WEBCAST TODAY: The Path towards Growing Community Networks in Africa
We are fortunate, in a way, that the 2020 Africa CN Summit is virtual. In previous years it has been held in locations of limited connectivity, making a webcast impractical. ISOC Live posted: "On Wednesday 30 September 2020 at 12:00-13:30 UTC the Internet Society (ISOC) and the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) present the first session 'The Path towards Growing Community Networks in Africa' in the 5th (Virtual) Summit on Communi" [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/VirtualCNAfricaSummit1>On *Wednesday 30 September 2020* at *12:00-13:30 UTC* the *Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/africa/>* (ISOC) and the *Association for Progressive Communications <https://www.apc.org/>* (APC) present the first session '*The Path towards Growing Community Networks in Africa <https://www.apc.org/en/news/virtual-community-networks-summit-africa>*' in the *5th (Virtual) Summit on Community Networks in Africa* <https://www.internetsociety.org/events/summit-community-networks-africa>. This first session (of five) focuses on how to grow community networks in Africa as a means to reduce the ranks of the unconnected in the continent. The panel will try to answer questions around how communities can build, manage, and grow their own connectivity networks. Le *mercredi 30 septembre 2020* à *12: 00-13: 30 UTC*, l'*Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/africa/> *(ISOC) et l'*Association for Progressive Communications <https://www.apc.org/>* (APC) présentent la première session «*La voie vers la croissance des réseaux communautaires en Afrique <https://www.apc.org/en/news/virtual-community-networks-summit-africa>*» lors du *5e Sommet (virtuel) sur les réseaux communautaires en Afrique <https://www.internetsociety.org/events/summit-community-networks-africa>*. Cette première session (sur cinq) se concentre sur la manière de développer les réseaux communautaires en Afrique comme moyen de réduire les rangs des non connectés sur le continent. Le panel tentera de répondre aux questions sur la manière dont les communautés peuvent créer, gérer et développer leurs propres réseaux de connectivité. *SPEAKERS* *John Dada*, Fanstuam Foundation (Community Network) - Nigeria *Ditshego Magoro*, Zuri Foundation (Mamaila Community Network) - South Africa *CHAKO Armant*, La Difference (PamojaNET Community Network) – DRC *MODERATOR* *Barrack Otieno* *LIVESTREAM ENGLISH http://livestream.com/internetsociety/VirtualCNAfricaSummit1 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/VirtualCNAfricaSummit1>* *LIVESTREAM FRANÇAIS http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/VirtualCNAfricaSummit1 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/VirtualCNAfricaSummit1>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3hlybih <https://bit.ly/3hlybih> *(English closed captions, Interprète français) *REAL TIME TEXT https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC>* (English) *TWITTER #VirtualCNAfricaSummit2020 <https://bit.ly/2DYj5kh>* *SIMULCASTShttps://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/live <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/live>https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/live <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/live>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/VirtualCNAfricaSummit1 <https://archive.org/details/VirtualCNAfricaSummit1>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/12693/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -
Hello all There are two ring-fenced PhD studentships for Black British students available via the White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership ( https://wrdtp.ac.uk/) for 2020/21. Please share this message with eligible applicants. We welcome applications for these studentships in the Department of Sociological Studies at the University of Sheffield, especially to study with members of our Digital Media and Society team, who have expertise across a range of methodologies and research areas. In particular, our fantastic colleague Dr Ros Williams ( https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/socstudies/people/academic-staff/ros-williams) welcomes expressions of interest or applications in the areas of race, mixed-ness, health and digital and social media. If you know of anybody who might be interested in this opportunity, please encourage them to get in touch with Ros at r.g.williams@sheffield.ac.uk to discuss possible research ideas. Deadline for studentship applications is the end of January 2021. This is a two-stage process, with acceptance onto our departmental PhD programme required before studentship applications can be submitted, so please encourage potential students to get in touch as soon as possible. Further details on the scheme can be found here: https://wrdtp.ac.uk/studentships/ring-fenced-pathway-awards/. Best wishes Helen -- Helen Kennedy, Professor of Digital Society, @hmtk, Living With Data <https://livingwithdata.org/> *RECENT PUBLICATIONS: * Public perceptions of good data management: findings from a UK-based survey <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2053951720935616>, *Big Data and Society* (June 2020, w/Todd Hartman, Robin Steedman & Rhia Jones) *Public Understanding and Perceptions of Data Practices: a review of existing research <https://livingwithdata.org/current-research/publications/>* (May 2020, w/ Susan Oman, Mark Taylor, Jo Bates, Robin Steedman) *Data Visualization in Society <https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789463722902/data-visualization-in-society>* (April 2020, ed w/ Martin Engebretesen, Open Access with Amsterdam University Press)
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