[DDN] best blog in tennessee - paul chenoweth

[Phil Shapiro]

hi DDN community -

   DDN member paul chenoweth came in for some honors recently. a web
developer and graduate education student, paul's blog, Chasing the
Dragon's Tale, was chosen as one of the best blogs in tennessee. 
that's quite some accomplishmeng.  blogging is to tennessee as
country music is to nashville. it's where the finest form of the
art can be found.

 http://tennesseebloggers.com/all_blogs.html

   http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/chenowethp

   paul has been covering the blognashville event on his blog.
i almost felt i was there reading his coverage of the
event.

 - phil

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RE: [DDN] Digital Divide, Telecentres and Iraq

[Dr. Steve Eskow]

Taran, perhaps we've taken this conversation about as far as it can go.

My conclusion is this: the question of whether a telecenter, or 1000
telecenters, will improve a situation is always the same, and that answer
is:

It depends.

It depends on the cultural forces dividing and connecting the "community."

In some cases, a telecenter will strengthen the possibilities of
development, of amity, of hope,

In other cases a telecenter will multiply the opportunities for generating
hate and violence.

It depends.

Steve Eskow

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Dr. Steve Eskow wrote:

>Taran Ramersad writes:
>
>>
>
>Those who are resorting to violence in Iraq and Israel--and the US--have
>been heard, and clearly.
>
>
Have they? By no means do I defend anyone who undertakes a road of
violence (pick a side if you wish), but has there been sincere
discussion? Or instead have there been opposing monologues?

Indeed, the only people who can say that they have been heard and
understood are the senders with the appropriate feedback.

For communication to happen, there has to be a sender and a receiver. To
assure that communication is effective, there has to be feedback. This
applies to everything in the world - from ICT to human interaction
(which are what we would like to see merged more).

>Perhaps it is more accurate to say that when people resort to violence it
is
>because they are not satisfied with being heard: they want to prevail.
>
>
Perhaps they wish their message to prevail. If someone sees themselves
as sincerely right, they will continue trying to communicate their
message in any way possible - or they give up. Now we could delve into
discussion which transcends the Digital Divide here, and I'll try to
avoid that.

Dragging this back on track (kicking and screaming, I might add) -
telecentres in Iraq would be and should be basically alot like anywhere
else in the world. As Andy pointed out, they would be places where
people not only communicated over long distances, but also gather
socially. It's a modern bonfire, per se, where people congregate and
share not only information that is abstract - they share information
that is real to themselves, and real to their own community.

In the context of Iraq, or even the larger scope of the Middle East -
individuals (call them what you will) blow themselves up to kill many
people. This supports the idea that they wish the message to prevail -
for they certainly do not. But a good telecenter - one which allows
people to congregate - becomes a target. So then, they may gain military
security from the Iraqi security forces, or some other country's
military... and then it becomes more of a target for people who wish to
send a message. And the best place to have meetings is in crowded places
- secret or otherwise. So, it stands to reason that the military and
security forces get nervous when people congregate - not only because
they do not know who their enemy is, but also because they end up
personally becoming targets. The phrase used to describe such
congregations is 'a target rich environment'.

In comparison, I presently live a very surreal life. I updated my
personal website to Drupal 4.6.0 on the 10th floor gallery in a hotel in
Panama City, Panama, using wireless access this morning at 2 a.m. while
people returned from where normal people come back from on Friday
nights. They came to the 10th floor for fresh air, and perhaps a spirit
of romance, only to find some geek sitting there working on a computer
near a wireless antenna, a romance terrorist... or perhaps an excuse to
go to a hotel room, I'll never know. But if I had to worry about one of
these people coming to the roof with a bomb strapped to their chest, I
probably wouldn't have been where I was. And that's Iraq's specific
problem, I think, when it comes to telecenters.

The real travesty of present day Iraq is that being around other people
could be seen as dangerous. And the Iraqi people, who have suffered for
generations, are having some of the best technology installed as they
rebuild their country (or perhaps Halliburton does. I don't keep track),
but they still have people wandering around and blowing things up.

