<div dir="ltr"><div>Cool, I'm glad I chose that particular set of terms. So when does this become available to us then?</div><div> </div><div>-C</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Norbert Bollow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nb@bollow.ch" target="_blank">nb@bollow.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">Chaitanya Dhareshwar <<a href="mailto:chaitanyabd@gmail.com">chaitanyabd@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> So for example (for clarity, mainly for me) I may say I'm a third<br>
> worlder (from India) as well as a third worldist (trying to focus on<br>
> improving the developing nations overall) and this would be noted on<br>
> the wiki? So that someone who understands that viewpoint would be<br>
> able to sympathize/'get' my point better, and someone who does not<br>
> get that viewpoint would be perhaps able to reconcile differences and<br>
> ask questions accordingly?<br>
<br>
</div>Yes, exactly... and since it'd be you who enters the term “third<br>
worldist” into the wiki as a descriptive term for yourself, together<br>
with the explanation “trying to focus on improving the developing<br>
nations overall”, it would be clear to all that it is acceptable, and<br>
not in any way unfriendly, to refer to that perspective and objective as<br>
“third worldist”.<br>
<br>
Greetings,<br>
Norbert<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Norbert Bollow <<a href="mailto:nb@bollow.ch">nb@bollow.ch</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > Chaitanya Dhareshwar <<a href="mailto:chaitanyabd@gmail.com">chaitanyabd@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > > "Mapping"? More detail please Nobert, there's newbies (like me)<br>
> > > here so not everyone may understand the technical terms... :)<br>
> ><br>
> > Here's a quick attempt at explaining in somewhat more detail what I<br>
> > meant:<br>
> ><br>
> > Since a significant aspect of what has recently caused heated words<br>
> > and hostility on this list seems to have been (a) misunderstandings<br>
> > and invalid assumptions about viewpoint of other participants, and<br>
> > (b) references to other participants' viewpoints that were<br>
> > understood by others to be derogatory and/or otherwise offensive, I<br>
> > propose that it would be helpful to increase our mutual<br>
> > understanding of what our various viewpoints (I use this term<br>
> > broadly in this email, it is intended to include what I have<br>
> > previously referred to as “perspectives” and “interests”) are, e.g.<br>
> > by means of an online wiki that documents many of them.<br>
> ><br>
> > As mentioned recently, Sala and I have been discussing setting up a<br>
> > wiki for the IGC which would give everyone with an <a href="http://igcaucus.org" target="_blank">igcaucus.org</a><br>
> > account a personal homepage in relation to the IGC.<br>
> ><br>
> > I might use that to note e.g. that my viewpoint is broadly a “social<br>
> > liberal” one (this might be linked to a wiki page that briefly<br>
> > explains what that means in the context of Internet governance). I<br>
> > might add that my perspective is significantly shaped by having a<br>
> > technical background, by living in a small European country which<br>
> > is not part of the EU and which is going through uncomfortable<br>
> > experiences of being put under severe pressure by more powerful<br>
> > countries, and by having a Kenyan friend who is a pastor among poor<br>
> > people in Kenya.<br>
> ><br>
> > The main part of the “mapping” exercise would be a wiki page that<br>
> > lists the various broad categories of viewpoints and links to the<br>
> > IGC wiki homepages of those who have chosen to self-identify with<br>
> > one of them.<br>
> ><br>
> > The benefits of such a “map of viewpoints” would include<br>
> > - making it easier to refer to viewpoints of IGC participants<br>
> > without risk of unintendedly sounding derogatory (after all if I<br>
> > have endorsed a particular label as referring to a kind of<br>
> > viewpoint that I share, it shouldn't be viewed as offensive when<br>
> > that label is then used in reference to the kind of views that I<br>
> > have been advocating.)<br>
> > - making it reasonably easy to get some background understanding<br>
> > on arguments presented by another IGC participant - such<br>
> > background understanding can be provided e.g. by links to<br>
> > theoretical treatises on particular viewpoints, by explaining the<br>
> > particular perspectives and experiences that have significantly<br>
> > contributed to shaping a particular viewpoint, etc.<br>
> > - documenting the breadth of viewpoints represented in IGC<br>
> ><br>
> > Of course it is possible that maybe multiple people all choose to<br>
> > self-identify in the same way, even while fundamentally disagreeing<br>
> > with each other. Such disagreements could also be documented in a<br>
> > “map of civil society viewpoints and perspectives”.<br>
> ><br>
> > Greetings,<br>
> > Norbert<br>
<br>
<br>
</div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">--<br>
Recommendations for effective and constructive participation in IGC:<br>
1. Respond to the content of assertions and arguments, not to the person<br>
2. Be conservative in what you send, be liberal in what you accept<br>
<br>
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