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ICIE Symposium Localizing the Internet: Ethical Issues in Intercultural Perspective

ICIE Symposium Localizing the Internet: Ethical Issues in Intercultural Perspective October 4-6, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany. At the Boundaries of Ethics and Cultures: Virtual Communities as an Open Ended Process Carrying the Will for Social Change.

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ICIE Symposium Localizing the Internet: Ethical Issues in Intercultural Perspective

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  1. ICIE Symposium Localizing the Internet:Ethical Issues in Intercultural Perspective October 4-6, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany

  2. At the Boundaries of Ethics and Cultures: Virtual Communities as an Open Ended Process Carrying the Will for Social Change

  3. Daniel Pimientapimienta@funredes.orgNETWORKS & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATIONFUNREDEShttp://funredes.orghttp://funredes.org/mistica

  4. A BIT OF HISTORY • MERIT INTERNET CRUISE

  5. THE WEB IS NOT THE INTERNET! THE INTERNET IS NOT THE WEB!

  6. SPECTACULAR vs. IMPACTING

  7. VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES REPRESENT ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTING SPACES OF THE INTERNET FOR THE SOCIETY... ...ALTHOUGH NOT SPECTACULAR

  8. VIRTUAL COMUNITIES AN ELECTRONIC CONFERENCE IS NOT A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY...

  9. VIRTUAL SOCIAL ENGINEERING... • WHY AND HOW A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY EMERGES FROM AN ELECTRONIC CONFERENCE? • HOW ARE COLECTIVE CONSTRUCTIONS REALIZED IN VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES? • WHY AND HOW PEOPLE COLLABORATE IN VIRTUAL SPACES?

  10. VIRTUAL SOCIAL ENGINEERING... • HOW DOES PARTICIPANTS ARTICULATE THIS GLOBAL LIFE WITH THEIR LOCAL LIFE? • HOW ARE CULTURAL & LINGUISTIC DIFFERENCES MANAGED BETWEEN PARTICIPANTS? • WHERE AND HOW ETHICS INTERVENE IN VIRTUAL SPACES?

  11. LET’S SEE A REAL CASE MISTICA (1998-...?) • SEE MISTICA PRESENTATION http://funredes.org/mistica/castellano/pres/ • A LOOK AT MISTICA COLLECTIVE PRODUCTS: http://funredes.org/mistica/castellano/ciberoteca/tematica/ • “REALISTICA” • “UTOPISTA OF SHARED KNOWLEDGE” • “WORKING THE INTERNET WITH A SOCIAL VISION ” • MISTICA’S EQUATIONS

  12. HOW TO SYNTHETIZE IN 5 MINUTES? • 400 PARTICIPANTS WITH 4 LANGUAGES • 6000 CONTRIBUTIONS • 20 MILLON DE HITS (500,000/MONTH) • 1000 WEB PAGES (100 MBYTES) • 2000 PAGES (100 DOCUMENTS) • 850KUS$ INVESTMENT...

  13. MATHEMATICS OF SOCIAL ENGINEERING t=4/04 MISTICA=/(KB+C +VCM+CD+RE) Dt t=11/98 KB = Knowledge BaseG C = Collaborationz VCM = VirtualCommunity Methodologies @ CD = Colective DocumentsT RE = RecursiveEvaluation a

  14. KNOWLEDGE BASEG KB = N (RH + RI) N = Networking ofv RH =Human network[ RI = Información network&

  15. COLLABORATIONz LogE(C) = RH + PD + AT+ PA E = EmpathyY RH = Human Network[ DP PD = ParticipativeDemocracy _ AT = ActiveTransparency q AP PA = PiloteApplications '

  16. VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES METHODOLOGIES MCV = Max (S/R) + Min (O/LC) Max(S/R)=Maximize signal/noise Min(O/LC)=Minimize Obstacles to Languages & Cultures

  17. COLLECTIVE DOCUMENTS T tJ CD = /F(C+KB)Dt ti F = Facilitationl C = Collaboration z KB = Knowledge BaseG

  18. VIRTUAL SOCIAL ENGINEERING... COMMON VALUES P R O C E S S COMMON VISIONS

  19. A CLEAR GOAL WITH METHODOLÓGICAL SUPPORT VIRTUAL SOCIAL ENGINEERING RECIPEES... • FACILITATION FOR A SUBTLE BALANCE BETWEEN CHAÓS & ORDER • FIRM & DEMOCRÁTIC MODERATIÓN MODERATION BY FOCUS MODERATION BY SIGNAL/NOISE • META-COMMUNICATION ALWAYS OPEN FOR ALL CHANNELS, FORMAL (EVALUATIÓN) & INFORMAL. • ACTIVE TRANSPARENCY LEADING TO ACTIVE PARTICIPATIÓN • TRANSFER OF FACE TO FACE EMPATHY INTO VIRTUAL SPACE

  20. TWO TRANSVERSAL &FUNDAMENTAL INGREDIENTS A permanent ethical concern A permanent concern for cultural diversity

  21. Thanks! Daniel PimientaPIMIENTA@FUNREDES.ORGHTTP://FUNREDES.ORGHTTP://FUNREDES.ORG/MISTICA

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