Before technology can be effective, the basic human need of safety is
needed. These are historically food, shelter, water and clothing. In
this millenium, that also means having a sense that one will not be
harmed or killed, or not caring whether one is harmed or killed. While
we can bat around phrases such as 'prevail' or 'feedback', the bottom
line really is that if people can't communicate properly with existing
technology in a manner which is non-violent, how do we expect technology
to improve the quality of 

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[J Cravens]

Nothing About Us Without Us: Developing Innovative Technologies
For, By and With Disabled Persons
This book is intended to help disabled persons in problem-solving and
is described as an "idea book" rather than a publication that offers
instructions concerning disabilities. It seeks to present a collaborative
process of discovery by depicting partnerships between disabled persons
and service providers or technicians. One of the book's goals is to
demonstrate how effective such partnerships can be compared to assistive
equipment which is prescribed or designed...
http://www.comminit.com/materials/ma2005/materials-2192.html
(sorry, I have no other information about this publication)
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RE: [DDN] Digital Divide, Telecentres and Iraq

[Dr. Steve Eskow]

Taran Ramersad writes:

<>

Those who are resorting to violence in Iraq and Israel--and the US--have
been heard, and clearly.

Perhaps it is more accurate to say that when people resort to violence it is
because they are not satisfied with being heard: they want to prevail.

If this is so, we might conclude that the success of telecenters requires at
least a minimum commitment to the conversations that characterize democracy:
where all sides of critical issues can speak and be heard without fear.

If the prevailing culture is one of fear, where a regular response to
disagreement is violence, then telecenters can become part of the problem,
part of that culture of violence.

If that is so, then we as practitioners won't automatically assume that 1000
telecenters in any culture anywhere will produce positive results. Our
obligations becomes to consider the ecology of the culture, the existing
divides, and existing commitment to democratic dialog, before we prescribe
telecenters.

The medical analogy is useful, I think. Diagnosis precedes prescription. And
not all patients thrive on the medicine.

The telecenter that enriches one community that lead to a deepening of
discord and violence in the next one.

Steve Eskow

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[DDN] IC ed job in Afghanistan

[J Cravens]

(please do NOT write me for more information, and do NOT send your 
resume to me; I have absolutely no affiliation with this job or 
organization)

JOB: Global Connections and Exchange Program Director
for Relief International (RI)
Location country: Afghanistan
Relief International-Schools Online seeks an experienced Program 
Director (PD) in the ICT education/learning sector of the 
international development field to oversee the management and 
implementation of the Global Connections and Exchange Program for 
Afghanistan. The Program Director leads and develops all aspects of 
this program in Afghanistan and assists in development of new program 
opportunities in collaboration with colleagues and consultants from 
HQ. Based out of Kabul, the PD is the lead position in the program 
management with responsibilities including daily operations, liaison 
with Afghani, and US government officials in the region, reporting, 
recruitment, and public relations as well as program development 
including research, proposal writing and institutional linkages. The 
PD travels within Afghanistan as the program requires. The PD serves 
as the vital link to RI-SOL's HQ and is the coordination link between 
local implementing partner organizations, and in-country donors.

Note that the person who fills this role must be a US citizen.
Complete details here:
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-6C228L?OpenDocument
Tons more vacancies in developing countries (many of them with an IT focus)
http://www.reliefweb.int
click on "vacancies"
(please do NOT write me for more information, and do NOT send your 
resume to me; I have absolutely no affiliation with this job or 
organization)

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Bonn, Germany
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www.coyotecommunications.com
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www.coyotecommunications.com/tech4impact.html
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RE: [DDN] Digital Divide

[John Hibbs]

At 8:27 AM -0700 5/6/05, Dr. Steve  Eskow wrote:
And it is not clear--to me, at least--that if we had a thousand telecenters
in Iraq that the other divides would shrink.
If there were a thousand more medical clinics than exist now, would 
it be certain that the "other divides" would "shrink"?

If there were a thousand more homes that had reliable electricity, 
would it be certain that the "other divides" would "shrink"?

What are the kinds of things likely to "shrin" a civil war?
Well, in some cases - like the American Civil War - it is a clear cut 
military victory by one side over the other.

But, in many, many other cases -- such as in Timor, Vietnam, 
Palestine, Nicaragua, Afghanistan, the Balkans, and now Iraq, -  a 
"good end" will only come when there is good governance, good 
education, good health care, good infrastructure.

