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 works by Yvonne

Just came across the following:

Loops / Open source
This project addresses cultural memory as endangered by the computer age

Isn’t it the opposite? That the computer age actually saves /  preserves / enables cultural memory? That we’ve never seen such a cultural reservoir as now? Maybe it is - as openendedgroup continue, - an age that perhaps offers a solution.

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Looking at the UNESCO/WSIS Declaration of Principles for the internet, it becomes clear that the declaration rejects the bifurcation of, on the one, the information society as part of globalization on corporate terms and the subsequent increase in the digital divide and, on the other, knowledge societies that rely on affordable, free and open-source software and diversity in formats that enable global accessability regardless of the underlying technology.

Governments have been quick in picking up the information society and The Declaration claims that the governments of the first world are responsible for the ways in which the Internet will develop. The choice of software is a political choice. No matter how much you argue for measures to bridge the digital divide, no matter how much money you put into building new infrastructures, the fact remains that the choices made set the example.

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