Hi folks, FYI. Katim Katherine Morrow wrote: > Call for Papers/Presentations > Technology and Culture: Knowledge Across Borders Forum > Toronto, April 8, 2000 > What are the issues and debates about the role of information communication > technologies (ICTs) for international development and global education > activities? > > Technology and Culture: Knowledge Across Borders (KAB) is a forum organized > by The Ontario Council for International Cooperation (OCIC). KAB is part of > an on-going commitment to support its members and Ontario's community > towards critically examining the impact of information communication > technologies (ICTs) - such as the Internet - on development and global > education. Knowledge Across Borders is an encounter of activists, experts > and practitioners for a creative and systematic exchange of knowledge and > experience towards further understanding and practically addressing critical > issues concerning technology and the global 'network society'. The Forum > will be held on April 8, 2000. > > OCIC is seeking abstracts for papers and presentations addressing issues > concerning the politics and processes of technolog(ies) and culture(s). > Representation is encouraged from, but not limited to, Latin America and the > Caribbean, Africa, and Asia, and from diverse analyses. We encourage the use > of creative mediums and formats. > > Please forward abstracts of less than 500 words plus an organizational > description or personal resume. For further inquiries/details and to send > abstracts, please contact: > > Scott Pearce, Assistant Conference Coordinator > Phone. (416) 972-6303 > Fax. (416) 972-6996 > Email: [log in to unmask] > > DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS: March 6, 2000 > > For information relating to the Leading the Edge Project contact: > Sheila Gruner, Program Coordinator, Leading the Edge. Ontario Council For > International Cooperation, 590 Jarvis Street, Suite 612, Toronto, Ontario, > M4Y 2J4. Tel. (416) 972-6303 FAX: (416)972-6996 Email: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------