Telecenters are an aid to all of those.
Yet, can we say that 1,000 of them - or 10,000? - would **guarantee** 
"shrinkage" of the bad guys? Of course not.

What we can say is that owners, operators and customers inside 
telecenters are more likely to want to have a 21st century skill sets 
and a modern life style than those who are fighting for a return to 
4th century barbarism.

What we can also say is that glib responses which infer that unless X 
action can "guarantee" Y result, that X should NOT be taken.

Baloney.
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RE: [DDN] Digital Divide, Telecentres and Iraq

[John Hibbs]

At 10:12 AM -0700 5/7/05, Dr. Steve  Eskow wrote:
Like you, Andy, I am a believer. What I want to keep in mind is John
Gardner's discussion of two kinds of people who create problems for a cause:
"unloving critics" and "uncritical lovers."I want to be a "loving critic."
That's fine. I guess.
What I picked up on Castell's snippet was a tired argument that we 
should be watchful that (printing presses) (machine guns) (atom bomb) 
(stem cell research) might "fall in the wrong hands".

My cousin just returned from a trek in the far outback of Nepal and 
Mongolia. Yet even in the most remote places she managed to find a 
cybercafe to email us updates of her travels. Sure -- Osama & Company 
can also use those same cafes.
Does that mean we should outlaw the cafe's? Does that mean we should 
be a critic of them?

"Freedom" cuts both ways. We can have Taliban "freedom" where a very 
few decide what the rest can have; or we can have Russian or (Middle 
Eastern) style "freedom" where only the very rich can decide how the 
rest should live; or we can have "freedom" as seen in the "modern" 
world - Western Europe, Canada, the United States, most of East Asia. 
Or something in between - India, China, South Africa, Pakistan, 
Nigeria, Mexico, etc. etc. etc.

The question I would like to ask SteveE is this one: Which of those 
societies are the ones most likely to want to increase the numbers of 
telecenters? And which ones would just as soon they disappear 
entirely? And which side of that fence are you, the "unloving critic" 
on?

Please give me some  reason why there shouldn't be more (rather than 
less) telecenters --other than the one that the bad guys could use 
them too.
--
John W. Hibbs
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Re: [DDN] Digital Divide, Telecentres and Iraq

[Taran Rampersad]

Dr. Steve Eskow wrote:

>Taran Ramersad writes:
>
>>
>
>Those who are resorting to violence in Iraq and Israel--and the US--have
>been heard, and clearly.
>  
>
Have they? By no means do I defend anyone who undertakes a road of
violence (pick a side if you wish), but has there been sincere
discussion? Or instead have there been opposing monologues?

Indeed, the only people who can say that they have been heard and
understood are the senders with the appropriate feedback.

For communication to happen, there has to be a sender and a receiver. To
assure that communication is effective, there has to be feedback. This
applies to everything in the world - from ICT to human interaction
(which are what we would like to see merged more).

>Perhaps it is more accurate to say that when people resort to violence it is
>because they are not satisfied with being heard: they want to prevail.
>  
>
Perhaps they wish their message to prevail. If someone sees themselves
as sincerely right, they will continue trying to communicate their
message in any way possible - or they give up. Now we could delve into
discussion which transcends the Digital Divide here, and I'll try to
avoid that.

Dragging this back on track (kicking and screaming, I might add) -
telecentres in Iraq would be and should be basically alot like anywhere
else in the world. As Andy pointed out, they would be places where
people not only communicated over long distances, but also gather
socially. It's a modern bonfire, per se, where people congregate and
share not only information that is abstract - they share information
that is real to themselves, and real to their own community.

In the context of Iraq, or even the larger scope of the Middle East -
individuals (call them what you will) blow themselves up to kill many
people. This supports the idea that they wish the message to prevail -
for they certainly do not. But a good telecenter - one which allows
people to congregate - becomes a target. So then, they may gain military
security from the Iraqi security forces, or some other country's
military... and then it becomes more of a target for people who wish to
send a message. And the best place to have meetings is in crowded places
- secret or otherwise. So, it stands to reason that the military and
security forces get nervous when people congregate - not only because
they do not know who their enemy is, but also because they end up
personally becoming targets. The phrase used to describe such
congregations is 'a target rich environment'.

