[governance] RE: [JoCI] New Special Issue: Community Informatics and Co-Creation of Innovation

Fri May 3 01:46:10 EDT 2013

Michael

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.

Thanks for this!

Riaz

On 2013/05/02 07:05 PM, michael gurstein wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> M
>
> *From:*michael gurstein [mailto:gurstein at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 02, 2013 8:55 AM
> *To:* air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> *Subject:* RE: [JoCI] New Special Issue: Community Informatics and 
> Co-Creation of Innovation
>
> The Journal of Community Informatics has just published its latest 
> issue at http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej.*//*
>
> We invite you to review the Table of Contents here and then visit our 
> web site to review articles and items of interest.
>
> Thanks for the continuing interest in our work, Michael Gurstein 
> Editor in Chief: Journal of Community Informatics, Vancouver CANADA 
> Phone 604-602-0624 gurstein at gmail.com <mailto:gurstein at gmail.com>
>
> _The Journal of Community Informatics_
>
> Vol 9, No 3 (2013): Special Issue: CI and the Co-Creation of 
> Innovation Table of Contents
>
> http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/issue/view/47
>
> *//*
>
> *Editorial*
>
> Introduction <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/953>
>
> 	
>
> HTML <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/953/1029>
>
> Susana Finquelievich, Mariana Salgado
>
> 	
>
> Community Innovation and Community Informatics 
> <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1038>
>
> 	
>
> HTML <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1038/1022>
>
> Michael Gurstein
>
> 	
>
> *Articles*
>
> The Emergence and Development of a Regional Living Lab: The Case of 
> San Luis, Argentina 
> <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/744>
>
> 	
>
> HTML <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/744/1025>
>
> Susana Finquelievich
>
> 	
>
> The ecology of linking technologies: toward a non-instrumental look at 
> new technological repertoires 
> <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/716>
>
> 	
>
> HTML <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/716/1024>
>
> Rocío Gómez
>
> 	
>
> Facilitating community innovation: The Outils-Réseaux Way 
> <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/711>
>
> 	
>
> HTML <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/711/1019>
>
> Lorna Heaton, Florence Millerand, Serge Proulx
>
> 	
>
> Are the Users Driving, and How Open is Open? Experiences from Living 
> Lab and User Driven Innovation projects 
> <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/746>
>
> 	
>
> HTML <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/746/1026>
>
> Kari-Hans Kommonen, Andrea Botero
>
> 	
>
> Communities, Crowds and Focal Sites: Fine-Tuning the Theoretical 
> Grounding of Collaboration Online 
> <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/712>
>
> 	
>
> HTML <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/712/1020>
>
> Azi Lev-On
>
> 	
>
> The Emergence of Converging Communities via Twitter 
> <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/705>
>
> 	
>
> HTML <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/705/1023>
>
> Cecilia Loureiro-Koechlin, Tim Butcher
>
> 	
>
> Collaborative Knowledge Creation in Development Networks: Lessons 
> Learned from a Transnational Programme 
> <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/710>
>
> 	
>
> HTML <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/710/1018>
>
> Fabio Nascimbeni
>
> 	
>
> RLABS: A SOUTH AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE ON A COMMUNITY-DRIVEN APPROACH TO 
> COMMUNITY INFORMATICS 
> <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/782>
>
> 	
>
> HTML <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/782/1027>
>
> Marlon Parker, Julia Wills, Gary Brian Wills
>
> 	
>
> Museums as Living Labs Challenge, Fad or Opportunity? 
> <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/806>
>
> 	
>
> HTML <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/806/1028>
>
> Mariana Salgado
>
> 	
>
> *Reviews*
>
> Digital Habitats – stewarding technology for communities 
> <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/956>
>
> 	
>
> HTML <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/956/1030>
>
> Joanna Saad Sulonen
>
> 	
>
> *Case Studies*
>
> Appropriation of ICTs by informal communities in metropolitan cities. 
> The case of the “La Salada” market in the Latin American context 
> <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/715>
>
> 	
>
> HTML <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/715/1021>
>
> Ester Schiavo, Sergio Rodríguez, Paula Vera
>
> 	
>

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