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Locating “Community” Within the “Information Society”

Locating “Community” Within the “Information Society”. Strategic Civil Society Agendas and Advocacies for the WSIS. A.G. Alegre/Foundation for Media Alternatives Workshop on the WSIS: The Asian Response Bangkok 22-24 November. Locating “Community”. “Community” Geographically-Based > “Local”.

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Locating “Community” Within the “Information Society”

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  1. Locating “Community” Within the “Information Society” Strategic Civil Society Agendas and Advocacies for the WSIS A.G. Alegre/Foundation for Media Alternatives Workshop on the WSIS: The Asian ResponseBangkok 22-24 November

  2. Locating “Community” “Community” • Geographically-Based > “Local” AGAlegre/FMA 2001

  3. Locating “Community” “Community” • Geographically-Based > “Local” • “Communities of Practice”/”Communities of Interest” Common economic, political, social, cultural goals AGAlegre/FMA 2001

  4. HR NOW! - Human Rights Network on the Web(www.hrnow.org) AGAlegre/FMA 2001

  5. People's PoWER(www.ppower.org) (People's Political Website on Elections & Electoral Reform) AGAlegre/FMA 2001

  6. Balay - On Urban Poor and Housing Issues (www.balay.net.ph) AGAlegre/FMA 2001

  7. Balangay (People’s Participation in Local Governance)(www.balangay.org) AGAlegre/FMA 2001

  8. Anihan – Agrarian Reform and Rural Development(www.anihan.org) AGAlegre/FMA 2001

  9. Salidumay: Women's Voices Weaving(www.salidumay.org) AGAlegre/FMA 2001

  10. Just Peace (Peace and ConflictTransformation)(www.justpeace.net.ph) AGAlegre/FMA 2001

  11. Asia Caucus (www.asiacaucus.net.ph) AGAlegre/FMA 2001

  12. NeverAgain.net (Martial Law in the Philippines and the Legacies of the Marcos Dictatorship AGAlegre/FMA 2001

  13. Erap Alis! (www.erapalis.net.ph) AGAlegre/FMA 2001

  14. Locating “Community” “Community” • Geographically-Based > “Local” • “Communities of Practice”/”Communities of Interest” Common economic, political, social, cultural goals Communities > Lifeblood of CIVIL SOCIETY How to bridge the very concrete communication agendas of communities with global discourse on the “information society”? AGAlegre/FMA 2001

  15. Working Agenda for Civil Society:(“Songs in the Key of C”) COMMUNITY Connectivity & Access Content Capacities Consensus AGAlegre/FMA 2001

  16. Agenda for Civil Society Connectivity: access and equity to communications resources (radio frequencies, channels, bandwidth, infra) • Telecenters/ community access centers • Community broadcast media (esp. community radio) • Affordable telecoms pricing (e.g. voip, wireless) AGAlegre/FMA 2001

  17. Agenda for Civil Society • Content: appropriate, relevant, value-driven, strategic (e.g., local views, culture, & commerce; best practices, etc.) • Local Indigenous knowledge; IPR • Language/multilingual content • Freedom of expression: censorship • Specific stakeholders: women, youth, ip’s, etc • Appropriate applications; Open Source/Content AGAlegre/FMA 2001

  18. Agenda for Civil Society • Capacities/Competencies: building human skills • Education and Training • ICT Literacy and HRD • Learning/Knowledge Networking • Formal educational system + Adult education AGAlegre/FMA 2001

  19. Agenda for Civil Society • Consensus-building: strategic agenda-setting principled partnerships between stakeholders • Governance (e.g., ICANN) • Multi-stakeholder policy development: local, national, regional, global • Participation and inclusion Within civil society; CS with other development stakeholders AGAlegre/FMA 2001

  20. Agenda for Civil Society:(“Songs in the Key of C”) COMMUNITY Connectivity & Access Content Capacities Consensus + Creativity AGAlegre/FMA 2001

  21. Agenda for Civil Society Equitable Access Meaningful Use Social Appropriation “New Times, Old Problems” Information and Communication systems (e.g. ICTs) are neither positive or negative in themselves, but are not neutral.Left alone, they end up reproducing and deepening existing inequalities in society AGAlegre/FMA 2001

  22. Socializing Info & Communications • Information and communication inequities rooted insocial inequities; • Struggle to democratize information and promote communication rightsis not a technical issue but apolitical struggle • Control over resources • Control over citizens • Control over agendas • Developing a common social vision & strategicinformation & communication agendas > CRITICAL ENGAGEMENT AGAlegre/FMA 2001

  23. CS Strategic Agenda Equitable Access Meaningful Use Social Appropriation Right to InformationRight to Communicate From “Information Economy” to a“Communicative Society/Societies” AGAlegre/FMA 2001

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