Journal of Community Informatics, 4(3)

Editorial

Community Informatics: What's in a Name	HTML
Michael Gurstein

Articles

Social Networks and Social Capital: Rethinking Theory in Community Informatics	Abstract HTML
Kate Williams, Joan C. Durrance

Tl’azt’en Learning Circle: Information Technology, Health and Cultural Preservation	Abstract HTML
Sandra Jarvis-Selinger, Kendall Ho, Helen Novak Lauscher, Brandi Bell

Defining the Networked Community Movement	Abstract HTML
Sylvie R. Albert

Call Centres and their Role in E-governance: A Developing Country Perspective	Abstract HTML
Sharif As-Saber, Khalid Hossain

Notes from the field

Community Revenue Collection System	Abstract PDF
Guido Sohne

New Concept Regarding Management of Security Cameras	Abstract HTML
Yusaku Fujii, Naoya Ohta, Hiroshi Ueda, Yoichi Sugita, Koichi Maru

Points of View

A 'meditation' on meaningful participation	Abstract HTML
Ricardo Ramirez

Journal of Community Informatics 4(2): e-governance and community informatics

Table of Contents

Editorial

E-Governance and Community Informatics: Developed and Less Developed Country Experiences	HTML
Michael Gurstein

Articles

E-Governance in the Developing World in Action	Abstract HTML
Arjan de Jager, Victor van Reijswoud

eFez Local Good Governance Outcomes in a Developing World Context	Abstract HTML
Driss Kettani, Michael Gurstein, Asmae Elmahdi

Community Networking and Civic Participation: Surveying the Canadian Research Landscape	Abstract HTML
Graham Longford

Examining the ‘e’ in government and governance: A case study in alternatives from Bangalore City, India	Abstract HTML
Veena V. Raman

Visualisation Techniques For Facilitating Stakeholder Decision Making In Urban Planning	Abstract HTML
Andrew J Rixon, Stewart Burn

Notes from the field

CITIZEN-CENTRIC E-GOVERNANCE PROJECT IN UTTARANCHAL, INDIA	Abstract HTML
H. K. Verma, H. Sinvhal, V. K. Nangia, J. D. Sharma, V. Kumar, A. K. Pant

Using Text/SMS for an Online Database of Election Returns	Abstract HTML
Roberto S. Verzola

Reports

Utilization of Electronic Government Services in Mexico: A Matter of Trust	Abstract HTML
Celene Navarrete

Journal of Community Informatics 4(1): especial sobre WiFi comunitario

Editorial

Is There A Wireless Community Informatics?	HTML
Michael Gurstein

Introduction to the Special Issue: Wireless Networking for Communities, Citizens and the Public Interest	HTML
Alison Powell, Sascha D. Meinrath

Articles

Time, space and the wireless community network	Abstract HTML
Marco Adria

Towards Place-peer community and civic bandwidth: a case study in community wireless networking	Abstract HTML
Hanna Hye-Na Cho

Anytime? Anywhere?: Reframing Debates Around Community and Municipal Wireless Networking	Abstract HTML
Laura Forlano

Keeping Promises: Municipal communities struggle to fulfill promises to narrow the digital divide with Municipal Community Wireless Networks	Abstract HTML
Andrea H Tapia, Julio Angel Ortiz

Notes from the field

The i-REACH Project in Cambodia	Abstract HTML
Kim Dara, Long Dimanche, Seán Ó Siochrú

Metropolitan Wi-Fi Research Network at the Los Angeles State Historic Park	Abstract HTML
Vidyut Samanta, Chase Laurelle Alexandria Knowles, Jeff Burke, Fabian Wagmister, Deborah Estrin

Setting Long Distance WiFi Records: Proofing Solutions for Rural Connectivity	Abstract HTML
Ermanno Pietrosemoli

Saving Toronto Hydro Telecom's One Zone project from itself: alternative models for urban public wireless infrastructure	Abstract HTML
Andrew Clement, Amelia Potter

Notes and cases from the field (practitioners)

Life after Connectivity: the Impact of the Community Mesh Network in Mahavilachchiya, Sri Lanka’s E-village	Abstract HTML
Alisha Bhagat

In Memoriam

Steve Cisler: an appreciation	Abstract HTML
Eduardo Villanueva

Journal of Community Informatics 3 (4).

Editorial

Some Thoughts on ICT in a Developing World Context	HTML Untitled
Michael Gurstein

Articles

Stakeholders' Perceptions of the Impact of the Global System for Mobile Communications on Nigeria Rural Economy: Implications for an Emerging Communications Industry	Abstract HTML
Tella Adeyinka

Trouble at Kookaburra Hollow: how media mediate	Abstract HTML
Michael V. Arnold, Christopher J Shepherd, Martin R Gibbs

Some perspectives on understanding the adoption and implementation of ICT interventions in developing countries	Abstract HTML
Md. Mahfuz Ashraf, Paul Swatman, Dr. Jo Hanisch

The Vancouver Community Network, Social Investing and Public Good Models of ICT development	Abstract HTML
Christopher Bodnar

Technology Mediated Learning: Building Capacity in Rural Communities	Abstract HTML
David W Bruce, Victoria Hagens, Katrina Ellis

Community Wireless: Policy and Regulation Perspectives	Abstract HTML
Matthew A Wong

Reports

Innovations in Microfinance technologies	Abstract PDF
Gisèle Gagnon

Journal of Community Informatics 3(3): especial sobre América Latina

Este número ha sido editado por un servidor y Christoph Roessner, de somos@telecentros, en Quito, Ecuador; una demostración que el teletrabajo funciona. Hay varios trabajos sobre la República del Hortelano, y en general es informativo y útil. Sean bienvenidos.

