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  • Upcoming Spring 2009 Lectures

    Narrative and Institutional Memory

    Dr. Charlotte Linde
    Socio-Rocket Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center
    Tuesday, February 17, 2009
    12:00 - 2:00pm
    119 Moses Hall (Harris Room)


    Political Mobilization through Information and Communication in a Digital Age

    Professor Jaeho Cho
    Department of Communication, University of California at Davis
    Thursday, March 5, 2009
    12:00 - 2:00pm
    119 Moses Hall (Harris Room)


    Using Online Tools to Encourage Offline Participation

    Assistant Professor David Silver
    Media Studies, University of San Francisco
    Monday, April 6, 2009
    12:00 - 2:00pm
    119 Moses Hall (Harris Room)


    Developing a Taste for the Necessary: A Bourdieuian Approach to Digital Inequality Among American High School Students

    Assistant Professor Laura Robinson
    Sociology, Santa Clara University
    Thursday, April 23
    12:00 - 2:00pm
    119 Moses Hall (Harris Room)

  • Archive of Past Lectures and Conferences

    Past Lectures and Conferences in previous years
    hosted by BCGIT

  • Areas of Expertise and Research Interests of BCGIT:

    Digital Government
    How IT is transforming the practice of governance and democracy: online government services, transformation of public administration, citizens' access to elected officials, virtual governance, online voting,

    The Household, the Workplace and Society
    How IT is changing the shape of household interactions, the relations between digital workers and managers, the impact of telecommuting on work practices, and the virtual embodiment of society.

    IT and Diasporic Communites
    How IT sustains transnational relations; issues of digital marginality; sustainability of diasporic identity; and virtual diasporas.

    IT and Development
    How IT can be used in the process of economic development, in delivering services to remote villages, in providing access to information in rural areas, in enhancing the performances of public administration and in alleviating poverty in general.

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