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COVID-19 Pandemic: Economic, Political and Social Effects
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Bridging digital gaps in a mobile device age: Evidence from community telecentres in Ghana
African Journal of Empirical Research, volume 6, issue 3 (2025), pp. 776-792
"This study explores the usefulness of Community Information Centres (CICs) amidst growing ubiquity of mobile phones. It examines how CICs can play a complementary role to personal mobile phones, specifically in facilitating access to information that translates into social and economic progress. Th
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The Rise of the Network Commons: A History of Community Infrastructure
Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures (2025), 107 pp.
Typology of community-centred connectivity initiatives
Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Rhizomatica (2024), 30 pp.
Principles for community-centred connectivity initiatives
Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Rhizomatica (2024), 6 pp.
Creating wireless community networks with LibreRouter, LibreMesh and other tools
Earth Defenders (2024), 25 pp.
Community Network Readiness Assessment Handbook
Internet Society (2024), 92 pp.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Adoption by Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Zambia. A Survey Report
Internews;FHI 360;USAID (2024), 16 pp.
"The findings reveal that 44% of CSOs are currently utilizing AI tools, with generative AI being the most popular, while 96% of non-users are considering future integration. However, 54% have not yet adopted AI. Perceptions of AI’s impact on job security vary, with 48% seeing no threat, 13% percei
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Latin America in a Glimpse 2024: Reflexiones para una IA comunitaria y feminista
Derechos Digitales (2024), 37 pp.
Community Networks Guide
Earth Defenders (2024), 19 pp.
Coding Da Vinci: Das Playbook. Schritt für Schritt zum eigenen Kultur-Hackathon
De Gruyter Saur (2023), 95 pp.
"Das von 2019 bis 2022 von der Kulturstiftung des Bundes geförderte Projekt "Coding da Vinci" vernetzt seit 2014 technikaffine und kulturbegeisterte Communities mit deutschen Kulturinstitutionen, um das kreative Potential in unserem digitalen Kulturerbe weiter zu entfalten. Inhaltlich ist die Publi
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Community Network Regulation Around the World
Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2023), 5 pp.
Der Kampf um das Internet: Wie Wikipedia, Mastodon und Co. die Tech-Giganten herausfordern
München: Beck (2023), 236 pp.
"Mehr Freiheit und mehr Demokratie waren die großen Versprechen des Internets. Doch inzwischen konzentriert sich die Macht bei einigen wenigen Tech-Giganten. Dabei bietet das Netz selbst eine Lösung, um sein ursprüngliches Freiheitsversprechen zu bewahren: die nichtkommerzielle digitale Gegenwelt
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Co-creating our digital future: How open-source technology can expand inclusive digital public infrastructure
Digital Impact Alliance (dial) (2023), 18 pp.
Civic Coding: Empirische Erkenntnisse und Empfehlungen zur Unterstützung gemeinwohlorientierter KI
Berlin: Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) (2023), 25 pp.
"Der Einsatz von Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) im Sinne des Gemeinwohls steckt noch in einer Erprobungsphase. Dieses Policy Paper präsentiert empirische Ergebnisse der Civic Coding-Studie, die die empirischen Befunde aus 20 Expert*innen-Interviews und zehn Fallstudien aus unterschiedlichen gemeinwo
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Log out_: A Glossary of Technological Resistance and Decentralization
Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures (2023), 313 pp.
From community networks to shared networks: The paths of Latin-Centric Indigenous networks to a pluriversal internet
Information, Communication & Society, volume 26, issue 11 (2023), pp. 2326-2344
"This article examines, with ethnographic lenses, the emergence of shared networks in the Tseltal and Zapoteco communities in Chiapas and Oaxaca (Mexico). ‘Shared networks’ are first-mile signal-sharing practices that articulate interconnection infrastructure and values of coexistence to, in the
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Manual: Instructivo con diseños y planos para construir antenas guía de ondas
Córdoba: [no publisher] (2023), 19 pp.
Codesigning community networking literacies with rural/remote Northern Indigenous communities in Northwest Territories, Canada
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, volume 29, issue 1: zmad042 (2023), 13 pp.
"Digital literacy research and practice typically presume certain conditions, such as an urban orientation and adequate, affordable access to connectivity and devices. But these conditions are not universal; for example, people in small, rural/remote Indigenous communities may seek to balance connec
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Creating Community-Driven Datasets: Insights from Mozilla Common Voice Activities in East Africa
Bonn; Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2023), 23 pp.
Making a place for technology in communities: PlaceCal and the capabilities approach
Information, Communication & Society, volume 26, issue 6 (2023), pp. 1067-1086
"We discuss how a capability approach to information technology in neighbourhoods with low social capital can create embedded and sustainable Community Technology Partnerships (CTPs) that connect residents and institutions together, reducing barriers to social participation and collaborative action.
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