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

[Charles Mok]

Dear Siva,

I think this is a great topic/theme for IGF and would be good for the AP
region and APRALO to support too.

Charles


On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Sivasubramanian M <isolatedn at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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.
>
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