[p2p-research] FW: Blogpost: Open Data: Empowering the Empowered or Effective Data Use for Everyone?

[Michael Gurstein]

Thanks Martin,

I'm not sure that I understand the point you are making...

Mike


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This is a good argument. And you can add environmental justice and
solidarity with labour to it, which means that you need to address the very
mode of production, energy and other resource that the production of IT
involves. Generally Free Culture and Free Software advocates are blind to
these aspects.

On 03/09/10 04:01, Michel Bauwens wrote:
> very interesting michael, I facebooked it and will also excerpt on 
> september 6 in our p2p blog, many thanks,
> 
> Michel
> 
> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Michael Gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> I thought you folks might have an interest...
>>
>> M
>>
>>
>> Efforts to extend access to "data" will perhaps inevitably create a 
>> "data divide" parallel to the oft-discussed "digital divide" between 
>> those who have access to data which could have significance in their 
>> daily lives and those who don't. Associated with this will one can 
>> assume, be many of the same background conditions which have been 
>> identified as likely reasons for the digital divide-that is 
>> differences in income, education, literacy and so on.  However, just 
>> as with the "digital divide", these divisions don't simply stop or be 
>> resolved with the provision of digital (or data) "access".
>> What is necessary as well, is that those for whom access is being
provided
>> are in a position to actually make use of the now available access (to
the
>> Internet or to data) in ways that are meaningful and beneficial for them.
>>
>>
>> http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2010/09/02/open-data-empowering-the-emp
>> owered-
>> or-effective-data-use-for-everyone/
>>
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