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TASCHA in brief
What we've been up to
Happy New Academic Year! While universities generally quiet down during the summer, TASCHA hasn't slowed down at all. Over the summer, we welcomed visiting researchers, hosted 25
leaders from Myanmar for a five-week workshop on information strategies for societies in transition, and released new tools and resources based on findings from the Global Impact Study. TASCHA researchers also travelled to Ghana, Tahiti, and Namibia (just
to name a few), and we moved our offices to the University of Washington campus. In this newsletter, you'll find more information on what we've been up to.
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Information Strategies for Societies in Transition
Myanmar leaders in Seattle to develop information strategies
Over the summer, TASCHA and the UW Jackson School hosted 25 of Myanmar’s leaders from government, civil society, political parties, ethnic communities, libraries, and the media
for a five-week workshop. During the five weeks, the fellows honed their leadership skills and developed information strategies that will broaden information literacy throughout the country, facilitate the peacebuilding process, and support fair elections
in the next year. More »
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Global Impact Study
New tools & resources on why public access ICTs matter
It’s been just over a year since we released the Global Impact Study‘s final report,
Connecting people for development: Why public access ICTs matter. In the past year, we have been very busy disseminating the findings, participating in discussions about public access and development, and creating various tools and resources based
on the study’s findings and data. We’ve developed an
infographic, a
data visualization tool, and a
video (just to name a few) to help answer the overarching question, “Why do public access ICTs matter for development?" The goal of the resources we've created is to help make the study’s findings and data more accessible and relevant to the international
development, public library, and public access communities. More »
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Innovation Spaces
Libraries & makerspaces: A revolution?
One of TASCHA’s research projects is focusing on
innovation spaces (including makerspaces), and what the implications and opportunities are for libraries. We are working on crystallizing some aspects of this research and where we see it heading. We are fortunate to have maker movement maven Lauren Britton
helping us flesh out our ideas and contribute her expertise in the area. We hosted an event while Lauren was with us in Seattle (more
on the event here), and since her time here, she has worked on a series of blog posts titled, “Making and the maker movement: A democratizing force or an example of cultural reproduction?” Click "more" to read the first blog post, which links to other
posts in the series. More »
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Quick Updates
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Publishing
TASCHA's Jessica Beyer published a new book on online communities & political mobilization. More »
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Discussing
TASCHA co-sponsored an event with IREX, asking "If mobile phones killed the telecenter, what's next for public access?" More »
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Visiting
Matias Centeno, a researcher from Argentina, joined TASCHA as a visiting exchange intern over the summer. He presented his research on young farmers & ICTs. More »
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Collaborating
Together with IFLA and APC, TASCHA created briefs & recommendations on the role of public access ICTs in the post-2015 development agenda. More »
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