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- Latest post made by David Shoare at 2006 Dec 05 13:47 UTC
Thought it'd be wise to start a whole thread for this purpose, rather than clog
up the Introductions thread.
Bristol Blogger said:
'Hi,
I'm the Bristol Blogger. I'm currently taking an interest in the Connecting
Bristol initiative and its extraordinary claim that its model of
'e-participation' is a solution to long-term social and economic deprivation.
Quiet in here, innit?'
Carolyn Hassan said:
'I don't think anyone would claim its the only solution, or that there is one
solution. I think the issue is more that, people living in communities
identified by others as being "deprived" are better able to find solutions
if they have access to information, decision making processes and the
opportunity to participate.'
I think the problem with e-participation is that you have to test things out
and find out what works. Also, for anything like this to be successful people
have to know where it is and what you can do with it. As for it being a
solution to long term social and economic deprivation, Bristol Blogger- give it
a chance, this thing has only been online since October!! I'm sure as the Media
Centre gets going and they start building their new building (Urban 2 funding
was approved last night, so hopefully that'll be soon!) then we can promote
tools like this and people will be using it fully. We've already started seeing
the City Council's E-Petition facility being used for a range of purposes from
keeping the Banksy artwork on Park Street to recycling plastic(which annoyingly
Gary Hopkins made excuses for not doing it), so who's to say Knowle West's
forum can't work as a tool for the community to make things better?
There's my two cents...
I'm not sure where I read this I think something was mentioned about using PDAs
for developing ideas for youth inclusion.
I think that we need to make other technology available, from the people that
are developing in Bristol.
HP Labs springs to mind.
My view is that if the powers that be are talking about this, then lets test
their resolve to put the money where their mouths are. Talk is no good without
action.
Why not teach a generation new skills that take technology to another place but
still hold the values of community, social inclusion and restorative justice.
The internet itself doesn't hold all the keys but certainly this is the right
vehicle for allowing the change to occur.
I could go on but I think I'll let my thoughts brew a bit more first.
Bristol Blogger never did reply, did he? Nor just by searching does he even
have a blog...