Better home shopping or new democracy?

Carroll, John M.; Rosson, Mary Beth

doi:10.1145/365024.365301

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“…Leading communities strive to build partnerships and synergy to overcome barriers to access, job creation, and innovation (Agres et al,1998;Eger, 2001;Tan, 1999;Industry Canada, 2002a, 2002b. Community networks facilitate information dissemination, discussion, and joint activity by connecting neighbours, creating new opportunities, and empowering residents, institutions, and regions (Carroll & Rosson, 2001;Igbaria et al, 1999;Canadian National Broadband Task Force, 2001).…”

Section: Telecommunication Network As An Example Of Collaborationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Collaboration Challenges in Community Telecommunication Networks

Albert

LeBrasseur

2007

International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction

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This article reviews the literature on networks and, more specifically, on the development of community telecommunication networks. It strives to understand the collaboration needed for innovative projects such as intelligent networks. Guided by a change management framework, collaboration within a community network is explored in terms of the formation and performance phases of its development. The context, content, and process of each phase is analyzed, as well as the interaction of the two phases. User involvement and technology appropriation are discussed. Collaboration challenges are identified and linked to the sustainability of the community network. Policy makers are presented with a model that gives some insight into planning and managing a community network over time.

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Section: Telecommunication Network As An Example Of Collaborationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Collaboration Challenges in Community Telecommunication Networks

Albert

LeBrasseur

2007

International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction

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Ethnomethodological architectures: Information systems driven by cultural and community visions

Srinivasan

2007

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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As networked digital systems are rapidly created and deployed, social, cultural, and community-focused issues are often neglected. Indeed much research has focused on the "effects" these systems hold, rather than viewing systems as tools to be designed given an understanding of sociocultural context. Acknowledging the cultural practices and belief systems of a set of users may allow systems to be more effectively created and deployed into particular contexts. Emerging research in community information systems and archives has highlighted possible interactions between system design and ethnographic research. These bridges include understanding how communities can begin (1) to create content for their own information systems, (2) to design the database architectures, and (3) to integrate systems within community infrastructures. In this article, I allude to several cultural criticisms that accompany the global proliferation of information technologies. These criticisms can be answered by research that focuses on developing systems based on ethnographic insights. Specifically, I present the research example of Tribal Peace, a cultural information system designed for and by community members of the 19 Native American reservations of San Diego County (California, United States). This case has demonstrated the potential for a community to create an information system that satisfies its own priorities. This precedent points to the need for further research that investigates this convergence.

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