Reconsidering the Digital Divide

Here are some great articles and videos to satisfy your intellectual curiosity during the summer break, and expand our discussion on digital media.

Required reading/viewing (don’t worry, all short pieces):

• TED Talk- Negroponte takes One Laptop per Child (OLPC) to Colombia
• David D.Burstein- The Case for the Internet: A Human Right
• John Dvorak- One Laptop per Child Doesn’t Change the World
• Aparna Ray, Global Voices- Impact of ICT on Indigeneous Cultures: Rejuvenation or Colonization?

Very recommended reading:

• John Mulrow- Think Mobile, Act Local (go to April 2010: FrontlineSMS featured by World Watch Institute, and load down the PDF file)
• Muhammad Ayish- Universal internet access is the new human rights issue

Optional Extra:

• ITP Master Thesis Project: Design for The First World
• Brian Winston- Let Them Eat Laptops: The Limits of Technicism

If you are hungry for more:

• Jane Wakefield, BBC News- World wakes up to digital divide
• The Digital Oportunity Channel – South Asian centre of the international non-profit OneWorld network that aims to use the democratic potential of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)