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Labour, migrant communities and the internet

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Sonia Randhawa

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Centre for Independent Journalism, Malaysia

Introduction

The early vision of the internet as a medium that could be used to develop new economic models and realise freedoms, including overthrowing dictatorships, was perhaps most influentially expounded in John Perry Barlow's Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace.1 However, the bursting of the dot-com bubble in the late 1990s and the increasing corporate colonisation of what had been labelled an anarchic space led to pessimism by the early 2000s.

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Preserving our digital culture for the future – overcoming obstacles through collaboration

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Julia Brungs
Stephen Wyber

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International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

Introduction: Cultural heritage on the international agenda

Access to cultural heritage is essential for the development of societies and helps to build resilient communities. It allows for identity building, reconciliation, creativity, innovation, and many other activities that make societies stronger, richer and more peaceful. The need to connect with the past is deeply rooted within people, and it is therefore essential that memory institutions and governments have policies in place to ensure the long-term survival and accessibility of cultural heritage.

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Accessing telecommunications infrastructure in Africa: A gender perspective

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Mariama Deen-Swarray
Mpho Moyo

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Research ICT Africa

Introduction

Despite the rhetorical undertaking of governments and multilateral agencies, there has been little systematic collection of sex-disaggregated data on information and communications technology (ICT) access and use. [1]

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