[Air-l] Open Source Software and Civil Society

[Derrick L. Cogburn]

Dear Eli,

I've got an article in Information Technology and International  
Development (ITID), published by MIT Press, that you might find helpful:

Cogburn, D.L. “Diversity Matters, Even at a Distance: Evaluating the  
Impact of Computer-Mediated Communication on Civil Society  
Participation in the World Summit on the Information Society”  
Information Technology and International Development. (Vol. 1, Issue  
4, Summer, 2004).

There are some other working papers published by the SSRC Civil  
Society and IT project:
http://www.ssrc.org/programs/itic/it_civil_society/

Hope that this helps.  Keep well.

Cheers,
Derrick

Prof. Derrick L. Cogburn
School of Information Studies
and Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs
Syracuse University
346 Hinds Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244-4100
Phone: +1.315.443.5441
Fax: +1.315.443.6886
http://www.cotelco.net/~dcogburn
http://www.cotelco.net



On Jul 29, 2006, at 10:46 AM, Eli Malinsky wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> After years of lurking I finally have my first question: Is anyone  
> aware of
> any research that addresses the experience of civil society  
> organizations
> (aka nonprofits, NGOs, voluntary orgs, etc.) using open source  
> software?  Or
> perhaps deals with the putative alignment between the "values" of open
> source and the values of civil society?
>
> Much appreciated!
>
> Eli Malinsky
>
>
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