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INFORMATION ETHICS IN AFRICA
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE ACTIVITIES
(2007-2010)
Rafael Capurro
Distinguished Researcher in Information Ethics
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
http://www.capurro.de/wsis2010_africa_infoethics.html
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Introduction
I. First African Conference on Information Ethics (2007)
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The Tshwane Declaration on Information Ethics
The African Network for Information Ethics (ANIE)
The Proceedings
II. Africa Reader on Information Ethics (2009)
III. High-level Workshop on Ethics and e-Government in Africa (2009)
IV. Second African Conference on Information Ethics (2010)
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Introduction
Information Ethics in Africa is a young academic
field.
But there is also a long history of Information
Ethics in Africa. It concerns Africa’s rich oral and
written traditions throughout many centuries
about different kinds of information and
communication practices using different moral
codes and media based on dynamic and
complex processes of cultural hybridization.
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Critical reflection on this history promotes
greater awareness of Africa's cultural
legacy, which provides the foundations of
the digital information and communication
technologies that will create unique and
genuinely African information societies.
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Information ethics opens a space of critical
reflection for all stakeholders on
established moral norms and values, it
provides the catalyst for a social process,
and is a space for retrieving the rich
African cultural memory necessary to our
field.
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The main moral responsibility of African
academics in the field of information
ethics is therefore to enrich African
identities by retrieving and re-creating
African information and communication
traditions.
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From this perspective, cultural memory is an
ethical task if we want to create a humane
community based not just on the number
of people but on the relations between
them.
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I. First African Conference on Information
Ethics (2007)
The First African Conference on IE was held in
Tshwane/Pretoria, South Africa, 5-7 February
2007, under the auspices of UNESCO, sponsored
by the South African Government, Department
of Communications and organized by the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, University of
Pretoria, University of Pittsburgh, and the
International Center of Information Ethics.
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I. First African Conference on Information
Ethics (2007)
Under the heading 'the joy of sharing knowledge'
and the patronage of UNESCO it brought
together some 80 policy makers and academic
minds from Africa and around the world to
discuss the impact of the use of modern
Information and Communication Technologies
(ICTs) on the African continent and formulate a
specifically African perspective on the challenges
involved - locally and globally
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I. First African Conference on Information
Ethics (2007)
In addressing the ethical challenges of the
information society on the African continent the
conference was inspired by the Geneva
Declaration adopted by the Geneva World
Summit on Information Society (WSIS) of 2003.
It was explicitly conceived as part of the
implementation of Action Line C10 of the
Geneva Plan of Action.
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I. First African Conference on Information
Ethics (2007)
The conference produced the following results:
Tshwane Declaration on Information Ethics adopted by the participants
of the conference as a genuine African contribution to the UNESCO
Code of Ethics for the Information Society.
African Network for Information Ethics giving African scholars a
platform to exchange and realize their ideas in the field.
The proceedings were first published in the International Review of
Information Ethics (IRIE vol. 7 - 09/2007). Now: "African Reader on
Information Ethics“
http://www.africainfoethics.org/conferences_2007.html
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I. First African Conference on Information
Ethics (2007)
African Network for Information Ethics (ANIE)
http://www.africainfoethics.org/index.html
This website is the result of the first African Information Ethics Conference,
held in Tshwane, South Africa, 5-7 February 2007. The attendees agreed to
form a network of professionals interested in Information Ethics from an
African perspective to further research in this area and to contribute to fulfill
the ideals as spelled out in the Tshwane declaration. It includes
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Conferences
Members
Tswane Declaration
Bibliography
Photos
List Server
Africa Reader on Information Ethics
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The Tshwane Declaration on
Information Ethics in Africa
The Tshwane Declaration was adopted by
the participants of the African Information
Ethics Conference: Ethical Challenges in
the Information Age on 7 February 2007.
http://www.africainfoethics.org/tshwanedeclaration.html
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II. Africa Reader on Information
Ethics
Capurro, R, Britz, JJ, Bothma, TJD and
Bester, BC (Eds.). Africa Reader on
Information Ethics. ISBN 978-0-62045627-2. Pretoria (2009)
http://www.africainfoethics.org/african_reader.html
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III. High-level Workshop on Ethics
and e-Government (2009)
under the auspices of UNESCO, co-sponsored by
the South Africa Government, Department of
Communications and organized by the University
of Pretoria, the University of WisconsinMilwaukee, the University of Pittsburgh, and the
International Center for Information Ethics, 2326 February 2009.
http://www.africainfoethics.org/conferences_2009.html
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III. High-level Workshop on Ethics and
e-Government (2009)
The central focus of e-Government in Africa should
be on helping to accomplish development goals
and objectives, which includes improving the
quality of life of individuals and families,
strengthening institutions in both the private and
public sectors, and enlarging the role of
elements of the civil society so that the civil
society can partner more effectively with the
other elements of the public sector and with the
private sector.
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IV. Second African Conference on
Information Ethics
Teaching Information Ethics in Africa
Current Status, Opportunities and Challenges
Venue: University of Gaborone, Botswana, 6-7 September, 2010
Organized by
the University of Botswana
the University of Zululand
the University of Pretoria
the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
and the International Center of Information Ethics
under the auspices of UNESCO
and co-sponsored by UNESCO, the University of Botswana, the University of WisconsinMilwaukee, the South African Government (Department of Communications) and SAP.
http://www.africainfoethics.org/conferences_2010.html
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IV. Second African Conference on
Information Ethics
Status reports from different African countries on the teaching of
Information Ethics
South Africa:
Dennis Ocholla
Namibia:
Kingo Mchombu
Botswana:
Stephen Mutula
Uganda:
Kigongo Bukenya
Nigeria:
Iyabo Mabawonku
Kenya:
Daniel Rotich or Japheth Otike
Ghana:
Anaba Alemna
Zambia:
Akakandelwa Akakandelwa
Zimbabwe:
Lawton Hikwa
Tanzania:
Akello S. James
Central African Republic: To be announced
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Children / Youth and Information Ethics in Africa
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