Information Access for Africa
Odyssey Group Workshop 2001
Mercator Projection of Africa; see also the Peters Projection
Aim:
To:
- explore the potential and affordances of electronic modes of communication for African development
- identify current and emerging practices in this arena
- to develop and share skills, techniques and tools for building and maintaining websites
- seek to develop theoretical perspectives and their practical applications.
Venue:
Centre for Social Policy
Studies,
University of Ghana, Legon
Convenor:
Len Holmes (University of North London, England)
e-mail:
During workshop:mailto:[email protected]k
Alternate: [email protected]
website: http://www.re-skill.org.uk/
Odyssey Group homepage (http://www.odysseygroup.org.uk/)
Websites managed by Odyssey Group members
- Changeworks
- Relational Skill and Learning
- Unionsonline
- The Change Page
- Strategic Theory Network
- e-collectivism
Other Links
Virtual
journeys
join us via the web, view the websites being developed,
field trips undertaken, seminar presentations etc
Sharing
Practice
this section of the website is intended to support our
partners as they develop their expertise in building their own websites
Visitors: please
sign the Guestbook
leave a message to let us know your views, ask a question, contribute
ideas and information, etc
Read the Guestbook
see what others have said
[Guestbook by TheGuestBook.com]
Resident Participants:
(alphabetical order)
Professor Nana Apt,
Centre for Social Policy Studies, University of Ghana
e-mail: [email protected]
website: http://www.geocities.com/csps_ghana
Dr Steve Conway,
Aston University, England
e-mail: [email protected]
Dr Dave Crowther,
University of North London, England
e-mail: [email protected]
website: http://www.geocities.com/davideacrowther
Yaw Dankwa,
Co-ordinator for Information & Publicity, Ghana Red Cross Society
e-mail: [email protected]
website: http://www.geocities.com/dankwagrams
Dr Anne-Marie Greene,
Warwick University, England
e-mail: mailto:[email protected]
website: http://www.e-collectivism.org.uk/
Professor Margaret Grieco,
Napier University, Scotland
e-mail: [email protected]
website: http://www.geocities.com/margaret_grieco
Len Holmes,
University of North London, England
e-mail: mailto:[email protected],
website: http://www.re-skill.org.uk/
http://www.graduate-employability.org.uk/
Professor Dian Marie Hosking,
Tilburg University, Netherlands
e-mail:mailto:[email protected]
websites: http://www.changeworks.org.uk/
http://www.geocities.com/dian_marie_hosking
Dr Stephen Little,
Open University
e-mail: [email protected]
websites: http://www.geocities.com/stephen_e_little
http://www.geocities.com/knowledge_links
Local Partners:
(alphabetical order)
Augustine Kobina Andoh
Senior Organizer, Documentation and Information Centre for Social Policy
Studies University of Ghana
e-mail: [email protected]
Albert Anochie
Director, Social Network for Development
e-mail: [email protected]
Rev. Tony Appiah-Mensah
Project Officer, RESPONSE, Accra
(Mrs) Matilda Asamany
Local guide
email: [email protected]
Isaiah Awidi
mailto:[email protected]
Michelle Banks
Lecturer, Department of Social Work University of Ghana
e-mail: [email protected]
[email protected]
Dr Leslie Casely-Hayford
Consultant/ Researcher, Associates for Change, Accra
e-mail: [email protected]
website: http://www.geocities.com/comdev9/
Dr Romanus D. Dinye
Senior Research Fellow, Department of Planning and Housing Research, Kwame
Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi
e-mail: [email protected]
Mrs Rukaya Abowen Dake,
Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana, Accra
e-mail: [email protected]
Felix Y Donkor-Badu
Extension Services Specialist
Community and Water Sanitation Agency,
P.O. Box AH 884 Achimota-Accra
e-mail : [email protected]
Sena Gabianu
Retired World Bank Representative, OAU/ECA Accra
e-mail: [email protected]
Yaw Serbeh
Librarian, Department of Social Work University of Ghana
e-mail: [email protected]
Ebenezer Sorsey
Programme Officer, Helpage, Ghana Accra
e-mail: [email protected]
Cynthia Sortie
Lecturer, Department of Social Work University of Ghana
e-mail: [email protected]
Brenya Wiafe-Akenten
Lecturer, Department of Psychology University of Ghana
e-mail: [email protected]
On-line 'Virtual' Participants
We are also joined by participants who, although geographically distant, are able to participate as 'virtual voyagers':
Mhinder Bhopal, University of North London, England
e-mail: [email protected]
Dr Chris Carter, Leicester University, England
e-mail: [email protected]
Professor Stewart Clegg, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
e-mail: [email protected]
Ian Combe, University of North London, England
e-mail: [email protected]
website: http://www.geocities.com/strat_theory
Alison Corfield, Head of IT, Voluntary Service Overseas, UK
e-mail: mailto:[email protected]
website: http://www.vso.org.uk/
Mirian Green, University of North London, England
e-mail:mailto:[email protected]
Professor Michael Hitchcock, University of North London
e-mail: [email protected]
website: http://www.unl.ac.uk/celts/iictd1.htm
If you would like to be a 'virtual participant' at this event, please e-mail the convenor. Please state your name and instutional affiliation, e-mail address and website (if applicable) for inclusion in the listing. Please also send brief details of your involvement in this field (eg as a researcher and/or practitioner).
John Hogan, Royal Holloway College, London University
e-mail: [email protected]
website: http://www.geocities.com/unionsonline
Professor Ravi Kanbur, Cornell University, USA
e-mail: [email protected]
website:
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/sk145/
Dr Perry Morrison, Outback Digital Network, Northern Territory, Australia
e-mail: [email protected]
website: http://www.odn.net.au/
Jeff Turner, University of Manchester & Community
Transport Plan Manager Stockport MBC
e-mail: [email protected]
website: http://www.art.man.uk/transres
Universitas Terbuka
(The Indonesian Open Learning University)
P.O. Box 6666, Jakarta 10001, Indonesia
e-mail: [email protected]
website: http://www.ut.ac.id
Site managed by:
Len Holmes,
Director (Acting), Management Research Centre,
The Business School,
University of North London,
Holloway Road,
London, N7 8DB,
United Kingdom
tel: +44 (0)20 7753 5349
e-mail: mailto:[email protected]
website: http://www.re-skill.org.uk/
last updated: 17th October 2001