Video from ICTD2.0 and Peer Production Session at ICTD 2010

Thanks to Isabella Wagner and the ICT4D.at team, a short video of some of our session on ICTD2.0 and Peer Production is available below:

Cloud Collaboration: Peer-Production and the Engineering of the Internet

I've just received final proofs for my chapter, "Cloud Collaboration: Peer-Production and the Engineering of the Internet." This chapter, which will appear in the book titled "Engineering Earth," has gone through a few incarnations (and indeed titles). But this version will absolutely, certainly, be the final draft.

The full citation is below, and I welcome any feedback.

Graham, M. 2011. Cloud Collaboration: Peer-Production and the Engineering of the Internet. In Engineering Earth. ed. Brunn, S. New York: Springer, 67-83.

New paper published: "Disintermediation, Altered Chains and Altered Geographies: The Internet in the Thai Silk Industry"

My paper on disintermediation and altered geographies in the Thai silk industry has just been published. The paper can be downloaded from the link below:

Disintermediation, Altered Chains and Altered Geographies: The Internet in the Thai Silk Industry

Abstract
The Thai silk industry is in a worrying position. For centuries the industry has provided economic support to hundreds of thousands of people in the northeast of Thailand and become a part of the region’s cultural heritage. However, the industry is now dying largely because of uncompetitive nature of the silk being produced. This paper therefore examines one of the most widely touted development strategies: the use of the internet to both expand markets and disintermediate commodity chains. Using surveys and interviews, this study examines the geographic and topological effects that the internet has had in the value chains of Thai silk.