[governance] Dr. Mawaki Chango

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Fri Apr 27 19:12:57 EDT 2012 

Thank you very much Mawaki for sharing your abstract. Much appreciated

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I thought I'll share with you the abstract of this work (below) while
working on the full document to get it where it needs to be before any
circulation, as requested by a few colleagues from this list. Then that
thought turned into putting together a preview or teaser, incl.
abstract, table of contents, etc. (attached). In case any fellow caucus
members are affiliated to one of those university press houses that might be
interested in publishing this work, please get in touch with me.

Thank you, and have a nice weekend.
Warm regards,

Mawaki


Dissertation Abstract
Chango, M. 2012. "Becoming Artifacts. Medieval Seals, Passports and the
Future of Digital Identity."

What does a digital identity token have to do with medieval seals? Is the
history of passports of any use for enabling the discovery of Internet
users’ identity when crossing virtual domain boundaries during their digital
browsing and transactions? The agility of the Internet architecture and its
simplicity of use have been the engines of its growth and success with the
users worldwide. As it turns out, there lies also its crux. In effect,
Internet industry participants have argued that the critical problem
business is faced with on the Internet is the absence of an identity layer
from the core protocols of its logical infrastructure. As a result, the
cyberspace parallels a global “territory” without any identification
mechanism that is reliable, consistent and interoperable across domains.
This dissertation is an investigation of the steps being taken by Internet’s
stakeholders in order to resolve its identity problems, through the lenses
of historical instances where similar challenges were tackled by social
actors.
Social science research addressing the Internet identity issues is barely
nascent. Research on identification systems in general is either
characterized by a paucity of historical perspective, or scantily references
digital technology and online identification processes. This research is
designed to bridge that gap. The general question at its core is: How do
social actors and processes enable the emergence and effective use of
authoritative identity credentials for the public? This work is guided by
that line of inquiry through three broad historical case studies: first, the
medieval experience with seals used as identity tokens in the signing of
deeds that resulted in transfers of rights, particularly estate rights;
second, comes the modern state with its claim to the right to know all
individuals on its territory through credentials such as the passport or the
national identity card; and finally, viewed from the United States, the case
of ongoing efforts to build a stable and robust digital identity
infrastructure.
In the process, we understand the relationship of seals to the doctrines of
the Trinity and the Eucharist developed by schoolmen within the medieval
Church, and we understand how crucial it was for the modern state to coin
the legal category of nationality – which emerged as late as in the 19th
century – for its identification project. Following an inductive and
process-tracing approach to historical case study, this investigation
incrementally builds an analytical framework gathering a number of factors
that demonstrate an explanatory quality or potential as well as the main
analytical insights gained during this inquiry. An ordering of those factors
is proposed as a way to capture the causal mechanisms at work across these
large sequences and structures. In the analysis of the third case, the
making of digital identity is assessed against that backdrop. While the
findings of this case appear to consolidate the framework already outlined,
new trajectories of implementation-adoption also emerge. Drawing on the rich
history of large-scale identification systems, this work generates a number
of insights that qualify our expectations about identity technology design
and policy-making. It also proposes possible scenarios and pathways to the
realization of authoritative digital identity, some plausible and some other
less so, which stakeholders may consider. But this is just the beginning of
yet another story of identity.


On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Mawaki Chango <kichango at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you all - in this thread, in the other thread and in the outer 
> threads, present and future ;-)
>
> And yes, I'm currently working on revisions and thinking about 
> potential publications. To all those who have expressed interest in 
> reading my work, I'll keep you updated once ready for distribution.
>
> Mawaki
>
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro 
> <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Congratulations Dr Mawaki...
>>
>> Sala
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Anriette Esterhuysen 
>> <anriette at apc.org>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Fantastic news Mawaki!
>>>
>>> Well done.
>>>
>>> Anriette
>>>
>>>
>>> On 26/04/12 16:32, Thomas Lowenhaupt wrote:
>>> > Congratulations Dr. Chango.
>>> >
>>> > Is there a document we can see describing this work on digital
identity?
>>> >
>>> > Best,
>>> >
>>> > Tom Lowenhaupt
>>> >
>>> > On 4/26/2012 8:42 AM, Lee W McKnight wrote:
>>> >> And speaking of congratulations, please join me, in my role as - 
>>> >> Dr. - Mawaki Chango's advisor, in congratulating Mawaki for his 
>>> >> successful defense yesterday of his doctoral dissertation, 
>>> >> "Becoming Artifacts. Medieval Seals, Passports, and the Future of
Digital Identity."
>>> >>
>>> >> best,
>>> >>
>>> >> Lee McKnight
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>>> >> Mawaki Chango [kichango at gmail.com <mailto:kichango at gmail.com>]
>>> >> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 8:23 AM
>>> >> To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org 
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>>> >> Subject: Re: Re: [governance] Congratulations Louis Pouzin!
>>> >>
>>> >> Indeed, congratulations to both Louis and Nancy! And please, keep 
>>> >> sharing your experience and contributions for the good of the
commons.
>>> >>
>>> >> Mawaki
>>> >>
>>> >> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 6:28 AM, Sonigitu Ekpe 
>>> >> <sonigituekpe at crossriverstate.gov.ng>
>>> >> <mailto:sonigituekpe at crossriverstate.gov.ng> wrote:
>>> >>> Hello Great Fellow,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Congratulations ! Truth, faithlessness and steadfast LOVE brings 
>>> >>> all great things.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Bravo Louis Pouzin !!!!!!!
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
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>>> >>> Hi,
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>>> >>> I must add how happy I was to have been there and to have seen 
>>> >>> you included in the group.
>>> >>> This is as it should have always been.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> avri
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> "Louis Pouzin (well)" <pouzin at well.com> <mailto:pouzin at well.com>
>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>> Thanks a lot McTim and Sala. It was fun to meet old guard 
>>> >>>> friends in Geneva.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Louis
>>> >>>> - - -
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 01:02, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> 
>>> >>>> <mailto:dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>>> http://internethalloffame.org/inductees/louis-pouzin
>>> >>>> --
>>> >>>> Cheers,
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 02:08, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro < 
>>> >>>> salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com
>>> >>>> <mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>> Congratulations Louis!
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Sala
>>> >>>>>
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