In comparison, I presently live a very surreal life. I updated my
personal website to Drupal 4.6.0 on the 10th floor gallery in a hotel in
Panama City, Panama, using wireless access this morning at 2 a.m. while
people returned from where normal people come back from on Friday
nights. They came to the 10th floor for fresh air, and perhaps a spirit
of romance, only to find some geek sitting there working on a computer
near a wireless antenna, a romance terrorist... or perhaps an excuse to
go to a hotel room, I'll never know. But if I had to worry about one of
these people coming to the roof with a bomb strapped to their chest, I
probably wouldn't have been where I was. And that's Iraq's specific
problem, I think, when it comes to telecenters.

The real travesty of present day Iraq is that being around other people
could be seen as dangerous. And the Iraqi people, who have suffered for
generations, are having some of the best technology installed as they
rebuild their country (or perhaps Halliburton does. I don't keep track),
but they still have people wandering around and blowing things up.

Before technology can be effective, the basic human need of safety is
needed. These are historically food, shelter, water and clothing. In
this millenium, that also means having a sense that one will not be
harmed or killed, or not caring whether one is harmed or killed. While
we can bat around phrases such as 'prevail' or 'feedback', the bottom
line really is that if people can't communicate properly with existing
technology in a manner which is non-violent, how do we expect technology
to improve the quality of life?

Perhaps I paint to dire of a picture. I'm not in Iraq, and I applaud the
idea of telecentres everywhere. However, I also think that we have to be
realistic with expectations, especially in light of the physical
dangers. So people work toward these goals, and that is a good thing -
but until underlying issues are addressed, these things remain a reality.

-- 
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Presently in: Panama City, Panama
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Re: [DDN] Digital Divide, Telecentres and Iraq

[Mark Warschauer]

Maybe we should start a 'Blogs for bombs' amnesty program, where
people trade bombs for a voice on the internet. While that may sound
stupid and perhaps facetious, it's a blind stab at part of the problem -
when people feel they must resort to violence, it is usually because
they do not believe that they are being heard.
I would suggest, instead, that when people resort to violence, it is 
usually because they believe it is a means to achieve their ends. 
Political violence in Iraq today is mostly being organized and 
propagated by two groups: (1) ex-Baathists, who previously ran the 
entire country for their own economic and social privilege, and wish 
to return to such a state of affairs; and (2) extreme Islamists, who 
wish to impose a Taliban-style regime.  I doubt if either of these 
groups will find blogs as a reasonable alternative to bombs.
Mark
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University of California, Irvine
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RE: [DDN] Digital Divide, Telecentres and Iraq

[Dr. Steve Eskow]

 Hi Andy,

About Iraq and telecentres you write:

<>

I, too, hope the current cultural and shooting wars in Iraq would lessen if
telecentres were freely available. However: as realists, don't we have to
look at the possibility that those divides would widen ?

Perhaps the terrors and the terrorism of our time means that we have to
balance of our views of "community." Against the picture of "community" as a
place where people share a common culture and aspirations, we need the
counterview of a community as the site of all of the divides, all of the
culture wars of our time. In Iraq, for example, many communities contain
Shiites and Sunnis, and it is not immediately clear to me that telecenters
put there by Americans or international agencies would enhance the
possibilities of peace between them.

As an enthusiast for telecenters, I spend much time working in other
countries to make them possible. Yet I share Manuel Castells' view on the
ambiguities inherent in the world wide spread of information technology. In
his THE INTERNET GALAXY Castells, a Colombian by birth, says this

"Unless we act on a broader development strategy we could find ourselves in
the situation I found myself on landing in Bogotá...I care very much about
Colombia, so I was eager to see any small sign of light at the end of its
tunnel of violence. Yet, it turned out that, confronted with the flight from
Bogotá of the upper middle class, barricaded in its suburban gated
communities, extortionists and kidnappers had resorted to the Internet to
distribute their threats by the hundreds through electronic mailing lists;
then had proceeded to selective kidnappings to enforce their threats, so
casing in on their Internet-based, mass-produced extortion business. In
other words, some sectors of Colombian society were appropriating the
Internet for their own purposes, their criminal practices , rooted in a
context of social injustice, political corruption, drug economy, and civil
war."

We can generalize this phenomenon, Andy. In any community the forces of
darkness can "appropriate the the Internet for their own purposes."

