This book is the official 2023 outcome of the Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity (DC3), which is a component of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF). Community networks are crowdsourced initiatives relying on the active participation of local communities in the design, development and management of network infrastructure as a common resource. add text. This volume is the latest collective effort elaborated by DC3 and is dedicated to “Community Networks: Digital Sovereignty and Environmental Sustainability” to provide a missing, yet essential, perspective to the community networks debate: their role as drivers of commons-based notions of digital sovereignty and environmental sustainability. For further information on DC3 and all previous reports can be found at www.comconnectivity.org
- Autor(es): Luca Belli Senka Hadzic
- Páginas: 60
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- ISBN: 978-65-86060-55-3
ABOUT THE AUTHORS................................................................................................................... 7
1 COMMUNITY NETWORKS AS DRIVERS OF DIGITAL
SOVEREIGNTY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.................... 11
Luca Belli and Senka Hadzic
1.1 Introduction............................................................................................................................. 11
1.2 CNs as drivers of digital sovereignty........................................................................... 12
1.3 CNs as drivers of environmental sustainability...................................................... 15
1.3.1 Reducing digital footprint......................................................................................... 15
1.3.2 Supporting local climate justice groups............................................................... 16
1.4 Conclusions.............................................................................................................................. 17
2 ECONOMIES OF SETTING UP LOCALIZED NETWORK
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR RURAL SETTINGS OF G20
COUNTRIES: CR BOLO, A CASE STUDY FROM INDIA................................ 19
Ritu Srivastava
2.1 The Challenge: Rural Connectivity in G20 Countries.......................................... 19
2.2 Catalysing community radio for ‘Internet for development’........................... 22
2.3 Economies of setting up CR Bolo for ‘Internet for Development’................ 24
2.4 Proliferating localised network infrastructure....................................................... 28
3 CAN ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES FOSTER COMMUNITY
NETWORKS SUSTAINABILITY?.................................................................................... 31
Bruna Zanolli, Nils Brock and Sarbani Belur
3.1 Introduction............................................................................................................................. 31
3.2 Communities of Practice: How to enable more sustainable practices
in CNs........................................................................................................................................... 32
3.3 CoP on Bamboo...................................................................................................................... 33
3.4 CoP on Solar Energy............................................................................................................ 34
3.5 CoP on Sustainability and Local Services................................................................. 35
3.6 CoPs as a way towards discussion on environmental rights............................ 36
4 NATIONAL COMMUNITY NETWORK SCHOOLS: CAPACITY
BUILDING AS A STRATEGY FOR BUILDING LOCAL
MEANINGFUL ACCESS SOLUTIONS IN COMMUNITY CONTEXTS .. 39
Carlos Baca-Feldman and Adrián López Angulo
4.1 Introduction............................................................................................................................. 39
4.2 What are the National Schools of Community Networks?................................ 40
4.3 What is the contribution of these training processes to
environmental sustainability?......................................................................................... 42
4.3.1 The critical vision in the process of choosing technologies........................... 43
4.3.2 Peer-to-peer learning and technical know-how................................................. 44
4.3.3 Weaving of learning communities between different territories................. 45
4.4 Final notes................................................................................................................................. 46
5 INTERNET ACCESS, FREEDOM AND EMPOWERMENT OF THE
TEA TRIBE AND ADIVASI COMMUNITY IN ASSAM IN INDIA:
AN INITIATIVE IN COMMUNITY NETWORK........................................................ 49
Osama Manzar and Dr Syed S. Kazi
5.1 Introduction............................................................................................................................. 50
5.2 State of Access in Tea Tribe and Adivasi Community ........................................ 51
5.3 Building Opportunities, Leveraging Technology: Network for the
Community................................................................................................................................ 53
5.4 The Network Solution for the Tea Tribe & Adivasi Community in
Assam, India............................................................................................................................. 54
5.5 Community Network and the Freedom of Access................................................. 54
5.6 Sustainability of the Network.......................................................................................... 56
5.7 Environmental Sustainability.......................................................................................... 56
5.8 Economic Sustainability..................................................................................................... 57
5.9 Political Aspects of Network and Access.................................................................. 57
5.10 Cultural Aspects..................................................................................................................... 58
BIBLIOGRAPHY..................................................................................................................................... 59