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Title

Machinery and community: the Atherton Gardens community network experiment

Author(s)

Ewing, Scott;  Hopkins, Liza;  Meredyth, Denise;  Thomas, Julian;  Hayward, David

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the expectations associated with a current example of social partnerships oriented to ‘community-building’ though the social use of technology. Our central case study is provided by the Reach for the Clouds project being undertaken at Atherton Gardens, a high rise public housing estate in inner Melbourne by InfoXchange Australia, a not for profit enterprise, working in conjunction with Government departments, private companies and other third sector agencies. The paper explores some of the issues which are raised when a large, complex project with social justice aims is initiated as a social partnership, discussing some of the challenges and complexities of managing a project with numerous stakeholders across the public, private and not for profit sectors.

Publication type

Conference paper

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology. Institute for Social Research

Source

2002 International Conference on the Digital Divide: Technology and Politics in the Information Age, David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, 22–24 August 2002

Publication year

2002

Publisher URL

http://www.sisr.net/events/digitaldivides.htm

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