Like you, Andy, I am a believer. What I want to keep in mind is John
Gardner's discussion of two kinds of people who create problems for a cause:
"unloving critics" and "uncritical lovers."

I want to be a "loving critic."

Cheers, Andy.

Steve Eskow

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[DDN] cafe to go

[Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan]

I recently held a meeting that had the purpose of generating ideas on how to 
improve the work of the Regional Medical Library I am part of - how to work 
better with community groups and develop programs to meet their needs. To do 
this, I turned to "Café to Go" and found it a very useful tool. 
http://www.theworldcafe.com/cafetogo.pdf (More at 
http://www.theworldcafe.com/index2.html ) DDN member Teresa Hartman 
http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/thartman assisted me in the planning and 
facilitation of this meeting, along with another medical librarian who is 
heavily involved in community outreach. I found that the planning process of 
Café to Go made all the difference in how this meeting went compared to a 
previous meeting I held with this group. We ended up having a small group, and 
so did not follow the exact steps of the process, which is developed for larger 
groups (at least 12), but the conversation was amazing. Ideas galore came from 
the group. And everyone stayed longe!
 r than I expected, and all said how glad they were to come. I felt like it was 
a huge success, and am happy to share this process with you!

Siobhan Champ-Blackwell
Community Outreach Liaison
NN/LM-MCR
Creighton University Health Sciences Library
2500 California Plaza
Omaha, NE 68178
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[DDN] West of Kabul, East of New York By Tamim Ansary: A Selective Guide to Internet and Published Sources

[David P. Dillard]

BOOKS : COUNTRY: AFGHANISTAN : TERRORISM: A Selected Group of Resources
About the Book: "West of Kabul, East of New York: An Afghan American
Story"

Straddling the Fault Line

"In the days following 9/11, a friend forwarded me an email message
written by an Afghan-American. The email message passionately pleaded for
understanding and sympathy for the Afghan people. It argued that far from
being the perpetrators, the Afghan people were the earliest victims of the
9/11 conspirators."

Find the source of this quotation and much more about the book West of
Kabul, East of New York in this Net-Gold post and an earlier Net-Gold post
cited in the post linked below.


From: "David P. Dillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat May 7, 2005  10:08 am
Subject: BOOKS : COUNTRY: AFGHANISTAN : TERRORISM: A Selected Group of
Resources About the Book: "West of Kabul, East of New York: An Afghan
American Story"


These recent Net-Gold posts may also be of interest:


From: George Lessard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: George Lessard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Online publishers likely to balk at Google's cache plan



From: "David P. Dillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: TOURISM AND TRAVEL: The Interrelationship of Lakes and Tourism:
Some Citations to Publications



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Date: Fri May 6, 2005  4:09 am
Subject: Art Links

[This is an ongoing and substantial Art Links post series from Sean
Grigsby.]


From: "David P. Dillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri May 6, 2005  3:38 am
Subject: ENERGY: PRODUCTION : ANIMALS: U.S. Zoo Considers Using Animal
Waste as Energy Source



From: "David P. Dillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu May 5, 2005  10:46 am
Subject: COPYRIGHT: ISSUES: The Fair Use Issue: Some Sources of
Information and Discussion



From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: HOW TO: BOOK REPAIR: A Simple Book Repair Manual



From: "David P. Dillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu May 5, 2005  1:19 am
Subject: EDUCATION: K-12: ELEMENTARY GRADES : EDUCATION: K-12: MATHEMATICS
: EDUCATION: K-12: LANGUAGE ARTS : EDUCATION: STANDARDS : EDUCATION:
TECHNOLOGY: The Interaction of Educational Technology and Standards on
Mathematics and English Instruction in Elementary Grades



From: "David P. Dillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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[DDN] Fwd: [creative-radio] Podcasters and LPFM - Fellow Travelers?

[John Hibbs]

Dummy me, I can't find the thread dealing with the forward thinking 
podcaster who is organizing an "podcasting" event - or a serious of 
events. That person, particularly, will be interested in the below.

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Subject: [creative-radio] Podcasters and LPFM - Fellow Travelers?
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Howdy Deep Thinkers of Creative Radio!
Given that many "podcasters" are one-person hobby production units 
and most American Low Power community stations are by defination 
non-profit collectives can they be "fellow travelers" in  terms of 
alternative content?