Editorial

Editorial: Community Informatics with a Latin American Accent	HTML
Michael Gurstein

Introducción: TIC y América Latina: una revision desde las bases hasta la torre de marfil	HTML
Eduardo Villanueva, Christoph Roessner

Articles

Sostenibilidad de proyectos de desarrollo con nuevas tecnologías: el caso de la organización de regantes y su sistema de información en Huaral	Abstract HTML
Juan Fernando Bossio

Sistemas comunitarios de satisfacción a necesidades de conectividad en la sociedad de la información: el caso de Argentina	Abstract HTML
Susana Finquelievich, Daniel Gustavo Finquelievich

Manteniendo lazos vía Web: El Caso de las Comunidades Mexicanas de Emigrantes en los EUA	Abstract HTML
Victor M Gonzalez, Luis A Castro-Quiroa

La Promoción de las TIC para el Desarrollo en Pueblos Indígenas: Extensión o Comunicación	Abstract HTML
Sofía Irene Medellin Urquiaga, Erick Huerta Velázquez

La piedra angular: sujetos y contextos locales en la implementación de las políticas de inclusión digital-	Abstract HTML
Laura Porras, Bertha Salinas, José Manuel Ramos, Guadalupe Huerta

Notes and cases from the field (practitioners)

El rol de las TIC en la educacion: Experencia del programa escolar de monitoreo ambiemental de la subcuenca del Cotahuasi, Perú	Abstract HTML
Luis Caceres

Programa de Intercambio entre operadores de telecentros. Una nueva generación de redes en el movimiento de telecentros panamericano.	Abstract HTML
Oscar Maeso

El rol de los telecentros comunitarios en las comunidades indígenas de Sololà, Guatemala	Abstract HTML
Vilma Tuy

Telecentros comunitarios: un espacio para la participación y formación ciudadana. La experiencia de Manizales, Colombia	Abstract HTML
Eugenia Vallejo Montoya

Notes from the field

Brazilian Digital Inclusion Public Policy: achievements and challenges	Abstract HTML
Cristina Kiomi Mori, Rodrigo Ortiz Assumpção

Reviews

Apropiación de las tecnologías móviles desde un espejo lejano: infiltración barroca, creolización y canibalismo	Abstract HTML
Alejandra Davidziuk

Points of View

Políticas y clivajes: algunas ideas a propósito de una revisión de políticas	Abstract HTML
Eduardo Villanueva

Journal of Community Informatics, 3(2)

El más reciente número de esta revista presenta una variedad de artículos interesantes. Para los interesados en cuestiones teóricos, el artículo de Michael Arnold es un ejercicio brillante de sistematización de lo que una red puede ser por el tipo de conexiones que crea o permite crear.

Editorial

Q: Where is the Wealth of Nations? A: In Communities.	HTML
Michael Gurstein

Articles

The concept of community and the character of networks	Abstract HTML
Michael V Arnold

Overnight Internet Browsing Among Cyber Café users in Abraka, Nigeria	Abstract HTML
Esharenana E. Adomi

Surveys of the use of information and communications technologies by community-based organisations	Abstract HTML
Tom Denison, Graeme Johanson

Internet Cafés in Asia and Africa – Venues for Education and Learning?	Abstract HTML
Bjørn Furuholt, Stein Kristiansen

Factors Influencing Information Delivery Technology Choice in Deprived Regions in Ghana	Abstract HTML
Olivia Kwapong

Notes from the field

Trapped in the Digital Divide: The Distributive Paradigm in Community Informatics	Abstract HTML
Virginia E. Eubanks

Points of View

Network Capital: an expression of social capital in the Network Society	Abstract HTML
Manuel Acevedo

A Comment Prompted by Andy Williamson's “A Review of New Zealand's Digital Strategy”	HTML
Garth Graham

The Journal of Community Informatics, 3(1):

Número especial dedicado a la Informática Comunitaria y el Diseño de Sistemas, ha sido publicado ayer.

Soy editor asociado de este Journal, pero es igualmente recomendable para académicos, profesionales y activistas de la utilización de tecnología de información y comunicación en contextos comunitarios. Este número en particular es bastante técnico, pero hay varias cosas interesantes para la reflexión sobre el tema.

Artículos:

Towards Systems Design for Supporting Enabling Communities	Resumen HTML
Michael Bieber, Barbara S. McFall, Ronald E. Rice, Michael Gurstein

A Design Theory Approach to Community Informatics: Community-Centered Development and Action Research Testing of Online Social Networking Prototype	Resumen HTML
David T Bourgeois, Thomas A. Horan

Community Networks as lead users in online public services design.	Resumen HTML
Fiorella De Cindio, Laura Anna Ripamonti, Cristian Peraboni

Making Use of Scenarios for Achieving Effective Use in Community Computing Contexts	Resumen HTML
Roderick L Lee, Craig H Ganoe, Wendy A Schafer, Cecelia B Merkel, John M. Carroll, Mary Beth Rosson

Using System Dynamics to Construct Design Theory for Community Information Systems	Resumen HTML
Aldo de Moor

Towards Supporting Community Information Seeking and Use	Resumen HTML
Nkechi Nnadi, Michael Gurstein

Una colaboración especial:

Code of Ethics for Community Informatics Researchers	Resumen HTML
Udo Averweg, Susan O'Donnell