ICT and Globalisation (SSIT 2)
Videos, papers, presentations and photos from the second Social Study of IT workshop at LSE, 22-23 April 2002.
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The workshop addressed theoretical, strategic and policy issues of information and communication technologies (ICT) and globalisation. It was intended to bring together a multidisciplinary group of scholars to expose and discuss current theoretical perspectives and issues of concern regarding ICT and globalisation.
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Day one - 22 April
9-9.30am |
Welcome by Chrisanthi Avgerou and Claudio Ciborra |
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9.30-10.30am |
Digitisation: a variable in the reshaping of cross-border relations, Saskia Sassen, LSE |
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10.30-11.30am |
Electronic Trading and the Transformation of Futures Exchanges in Global Work Times, Michael Barrett, University of Cambridge and Susan Scott, LSE |
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11.30am-12 noon |
Coffee break |
12 noon-1pm |
Cross-Cultural Issues in Global Software Outsourcing, Geoff Walsham, University of Cambridge |
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1-2.30pm |
Lunch |
2.30-3.30pm |
E-Marketplace Services - do they support a global marketplace? Robin Mansell, LSE |
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3.30-4pm |
Coffee break |
4-5.30pm |
Panel discussion on the issues raised by the presentations of the day Chair: Chrisanthi Avgerou, LSE Panellists: Saskia Sassen, Michael Barrett, Susan Scott, Geoff Walsham and Robin Mansell |
Day two - 23 April
9.30-10am |
Keynote speech, Anthony Giddens, LSE |
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10-11am |
Got Infrastructure? How standards, categories and other aspects of global infrastructures influence communication, Susan Leigh Star, University of California, San Diego |
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11-11.30am |
Coffee break |
11.30am-12.30pm |
Comparative Ethnographies of the Internet: locals in the global, Don Slater, LSE |
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12.30-1.30pm |
Lunch |
1.30-2.30pm |
A Framework for Achieving Sustainable Development Through ICT Interventions, Dewald Roode, University of Pretoria |
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2.30-3pm |
Coffee break |
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Panel discussion on the issues raised by the presentations of the day. Chair: Claudio Ciborra, LSEPanellists: Susan Leigh Star, Don Slater and Dewald Roode. |
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