[APAC-Discuss] Internet Governance Across Cultures - IGF Seminar Proposal

[Sivasubramanian M]

Dear Carlton

Thanks. It would indeed be a good idea to have Latin American perspectives
on this topic. Thank you for your good wishes.

I will keep you posted on this.

Thanks.



On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 8:40 PM, Carlton Samuels
<carlton.samuels at gmail.com>wrote:

> Siva:
> A very interesting topic indeed.  I'm sure some of these issues are
> relevant
> to the Latin America Caribbean context so I'm acutely interested in hearing
> the views teased from our Asia Pacific colleagues.
>
> Here's to success.....and an "unrestrained" conversation.
>
> Carlton
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> > Message: 2
> > Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:34:45 +0530
> > From: Sivasubramanian M <isolatedn at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [APAC-Discuss] Internet Governance across cultures: Asia
> >        Pacific Region as a microcosm of the World of Diversity Regional
> >        interests in a global setting
> > To: APRALO <apac-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
> > Cc: ICANN AtLarge Staff <staff at atlarge.icann.org>
> >
> > 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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> >
> >
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