and talk of the benefits of the new communication technologies. It is important that we be reminded of time to time that even the most powerful remedies have side effects, and are not universally effective. Steve Eskow [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
