Community Informatics

Community informatics is the field of scholarship, policy, and practice that helps communities use information technologies to improve healthcare, foster civic engagement, preserve cultural heritage, inspire and educate youth, improve economic development, and achieve other goals related to social change.

Class Notes, September 22, 2006

Submitted by Garin on September 22, 2006 - 11:07am
CIC Seminar September 22, 2006 International Public Access 1. What makes the infrastructure so different throughout different parts of the world? 2. Particular examples of how organizations are trying to address the divides. Technologies (priced differently in different places) Telephone, SMS 3. Organizations in an advocacy and service role in providing services. 4. Paul: Viable international projects
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Community Informatics Workshop, Sunday, October 15, 2006

Submitted by edwardvielmetti on September 13, 2006 - 4:36pm
You are invited to attend the Community Informatics workshop at the University of Michigan School of Information, to be held on Sunday, 15 October 2006 before the beginning of the iSchools conference. Organizers This event is jointly sponsored by the Commuity Informatics Initiative at the University of Illinois (Ann Bishop and Chip Bruce), the Community Information Corps at the University of Michigan (Steve Jackson, Maurita Holland, Joan Durrance, Paul Resnick, Dan Atkins, and Edward Vielmetti), and CRACIN at the University of Toronto (Nadia Caidi and Andrew Clement).
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Gavin Clarkson, Law 686, Federal Indian Law

Submitted by edwardvielmetti on August 31, 2006 - 11:56pm
Gavin Clarkson writes: If you've ever wondered about American Indian tribes and how and where they fit into the larger fabric of America (other than their respective placements on the maps in West Hall), I will be teaching a 3-credit Federal Indian Law at the law school this fall and would like to invite SI students to enroll. 686 Federal Indian Law MW 8:35am-10:00am Hutchins Hall 218
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Online communities and social computing conference

Submitted by snaab on August 25, 2006 - 10:53am
Please forward to interested colleagues and lists. This is a call for participation for the Online Communities and Social Computing thematic area within the general Human Computer Interaction International conference to be held in Beijing next summer. Please consider presenting  a paper, convening  a panel discussion, or participating in other ways.

HCI International 2007, 22-27 July 2007, Beijing International
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Technology Manager opportunity -- based in NYC

I'm a 2004 SI / CIC alum now working as a National Circuit Rider for LawHelp.org / Probono.net. We're looking for a Technology Manager based in our New York offices. This is a senior staff position and is ideal for someone who wants to combine his/her technology and business experience with an important social cause – increasing access to justice for the most vulnerable people in society through the innovative use of technology. This position will play a key role in a major New Business Initiatives grant from the Gates Foundation we received last year to seed the development of a new ASP platform to help law firms manage their in-house pro bono programs. Here's the job description: http://www.probono.net/link.cfm?6542 . Feel free to email me at elizk@umich.edu if you have any questions.

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