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MISTICA: Fwd: a community technology center in the Black community (USA)

From: Yacine Khelladi ([email protected])
Date: Sun Dec 10 2000 - 09:56:51 AST


FYI excusen los cruzes y multi-envios.

Kate Williams wrote:
>
> If this is useful for those organizing telecenters across Africa we would
> be very interested to hear about it!
>
> - - - -
>
> A forthcoming book chapter, 'Social Capital and Cyberpower in the African
> American Community: A Case Study of a Community Technology Center in the
> Dual City' by Abdul Alkalimat and Kate Williams, is available at:
>
> http://www.communitytechnology.org/cyberpower/
>
> The article includes a photo gallery and a page for comments and discussion.
>
> ABSTRACT: The social capital invested in a community technology center
> determines its role in the community and in the continuing African American
> freedom struggle. Community technology center outcomes, presented with
> quantative and qualitative analysis of eight years of social activity, are
> measured as cyberpower. The overall question is whether social capital and
> cyberpower are creating a new Black counterpublic in the information
society.
>
> [email protected]
> [email protected]



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