End of Millennium: The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture
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Editorial: Designing for civil society
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Net neighbours: adapting HCI methods to cross the digital divide
Interacting with Computers
Fairtrade.com versus Fairtrade.org-how Fairtrade organisations use the Internet
Interacting with Computers
Imagine real avatars and flying shepherds: involvement and engagement in innovative ICT
Proceedings of the 12th Participatory Design Conference: Research Papers - Volume 1
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In this paper, we argue firstly that researchers in critical computing should address the specific information and communication technology (ICT) needs and activities of those agencies concerned with emancipatory issues. Secondly, we argue that a critical perspective, explicitly foregrounding empowerment and emancipatory concerns, forms a basis for emphasising the practice of individuals, groups and organisations, rather than purely focusing on organisational form in social action.We discuss this context of social action, identifying some relevant ICT-related challenges. We identify three themes that highlight factors that differentiate ICT support for social action groups from the setting of conventional business and service organisations: Free / Libre Open-Source Software, techniques and technologies for engagement through storytelling, and learning and evaluation in social action.