A2K4 Workshop Slides

Identifying Challenges and Opportunities for an African Information Ethics
Organized by
UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies
www.uwm.edu/sois/
Johannes Britz UW-Milwaukee
Rafael Capurro International Center for Information Ethics /
UW-Milwaukee
Stephen Mutula University of Botswana
Dennis Ocholla University of Zululand
Michael Zimmer UW-Milwaukee / Yale ISP Affiliated Fellow

As our contemporary information society continues to take hold on the African continent, there is a pressing need to recognize and formalize an " African information ethics ”

That is, understanding and applying principles of information ethics
access to knowledge, intellectual property, information literacy, information poverty, intellectual freedom, freedom of expression, privacy, etc
within the particular context(s) of African cultures, African philosophies and the varied African information ecosystems

Rafael Capurro
International Center for Information Ethics founder & director
School of Information Studies, UW-Milwaukee distinguished researcher
International Review of Information Ethics editor-in-chief
Africa Network for Information Ethics founding member
European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (to the European Commission) member

Johannes Britz
School of Information Studies, UW-Milwaukee dean & professor
School of Information Technology, U of Pretoria professor extraordinary
International Review of Information Ethics (IRIE) co-editor
Africa Network for Information Ethics (ANIE) founding member

Dennis Ocholla
Dept. of Library & Information Science, U of Zululand senior professor & head
Faculty of the Arts, U of Zululand vice dean
South African Journal of Library & Information Science former editor-in-chief
Africa Network for Information Ethics (ANIE) founding member

Global challenges towards achieving an intercultural information ethics
Particular challenges we face in the African context
Projects and initiatives underway for capacity building among African universities
What else? What’s next?

Africa Network for Information Ethics (ANIE) www.africainfoethics.org
International Center for Information Ethics (ICIE) icie.zkm.de
International Review of Information Ethics (IRIE) www.i-r-i-e.net

A2K4 Workshop Slides

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