[governance] Perspectives (was Re: Fwd: And Now the Second Battle of the Internet)

[Chaitanya Dhareshwar]

Cool, I'm glad I chose that particular set of terms. So when does this
become available to us then?

-C


On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:

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