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The Information Society Agenda: Prospects and Problems |
Discussion of dominant approaches by intergovernmental agencies to information society policy and the prospects for introducing critical perspectives that acknowledge the power relations which inform information society strategies and actions. |
Robin Mansell |
16 Jan 2014 |
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ICTs, Innovation and Regulation in the Somali Territories |
A seminar exploring technology and regulation in the Somali territories of the Horn of Africa. Despite weak or non-existent government institutions, innovation has flourished with local solutions to local challenges. |
Abdirashid Duale |
16 Jan 2014 |
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Humanitarian campaigns in social media: network architectures and Kony 2012 as a polymedia event |
An assessment of the optimism surrounding the opportunities that social media offer for humanitarian action, drawing on analysis of the phenomenally popular and controversial Kony 2012 campaign. |
Mirca Madianou |
16 Jan 2014 |
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Disjunctures and Connections: Case Studies of How Techno-politics Make and Cut Networks |
In a development context, the ways in which new media objects (eg ICTs) are defined in relation to other objects, people and institutions map out new figurations of power and connection, that revalue and recombine political agency. |
Don Slater |
16 Jan 2014 |
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Development 2.0 and beyond: Challenges for ICT4D in 2013 |
Dr Thompson addresses some of the opportunities and contradictions presented by ICT4D and considers some emerging ways in which ICT4D researchers may contribute to the field. |
Mark Thompson |
16 Jan 2014 |
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Creative Commons |
Development 2.0 and beyond: Challenges for ICT4D in 2013 |
Dr Thompson addresses some of the opportunities and contradictions presented by ICT4D and considers some emerging ways in which ICT4D researchers may contribute to the field. |
Mark Thompson |
30 Apr 2013 |
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Disjunctures and Connections: Case Studies of How Techno-politics Make and Cut Networks |
In a development context, the ways in which new media objects (eg ICTs) are defined in relation to other objects, people and institutions map out new figurations of power and connection, that revalue and recombine political agency. |
Don Slater |
30 Apr 2013 |
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Humanitarian campaigns in social media: network architectures and Kony 2012 as a polymedia event |
An assessment of the optimism surrounding the opportunities that social media offer for humanitarian action, drawing on analysis of the phenomenally popular and controversial Kony 2012 campaign. |
Mirca Madianou |
30 Apr 2013 |
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ICTs, Innovation and Regulation in the Somali Territories |
A seminar exploring technology and regulation in the Somali territories of the Horn of Africa. |
Abdirashid Duale |
30 Apr 2013 |
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The Information Society Agenda: Prospects and Problems |
Discussion of dominant approaches by intergovernmental agencies to information society policy and the prospects for introducing critical perspectives that acknowledge the power relations which inform information society strategies and actions. |
Robin Mansell |
30 Apr 2013 |
