It’s an exciting day: Digital Inclusion in an Unequal World: An Emancipatory Manifesto is officially published today. Find out more at https://ict4d.org.uk/diuw (or http://digital-inclusion.org) – and for a short period get 20% off the recommended price!
Thanks to everyone who made this possible, especially:
- The 31 authors of the vignettes – listen to them reading their descriptions on our podcast.
- All those at Routledge who had faith in the book and who helped in its production, especially Helena Hurd, Katerina Lade, Susan Dunsmore (copy-editor), and Jen Hicks (production)
- Those who read parts of it in draft and provided valuable comments and advice (see the Acknowledgements)
- And above all those with whom I have worked over the last 50 years and inspired my to write the book!
Upcoming launch events
I’m delighted to share the news that we will be having a series of launch events and discussions around the themes of the book in different locations around the world, including
- April 20th: at UNU-EGOV in Guimarães, Portugal
- June (precise date to be confirmed, but between 1st and 6th): Accra, Ghana
- July (c.6th-8th): coinciding with WSIS Annual Forum and AIforGood (or Bad)
- December (7th or 8th): Kuala Lumpur
- London – dates to be confirmed
- Kathmandu, Nepal – date to be confirmed
At these events copies of the book will be available with a 30% discount.
Links
To find out more about the book, do explore the links below:
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Members of the UNESCO Chair in ICT4D were delighted to work with colleagues from UN ESCAP and INIT (The Inter-Islamic Network on IT) to moderate an expert meeting on inclusion and technology on 30th August 2018 on the margins of the ESCAP 
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