As the dangers of "computer-mediated colonization" (i.e., of imposing specific cultural values and communicative preferences, as embedded in the design and
implementation of ICTs, upon "target" cultures) are increasingly recognized, there is likewise a growing awareness of the importance of developing non-colonizing implementations of ICTs that seek to fulfill the beneficent promises of these new technologies while also preserving and enhancing local cultural values and preferences. (Examples of these described at CATaC'02 included open knowledge networks like One World <URL> and other peer-to-peer networking projects that circumvented otherwise central - and culturally dominant - powers.) |