Society, Culture & Technology: a policy for whom ? Building “shared knowledge societies” in the Caribbean By Armelle Chatelier DCN / ISOC Chapter SL
ICT4HD The digital divide is just a reproduction of the social divide. ICT as a tool for development: a shortcut ? At what price? and for whom ?
Review of practices Best practice shows that for the process: Social relevance is required for all uses Creativity of people and groups is essential The large vision of ICT includes: Cell phone Cell phone Cable TV Cable TV Music studio Music studio 3D animation 3D animation video game video game The unconnected majority of persons is important « Targets » and « stakeholders » are consumers and citizens
Dominica Carib territory
Caribbean Culture vs ICT ? Societies of strong vertical hierarchies Illiteracy Technology reluctant Society of the secret Island mentality “Slow motion”
Caribbean Culture vs ICT ? Solidarity in the communities Traditional knowledge Creativity Strong link to the diasporas Regional integration by families Majority of young people Knowledge sharing by peers
Shared-knowledge societies Concept of Adama Samassekou President of the Academy of African Languages and president of the first WSIS committee. Shared-knowledge societies as opposed to: “information society”, “knowledge society” “communication society”
Web search competition in youth training centre in Antigua
Action plan and policy for Digital literacy A cooperative vision: in action plans, projects, in the way to make people include themselves… Include multi-stakeholder participation at ALL LEVELS Produce our own content Share information in a win-win situation and in a collaborative way. Include Ethics in ICT purpose
Reinventing the wheel ! The methodology gives the key to digital literacy Self training all the way Yes we have to… inform ourselves about new technology Invent new uses of technology and reinvent the wheel collectively… Thank you.
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