Tactical Technology Collective
The Tactical Technology Collective (est. 2003) is an international nongovernmental organization that trains rights advocates to deploy "information and communications technologies - social media tools, mobile phones, digital security and information design." It works with groups in "developing and transition countries" in particular.[1]
Activities
- Summer Source Camp, open source workshop, held in Croatia (2003)[2]
- Africa Source, open source workshop, held in Namibia (2004),[3] Uganda (2006)[4]
- Asia Source, a series of three open source camps held in Bangalore, India (2005), in Sukabumi, Indonesia (2007)and in Silang in the Philippines (2009).
- "10 Tactics for Turning Information into Action," a 50-minute film (2009) that shows "how social justice organizations in the Global South use everything from Google Earth to Facebook in their campaigns."[5][6][7]
- NGO-in-a-Box[8]
- NGO-in-a-Box, security edition[9][10]
- NGO In A Box South Asia
Images
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Africa Source, Uganda, 2006 -
NGO in a Box training, Pune, India, 2007 -
Mapping workshop, India, 2009
See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tactical Technology Collective.
- ^ Tactical Technology Collective. What We Do. Retrieved 2011-10-13
- ^ Paul-Brian McInerney. "Technology Movements and the Politics of Free/Open Source Software." Science Technology Human Values March 2009 vol. 34 no. 2
- ^ "African Free and Open Source Software Developers Meeting March 15th - 19th, 2004." Africa News, January 20, 2004
- ^ "Africa Source II - Free and Open Source Software for Local Communities." Africa News, October 17, 2005
- ^ Derek Blackadder. "Twitter & Toodledo." Our Times, Feb/March 2010.
- ^ 10 Tactics. Retrieved 2011-10-13
- ^ Mary C. Joyce, ed. Digital activism decoded: the new mechanics of change. NY: International Debate Education Assoc., 2010
- ^ Tactical Tech. ngoinabox.org. Retrieved 2011-10-13
- ^ Information communication technologies and human development: opportunities and challenges. Idea Group, 2007
- ^ Ronald Deibert. Access denied: the practice and policy of global Internet filtering. MIT Press, 2008
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