Rethinking the ‘Great Divide’

Rethinking the Digital Divide

T he contrast between the egalitarian ideals of many netizens, who see cyberspace as a radically democratizing environment , and the real limitations of access for most of the world continues to haunt the Net. In many ways, the domination of information technology has reinvigorated hierarchies of power, concentrating resources in the First World and contributing to the widening global economic ...

Rethinking the Digital Divide

In discussing and planning interventions around the “digital divide” people tend to think in terms of the binary oppositions of “digital-haves” and “digital-have-nots”. Information and communications technologies (ICT) programs sponsored by governments and other agencies to address the “digital divide” also tend to be “topdown” initiatives that focus on the provision of institutional aid and th...

Across The Great Divide

Free Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) is licensed to allow users the freedom to copy, reuse, study and develop the software. As a term which efficiently encompasses both ‘free software’ and ‘open-source’ models, FLOSS may offer music practitioners and researchers the opportunity to develop and use such software without becoming mired in a particular stance. In this article, parallels between ...

The Great Divide

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