Hi all,
hope you're all well.
Does anyone know anyone from Wikimedia who will be attending the Internet
Governance Forum in Baku (Azerbaijan)?
I just got this email from the Center for Technology and Society of FGV-RIO
(Brazil) and they'll be organizing a workshop "how to engage users" and are
inviting Wikimedia Foundation to speak.
Is anyone attending IGF and would be available for speaking there?
please find details below (IGF will take place on 6-9 November 2012)
(No.120) How to engage users?
Status:
Accepted
Workshop Theme:
Internet Governance for Development [IG4D]
Workshop Theme:
Internet Governance for Development [IG4D]
Theme Question:
Thematic Cluster 2 "Enabling Environment"
Consice Description of Workshop:
Gradually and slowly as we merge the digital divide, it is possible to
envision the Internet as an ultimate leveler, representing one playing
field, where, theoretically, everybody has the potential to interact. But
how to engage users on political debates? How to use the net to bring them
to the negotiation table? There are indeed, a few examples of Internet
serving as a tool for empowerment. In some countries, public sector have
been fostering such initiatives, as the case of Iceland, where an online
public consultation was held for drafting it's new constitution. Or Brazil,
where a several consultations are being held either to discuss digital
rights or to monitor implementation of public policies, such as the
initiative from the so called “Gabinete Digital”, where citizens where able
to demand policies from the governor in a real virtual
dialogue.Entrepreneurship has also played a role in terms of users
engagement. As the case of Ushahidi, a remarkable open source web platform,
that had allowed users to crowd source information about violent “hotspots”
and spreading rampages, which was all sent via email or mobile
text-messages, generating an online interactive mapping of the crisis, or
the so called “activist mapping”.Users have also been involved in creative
usages of the internet for education and others forms of exercising
citizenship. Wikipedia is the most paradigmatic example, once, besides
engaging users for the production of content, it was also one of the
leaders at SOPA/PIPA online protests. In terms of social news, Reddit is
another interesting example. Nonetheless, there has been no systematic
approach or proper exchange of knowledge about mechanisms that are being
invented to engage users. Assessments like that are important to evaluate
and try to promote other initiatives to empower users.Therefore, the main
goal of this workshop is to discuss and evaluate how open online
consultations and users led initiatives have been creating mechanisms to
engage users on the Internet Government debates and other initiatives that
represent the usage of ICT for political participation. For achieving such
goal, this workshop will gather speakers with different experiences on the
topic. In a multistakeholder approach, it will gather representatives from
governments, companies, the technical community, academia and civil society
from both developed and developing countries. Active moderation will foster
debate amongst those in Baku and encourage remote interventions.
Organiser(s) Name:
Center for Technology and Society at Fundação Getúlio VargasPart of the
Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School in Rio de Janeiro, CTS is the only
research center in Brazil specifically aimed at dealing with the interplay
of law, technology and society. It is engaged in different research and
education projects, and committed to interdisciplinary approach. Its
collaborations include anthropologists, computer scientists, economists,
and media executives.Among its different projects, the CTS is responsible
for helping Brazilian Ministry of Justice to create an online consultation
process to debate the privacy law, the internet civil rights framework and
is also leading a research to use cybercafes as a platform to implement
surveys on public policies assessments at low income communities. CTS also
acts as a consultant to several branches of the Brazilian government such
as the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee, the National Institute of
Technology and the Ministry of Education. It is engaged in developing
projects to promote access to knowledge, protect digital rights and study
the democratization of cultural production through technology.AccessAccess
is a NGO premised on the belief that political participation and the
realization of human rights in the 21st century is increasingly dependent
on access to the internet and other forms of technology. Founded in the
wake of the 2009 Iranian post-election crackdown, Access teams with digital
activists and civil society groups internationally to build their technical
capacity and to help them advocate globally for their digital rights.
Access provides thought leadership and practical policy recommendations in
the broader field of internet freedom, and based on that expertise
mobilizes its global movement of citizens to campaign for an open internet
accessible to all.Access' Global Movement for Digital Freedom is made up of
ordinary people from all over the world. Many of them are normal internet
users without much experience in either human rights or technology, but
understanding that technology can be a powerful platform which gives us all
additional strength to achieve greater participation, accountability and
transparency.
Previous Workshop(s):
http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=W...…
Submitted Workshop Panelists:
Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit (Tech Company, WEOG, tbc)Jim Wales,
co-founder of Wikipedia (Foundation, WEOG, tbc)Erik Hersman, co-founder of
Ushahidi (Non-profit Tech Company, Africa, tbc)Iceland Government (Govt,
WEOG, tbc)Jochai Ben-Avie, Director of Operations at Access (NGO, WEOG,
confirmed)Joana Varon, researcher from the Center of Technology and Society
(Academia, GRULAC, confirmed)
Name of Remote Moderator(s):
Naor Elimelech
Thank you all
Best
Oona
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Joana Varon <joana(a)varonferraz.com>
Date: 2012/7/24
Subject: wikimedia no IGF
To: Oona Castro <oonacastro(a)gmail.com>om>, Oona Castro <ocastro(a)wikimedia.org>
Oi Oona querida,
Dúvida rápida: sabe se alguém da wikimedia vai estar no IGF de Baku?
Queremos convidar para nosso workshop: "How to engage users?"
Segue a descrição:
http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/w2012/proposals
Colocamos o nome do Jim Wales, só para contar alguém da wikimedia a ser
convidado, mas quem estiver por lá será super bem vindo no painel. Tenho
urgência de confirmar e fazer upload de bios até o final da semana. Tem
como sondar por ai?
Saudades!!! Anda por aqui? Eu estava fora por um tempo, but back in track.
bjinhos
joana
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Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade (CTS-FGV)
http://direitorio.fgv.br/cts/
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www.freenetfilm.org
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