[IRP] FW: [IDRC] testy testy test

[M.I.Franklin]

Dear All

Re. Lee's suggestion; absolutely fine by me - welcome everyone!

Didn't twig until Mike raised it, but there is a clear double-up with the 
other 'IDRC'.

best
MF

--On Friday, February 10, 2012 13:59 +0000 Lee W McKnight 
<lmcknigh at syr.edu> wrote:

>
> Yeah I had thought of suggesting this group all just subscribe to irp
> instead of creating a new list, especially not one that sounds
> so...Canadian ; )
>
> Can our irp coordinators extend such an invite to the accessnow et al
> crowd?
>
> OK by folks?
>
> Lee
>
>
> __________________________________________________
>
> From: irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org
> [irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org] on behalf of michael
> gurstein [gurstein at gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 8:55 AM
> To: 'irp'
> Subject: [IRP] FW: [IDRC] testy testy test
>
>
>
>
> I must say that I'm somewhat confused here... maybe I've missed
> something... Is the new "IDRC" list meant to replace the IRP list?
>
> If so, no problem but I must say that the acronym "IDRC"  is quite
> unfortunate if not something of a major problem...
>
> Whether unconscious or conscious I'm not sure, but either way the acronym
> "IDRC" is much more generally identified with the (Canadian)
> International Development Research Centre which pretty anyone who knows
> anything in the area of international development will immediately
> recognize and will, as was I, be thoroughly confused and disconcerted...
> (the folks at the IDRC who provide funding in Digital Rights areas among
> many others might be rather upset as well about the possible confusion.
>
>
> Best,
>
> Mike
>
>  -----Original Message-----
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> Mike Rispoli
> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:35 PM
> To: International Digital Rights Coalition
> Subject: Re: [IRP] [IDRC] testy testy test
>
> got it
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Jochai Ben-Avie <jochai at accessnow.org>
> wrote:
>
> huzzah!
>
>
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Dr Marianne Franklin
Reader & Convener of the Global Media & Transnational Communications Program
Media & Communications
Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross
London SE14 6NW
United Kingdom
Tel (direct): #44 (0)207 919-7072
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Recent Publications

Transnational Communications in Action: A Critical Praxis", M. I.
Franklin & Kenton T. Wilkinson, Communication, Culture, and Critique, 4
(2011) 361-381:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1753-9137.2011.01112.x/abstract

Decolonising the Future: Not to go where Cyborgs have gone before?, in
Interoperabel Nederland, Nico Westpalm van Hoorn, Peter Waters & Pieter
Wisse (eds), Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. Den Haag: The Netherlands,
2011: 4- 22:
http://www.forumstandaardisatie.nl/fileadmin/os/publicaties/01.1_Franklin.pdf

Digital Dilemmas: Transnational Politics in the 21st Century, Brown Journal
of World Affairs. Vol. XVI, Issue 11, 2010: 67-85