Sydney, 14th - 15th November 2005

Presentations: Community building and social capital stream

Last updated 6 February 2006

All presentations are in PDF format. Please note some are very large file size. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these files.

C 1 Here there and everywhere: using communication technologies to improve services to women in regional, rural and remote communities (PDF 984 KB) Linda McClelland & Kathy Faulkner, Women's Health Queensland Wide Inc

C 2 / W11 Women's Health On Line - Technology and Trends (PDF 112 KB) Sarah Hardy, Manager Education and Training, The Jean Hailes Foundation and Suzanne Grainger, Director, Impagination.

C 3 Using an interactive virtual environment to engage young people in learning to improve and maintain their mental health (PDF 4.64 MB) Carolyn Sullivan, Jonathon Nicholas & Marianne Webb, Reach out!, Inspire foundation

C 4 / IT18 Cultural validation and the digital divide - the Us Mob case study David Vadiveloo (film-maker) and Chris Joyner (New Media Producer)

C 5 Health Promotion in Gay Chat Rooms? NetReach and CyberReach Gary Spence (PDF, 41.8 KB, Gay Men's Health, AIDS Council of SA) and Jonathan Hallett (PDF, 2.11 MB, Western Australian AIDS Council)

C 6 'By, for and about young people' - experiences of working in Ho Chi Minh City with young Vietnamese to develop a reproductive health education website (PDF 214 KB) Alice Clements, RMIT University, Melbourne

C 7 Building Communities of Knowledge and Support (PDF 445 KB) Robyn Cummins, Manager, Information Services, The Spastic Centre of NSW

C 8 The Path to e-Learning (PDF 283 KB) Robyn Cummins, Manager, Information Services
The Spastic Centre of NSW

C 9 Building capacity in small towns through the communities and technology project (PDF, 4.64 MB) Helen Thompson, Centre for Electronic Commerce and Communication, University of Ballarat, School of Business

C 10 Reengaging Learners through Digital Inclusion and Fields of Fascination (PDF 158 KB) Jenny Dean, National Project Manager, Community Programs, The Smith Family
Debra Nicholson, Taree Community College

C 11 ICT@ICE: Empowering Communities and the Sector through ICT (PDF 63.8 KB) Liliana Ruti, Therese Fingleton, Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE)

C 12 ICT as an enabler for resident skills surveys in a neighbourhood renewal and community building context (PDF 613 KB) Helen Thompson, University of Ballarat, School of Business; Natalie Collins, Infoxchange Australia; Amodha Ratnayele, Infoxchange Australia

C 13 / IT10 Never too old: Using partnerships to engage older women in technology (PDF 27.2 KB) Patricia Heraud, Sutherland TAFE, and Noreen Hewitt, Older Women's Network Wellness Centre. Abstract to come.

C 14 Connecting young people at risk to services, friends, family and the wider community: Young People Connected Project 2005 (PDF 1.39 MB) Cushla McKenzie, Beverley Aufai, Mission Australia, The Crossing, NSW

C 15 / IT9 Connectivity for Refugees (PDF 380 KB) Sriram Reddy, Engineers Without Borders, University of Melbourne

C 16 / IT 14 Missing in Action: Digital Arts and Cultural Transformation in Sydney's West Lena Nahlous, Information and Cultural Exchange. No paper available.
Abstract
In a Western industrialised country like Australia, small and emerging communities, particularly those from refugee backgrounds, face severe social and cultural exclusion. Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE) has been working at the intersection of arts and technology to increase access to digital arts and communications amongst these communities. The results have been significant and far-reaching: the establishment of a Somali TV production house, piloting Sudanese and Bosnian community radio programs, the development of a documentary film with Sierra Leonean war journalists in exile and youth filmmaking initiatives.

Through a case study of ICE's Emerging Communities Program, this presentation will explore how information and communications technologies can be a strategic vehicle for socially excluded individuals and collectives to intervene into their social and economic conditions by forging tools for self-expression and empowerment. The benefits of these activities have global implications that extend beyond those which can be measured in economic terms.

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