Dear Dr. Sarikakis: I have read your mail and am thinking that I should try to submit a paper for the volume. My research has been focused on the role of culture on aspects of internet use in Thailand. The aim is to find out what roles do culture plays when the technologies interact with the local communities in the Third World. Right now I am being engaged in a project that examines the ethics of the global digital divide, especially as applied to the development of Thailand. I have published some articles on this topic, as well as on the cultural dimensions of internet use. Please see my home page for references. If you are interested I will discuss the details of the paper later on. And I would love to hear from you too! Cheers, Soraj
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Dear colleagues,
We are currently preparing an edited volume that examines some of the social, cultural and political dimensions of the Internet and we are looking for one or two chapters that will offer a critical analysis (preferably including original research data) of the use/potential of the Internet for development. Ideally we are looking for very well theorised case studies of the Internet in broader Asia and/or Africa. However any study related to the issues mentioned will be considered.
If you are interested please contact k.sarikakis@coventry.ac.uk as soon as possible. You may want to discuss an idea or send a chapter proposal directly, please do send a few lines about your research interests and publications as well. We would like to solicit the study/ies in the next couple of weeks so if you are writing/have just written a relative piece we would love to hear from you.
Katharine Sarikakis, Coventry University Daya K. Thussu, Goldsmith College
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-- Soraj Hongladarom Department of Philosophy Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University Bangkok 10330, Thailand Tel. +66 (0) 2218-4756; Fax. +66 (0) 2218-4755 Home page: http://pioneer.chula.ac.th/~hsoraj/web/soraj.html **International Conference on Information Technology and Universities in Asia, ITUA 2002** http://pioneer.chula.ac.th/~hsoraj/IT Science in Thai Culture Project: http://www.stc.arts.chula.ac.th/