[APAC-Discuss] Internet Governance across cultures: Asia Pacific Region as a microcosm of the World of Diversity Regional interests in a global setting

[Sivasubramanian M]

Hello

The following topic has been proposed as a theme for an IGF Seminar.
during 27-30 September. This topic is to bring in national and
regional views on local concerns in a global setting.

I have filed this topic as a Workshop proposal that could possibly be
discussed by APRALO for support as a workshop from the APRALO region.
The initial description as filed is as below, but workshop proposals
can be amended for some more time.

Title: Internet Governance across cultures: Asia Pacific Region as a
microcosm of the World of Diversity Regional interests in a global
setting

Description: Asia Pacific is a region of diverse ethnicities of
numerous languages, languages that are not etymologically related
unlike the languages in the Europe and Americas. The cultural
background, the cultural diversity of Asia Pacific is also of a wider
spectrum than the cultural diversity in the Europe, Americas and
Africa.

What are the special challenges in Internet Governance across Asia
Pacific cultures? For instance, IDNs are desired by the Asia Pacific
region more than any other region in the world. How does Asia Pacific
hope to communicate across IDNs?
How does the region collaborate and how does it stay united as a
region amidst all this diversity? And across the regions, each
different from the other, each with cultures on its own with so many
languages, so many different needs, How is unity in diversity
achieved?

The topic will elicit an unrestrained discussion on ideologies, ethnic
diversity, policies, politics, conflicts and hopes. The idea of this
workshop is to ask the Asia Pacific region to think transparently and
aloud in a global forum to identify problem areas and opportunities
for the region and also deliberate upon the theme diversity management
in a Global Setting.

Expanded Questions: How does the region further its regional interests
while being part of the whole? How does the region tune its regional
priorities to the global agenda?  Is it against gloablism to be
concerned about the region? Is it a zero sum game to further regional
interests?  To what extent is it appropriate to further regional
interests and what comromises does the region make for the good of the
whole world?   How would asia pacific region implement its regional
Internet priorities while working towards preserving the unity of the
internet?

There are answers to some questions, some questions are asked to
provoke thinking with a hope to lead to solutions to problem areas
that are yet to be foreseen, questions that are not yet raised,
questions that one shies away from asking. It is an Asia Pacific topic
but the idea behind this topic is to prompt a thought process about
the pursuit of regional interests in tune with a global agenda.

Filed Under: Access and Diversity

Sivasubramanian M
Isoc India Chennai At Large Structure.