Comments on: Notes From Berkman@10 Conference http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/15/notes-from-berkman10-conference/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:57:34 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: carobotero http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/15/notes-from-berkman10-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-1454779 carobotero Fri, 16 May 2008 12:23:49 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/15/notes-from-berkman10-conference/#comment-1454779 Still language issues will remain ignored if people using the languages does not get involved... Great Renata!! good you are there telling us what is going on Still language issues will remain ignored if people using the languages does not get involved… Great Renata!! good you are there telling us what is going on

]]> By: Renata Avila http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/15/notes-from-berkman10-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-1454761 Renata Avila Fri, 16 May 2008 12:14:32 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/15/notes-from-berkman10-conference/#comment-1454761 Well, Jimmy Wales mentioned that we need to realize how to reach places and languages not covered by media, for example Zulu, or such places that are just not that attractive for markets. Well, Jimmy Wales mentioned that we need to realize how to reach places and languages not covered by media, for example Zulu, or such places that are just not that attractive for markets.

]]> By: Chris Salzberg http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/15/notes-from-berkman10-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-1454673 Chris Salzberg Fri, 16 May 2008 07:02:53 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/15/notes-from-berkman10-conference/#comment-1454673 Renata: I think you're completely right, barriers of language and culture are absolutely key. Did the issue of language come up very much in the conference? Renata:

I think you’re completely right, barriers of language and culture are absolutely key. Did the issue of language come up very much in the conference?

]]> By: Solana Larsen http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/15/notes-from-berkman10-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-1454652 Solana Larsen Fri, 16 May 2008 04:55:04 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/15/notes-from-berkman10-conference/#comment-1454652 Hurray for the Berkman Center. Wish I could have been there too. Hurray for the Berkman Center. Wish I could have been there too.

]]> By: SystemsThinker http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/15/notes-from-berkman10-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-1454647 SystemsThinker Fri, 16 May 2008 04:28:21 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/15/notes-from-berkman10-conference/#comment-1454647 Well that's definitely another issue that the web needs to spread and become integrated in more places in more languages. Then, wherever it is integrated more, the issue I raised will become important over and over again. Well that’s definitely another issue that the web needs to spread and become integrated in more places in more languages. Then, wherever it is integrated more, the issue I raised will become important over and over again.

]]> By: Renata Avila http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/15/notes-from-berkman10-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-1454646 Renata Avila Fri, 16 May 2008 04:24:00 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/15/notes-from-berkman10-conference/#comment-1454646 From my perspective there are a lot of conversations that are not taking place, in Spanish, in Italian, across Africa... And the best Web 2.0 stuff is mainly in English, the best open content is in English, etc... So it is a big challenge of respecting identity and working on many plats and languafe to keep it diverse From my perspective there are a lot of conversations that are not taking place, in Spanish, in Italian, across Africa… And the best Web 2.0 stuff is mainly in English, the best open content is in English, etc… So it is a big challenge of respecting identity and working on many plats and languafe to keep it diverse

]]> By: SystemsThinker http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/15/notes-from-berkman10-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-1454563 SystemsThinker Thu, 15 May 2008 23:26:52 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/15/notes-from-berkman10-conference/#comment-1454563 It seems to me the crucial issue in terms of the political future of the internet will be how it interacts with social hierarchy. Will it flatten it by giving voice to those who previous did not have it or will it become another tool that is regulated in ways that lead to it further supporting hierarchy? Ultimately, that does seem to mean it will come down to how people use it. The internet itself just provides the opportunity for new ways of relating. It can't itself guarantee that those relationships are healthy or supportive of freedom. Only the people with an interest in it can decide those things. It seems to me the crucial issue in terms of the political future of the internet will be how it interacts with social hierarchy. Will it flatten it by giving voice to those who previous did not have it or will it become another tool that is regulated in ways that lead to it further supporting hierarchy?

Ultimately, that does seem to mean it will come down to how people use it. The internet itself just provides the opportunity for new ways of relating. It can’t itself guarantee that those relationships are healthy or supportive of freedom. Only the people with an interest in it can decide those things.

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