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Connecting Canadians
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Publisher:
Athabasca University Press
Athabasca University Press
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Watermark
Watermark
Publication Year:
2012
2012
ISBN-13:
9781926836058
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<P><EM>Connecting Canadians</EM> represents the work of the Community Research Alliance for Community Innovation and Networking (CRACIN), the largest national and international research effort to examine the burgeoning field of community informatics, a cross-disciplinary approach to the mobilization of information and communications technologies (ICT) for community change.</P>
<P>Funded for four years by the SSHRC's Initiative for the New Economy, CRACIN systematically studied a wide variety of Canadian community ICT initiatives, bringing perspectives from sociology, computer science, critical theory, women's studies, library and information sciences, and management studies to bear on networking technologies. A comprehensive thematic account of this in-depth research, <EM>Connecting Canadians </EM>will be an essential resource for NGOs, governments, the private sector, and multilateral agencies across the globe.</P>
<P>Funded for four years by the SSHRC's Initiative for the New Economy, CRACIN systematically studied a wide variety of Canadian community ICT initiatives, bringing perspectives from sociology, computer science, critical theory, women's studies, library and information sciences, and management studies to bear on networking technologies. A comprehensive thematic account of this in-depth research, <EM>Connecting Canadians </EM>will be an essential resource for NGOs, governments, the private sector, and multilateral agencies across the globe.</P>
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