Michael Gurstein is maintaining two lists on community informatics: - community informatics: http://vancouvercommunity.net/lists/info/communityinformatics - community informatics researchers: http://vancouvercommunity.net/lists/info/ciresearchers Michael Gurstein can be reached at: mgurst@vcn.bc.ca There is also a small community of people interested in social movements informatics: Contact Steve Walker at: S.Walker@lmu.ac.uk See also: http://www.lmu.ac.uk/ies/workshop29403.htm Greetings, Maja On Mar 25, 2004, at 10:17 PM, Kevin Tharp wrote:
Denise:
You might also want to consider the similar area of Community Informatics. There is a growing body of literature in this area that considers the use of ICT in communities. A couple of quick references:
Gurstein, M. (2000). Community informatics: Enabling communities with information and communications technologies. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Pub. Keeble, L., & Loader, B. (2002). Community informatics : shaping computer-mediated social relations. New York: Routledge. Marshall, S., Taylor, W., & Yu, X. H. (2004). Using community informatics to transform regions. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Pub.
It is my understanding that Rob Kling did not see eye-to-eye with the Community Informatics people, and that he was trying to have some of the differences in the fields articulated by inviting Gurstein and perhaps others to contribute journal articles. It is unfortunate that this was not accomplished.
Regards, Kevin W. Tharp
Maja van der Velden http://www.globalagenda.org