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Category Archives: Knowledge development
References for Millennium Declaration Analysis Series
I have received several requests to post references referred to in my so-called “Millennium Declaration Analysis Series” which I link to in the left margin of the main page of this blog. These lengthy articles are drafts that I produced … Continue reading
BBC World Service Poll on Globalisation
The BBC has published the results of a poll on attitudes toward, and experiences of, globalisation that they conducted in cooperation with GlobeScan Inc. and The Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA). (See the story on the poll on BBC … Continue reading
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Knowledge? Which knowledge?
I’ve just come across a paper written by Marcus Foth, Nancy Odendaal and Greg Hearn, titled “The View from Everywhere: Towards an Epistemology for Urbanites.” I found it a fascinating read because it echoes so many of my own thoughts … Continue reading
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Knowledge and learning in the global knowledge-based economy
Another draft related to my thesis. This one follows the previously posted drafts and discusses the theoretical foundations of the concepts of “knowledge” and “learning” in a globalized knowledge-based economy with special emphasis on ICTs. Links to the previous chapters … Continue reading
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Report on Open Source – interesting points on collaboration and learning
The European Commission (DG Enterprise and Industry, I suppose) has made available a comprehensive report on the significance of free/libre and open source (FLOSS) applications for economic and innovation development. The report is titled “Economic impact of open source software … Continue reading
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Microsoft invents IT language for Mapuche Indians in Chile
The story about Microsoft’s translation of its software into Mapuzugun, a language spoken by about 400,000 indiginous Mapuche Indians in Chile, has been raising a lot of attention on the net. The Mapuche Indians want to take Microsoft to court … Continue reading
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