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Michael<br>
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I am sure you know, butthe work of Yochai Benkler on this is
seminal! First worldish, but a real universalist, who believes in a
concept of freedom that I believe is emancipatory without being
paternalistic.<br>
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Thanks for this!<br>
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Riaz<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2013/05/02 07:05 PM, michael
gurstein wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Since one of
the dominant rationales and underlying themes concerning the
current discussions/structures of global Internet Governance
is concerned with issues of "Innovation" this special issue
of the Journal of Community Informatics is perhaps of
particular interest from several perspectives. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The special
issue presents an alternative/expanded view of the meaning
and nature of innovation, where those who are generally seen
as the object of innovation in fact, become the subject of
innovation (innovators) and where innovation is seen as a
bottom up rather than top down process. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">It does I
think, further suggest the need/opportunity for an expanded
understanding of the nature and significance of innovation
and including who could/should be understood as
"stakeholders" in the multi-stakeholder processes where
innovations including or especially technical (informatics)
applications are framed and undertaken. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Finally, the
special issue also includes a number of alternative
approaches and conceptions of "innovation" and suggests that
just as with multi-stakeholderism, the conventional approach
to the determination/definition of "innovation" would merit
significant scrutiny and extension to include those at the
grassroots often overlooked in such processes and analyses.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">M<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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michael gurstein [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com">mailto:gurstein@gmail.com</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 02, 2013 8:55 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org">air-l@listserv.aoir.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [JoCI] New Special Issue: Community
Informatics and Co-Creation of Innovation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">The Journal of Community Informatics has
just published its latest issue at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej">http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej</a>.<b><i>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">We invite you to review the Table of
Contents here and then visit our web site to review articles
and items of interest.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Thanks for the continuing interest in
our work, Michael Gurstein Editor in Chief: Journal of
Community Informatics, Vancouver CANADA Phone 604-602-0624 <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com"><span
style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">gurstein@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><u>The Journal of Community Informatics<span
style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Vol 9, No 3 (2013): Special Issue: CI
and the Co-Creation of Innovation Table of Contents<o:p></o:p></p>
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Emergence and Development of a Regional Living
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Crowds and Focal Sites: Fine-Tuning the
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