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These reports were written by a team of local volunteers: Angela Merino, Assina Bounis, Celia Boyer, Eric Bianchi, Irčne Butor, Julian Albert Kilker and Melisa Makzume. The reports summarise information for people not able to attend the sessions. Their comprehensiveness and accuracy are not guaranteed. For more information, please contact the presenters directly. Their e-mail addresses are available at http://www.isoc.org/inet98/program.shtml
Track 7: User-Centered Issues
Session : Community and Civic Networks By Hassina BOUNIF, 24 July 1998 The community network has exponentially increased over the five last years. This
session invited us to discover and to understand this new social phenomenon with the
following themes and how Internet contributes to them : Making Networked Communities Work S. Miyagawa presented the community network phenomenon saying "The whole social
world on the net is one big 'Community'". She went on to analyze how Internet
applications (FTP, Email …) are being used in network community activities. Taking
Japan as a concrete case for studies and observations, she mentioned some economics and
social factors that result. She gave many examples illustrating the role and the potential
of this phenomenon. For example VCOM, a research project on voluntary communities based on
the Internet. Telematic Workshop: An Opportunity of social Participation and youth
Entrepreneurship G. Paini presented a successful experience carried out in the city of Collegno , Italy
, two years ago. It consisted of a well equipped workshop with technologies and networks.
All the residents participated financially in the project and, as a result, were able to
benefit from its services for free. This structure and its users, which fit the definition
of a network community had many hidden goals that had an impact on the City’s
citizens, outside Italy , the country, and abroad. Aspects of Diversity, Access and Community Networks C. Strickland talked about an interesting experience: How a population with a different
culture and ethnic background is able to access community networks. After ethnographic
research , she found that the population of Taos, New Mexico, was the most convenient for
her studies because of the difference of communities that make up the population:
Hispanic, Pueblo Indian and Anglo. She discussed the difficulties and the advantages of
the case and gave the example of the introduction of the Email in the Hispanic and Pueblo
communities.