Our group, KYXS-LP, has begun to talk about swapping content with 
other LPFM stations and podcasters. And then we heard about this:

 I've received word that the newest edition of Kenneth Newquist's 
podcast of all things science fiction, "Nuketown," out of Easton, 
PA, includes a tip of the hat to Coyote Radio Theater.

In particular, Mr. Newquist seems to agree with our poking fun at 
the "Amityville" remake just released into the multiplexes.

Besides his huzzah, he also rebroadcasts a pirate recording of our 
"Amityville Realty" sketch from last November's "5th Annual Day of 
the Dead Dinner Show."

Check it out at:
http://www.nuketown.com/templates/music.php?id=600
Until we meet again,
I remain
your radio pal,
Andrew Johnson-Schmit
President-for-Life
Coyote Radio Theater
Prescott, AZ USA
Website
http://www.coyoteradio.org
Blog
http://www.twoblog.com/bmachine/coyoteradio_Coyote_Radio.php
or
Your shorter link is:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?Q5002190B

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Re: [DDN] Digital Divide, Telecentres and Iraq

[John Hibbs]

In the run up to the invasion of Iraq, when it was certain to some of 
us - including a well connected civilian inside the Pentagon - that 
war and the aftermath would come, a number of us drafted a memorandum 
outlining why 40 foot vans, filled with the necessaries, could do 
about as Andy describes below. Our guy inside the Pentagon did what 
he could; but, like others who warned about looting, the need to 
protect of the museums, and how important the first 100 days would be 
after "major conflict" ended, we never got a hearing.

By the way, also as Andy knows, inside those telecenters would be 
broadcast equipment for low power radio. The reach of a telecenter is 
quite large, that is if equipped with the "right" culture.

At 12:15 PM -0400 5/6/05, Andy Carvin wrote:
Dr. Steve Eskow wrote:
And it is not clear--to me, at least--that if we had a thousand telecenters
in Iraq that the other divides would shrink.
Hi Steve,
If there were 1,000 telecentres in Iraq that did nothing but provide 
people email access and an outlet for online gaming, I'd have to 
agree with you. But when done well, telecenters are epicenters of 
hope and human potential -- places within the community where people 
can rally together for educational, economic, cultural and civic 
development. And when all members of a nation are given equal 
opportunity to improve the quality of life of their families, some 
of these other divides, I hope, would lessen over time.

Much of the work of NY Times columnist Thomas L Friedman has dealt 
with this issue; for example, he's written about Lebanese 
telecentres serving as ICT job training centres, and how these 
institutions are helping improve the country's overall 
socio-economic prospects and strengthen local democratic 
institutions.

So let's say we could snap our fingers and have 1,000 telecentres 
across Iraq. Imagine if each one of them addressed their community's 
most pressing needs. Some of these telecentres would large the local 
unemployed with the tools they need to gain new skills or start 
small businesses. Others would focus developing e-mechanisms for the 
public to interact with civil servants and government officials, 
making sure that the new government addressed their needs 
effectively, no matter if they spoke Arabic, Kurdi or Turkmen as 
their native language. Yet others would assist local mosques in 
providing health care and human services to people whose lives and 
livelihoods were destroyed during the war.

If telecentres are merely nonprofit cybercafes lacking any 
development context, then I'd agree with you. But if we put that 
aside and see telecentres as serving specific development goals 
based on each community's particular needs and opportunities, I 
would have to be more optimistic about the role they could play in 
helping Iraq get back on its feet and prosper in the coming years.

I know there are at least one or two Iraqis on the list. I hope 
they're reading this thread; perhaps they would want to comment.
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Re: [DDN] Digital Divide, Telecentres and Iraq

[Ed Gragert]

Hello Taran,
You write:
I'm fairly certain that there must be some Iraqi telecenters now,
though. Do we know anything about them?
We in iEARN are installing labs this month in high schools in both 
Erbil and Baghdad with satellite connections.  Part of the 
stipulation of the installation/grant is that these labs be available 
to the neighboring community.  Details are yet to be worked out.

Ed
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http://us.iearn.org  -  Connecting Youth Making a Difference
The Global Teacher Professional Development Network 
http://www.iearn.org/professional/
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