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:lenmholmes@yahoo.co.ukk
Alternate: l.holmes@unl.ac.uk
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: aptnana@hotmail.com
website: http://www.oocities.org/csps_ghana
Dr Steve Conway,
Aston University, England
e-mail: CONWAYS@pcmail.aston.ac.uk
Dr Dave Crowther,
University of North London, England
e-mail: Davideacrowther@aol.com
website: http://www.oocities.org/davideacrowther
Yaw Dankwa,
Co-ordinator for Information & Publicity, Ghana Red Cross Society
e-mail: yawdankwa8@yahoo.com
website: http://www.oocities.org/dankwagrams
Dr Anne-Marie Greene,
Warwick University, England
e-mail: mailto:greene_anne_marie@hotmail.com
website: http://www.e-collectivism.org.uk/
Professor Margaret Grieco,
Napier University, Scotland
e-mail: msgrieco@aol.com
website: http://www.oocities.org/margaret_grieco
Len Holmes,
University of North London, England
e-mail: mailto:l.holmes@unl.ac.uk,
website: http://www.re-skill.org.uk/
http://www.graduate-employability.org.uk/
Professor Dian Marie Hosking,
Tilburg University, Netherlands
e-mail:mailto:dhosking@compuserve.com
websites: http://www.changeworks.org.uk/
http://www.oocities.org/dian_marie_hosking
Dr Stephen Little,
Open University
e-mail: s.e.little@open.ac.uk
websites: http://www.oocities.org/stephen_e_little
http://www.oocities.org/knowledge_links
Local Partners:
(alphabetical order)
Augustine Kobina Andoh
Senior Organizer, Documentation and Information Centre for Social Policy
Studies University of Ghana
e-mail: mdsghana@hotmail.com
Albert Anochie
Director, Social Network for Development
e-mail: sonel23@hotmail.com
Rev. Tony Appiah-Mensah
Project Officer, RESPONSE, Accra
(Mrs) Matilda Asamany
Local guide
email: matildaasamany@hotmail.com
Isaiah Awidi
mailto:atisaiah@hotmail.com
Michelle Banks
Lecturer, Department of Social Work University of Ghana
e-mail: socialwk@ug.edu.gh
Banks_Michele@hotmail.com
Dr Leslie Casely-Hayford
Consultant/ Researcher, Associates for Change, Accra
e-mail: comdev9@yahoo.com
website: http://www.oocities.org/comdev9/
Dr Romanus D. Dinye
Senior Research Fellow, Department of Planning and Housing Research, Kwame
Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi
e-mail: ustlib@libr.ug.edu.gh
Mrs Rukaya Abowen Dake,
Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana, Accra
e-mail: rukaia@hotmail.com
Felix Y Donkor-Badu
Extension Services Specialist
Community and Water Sanitation Agency,
P.O. Box AH 884 Achimota-Accra
e-mail : fingaro2000@yahoo.com
Sena Gabianu
Retired World Bank Representative, OAU/ECA Accra
e-mail: agabianu@hotmail.com
Yaw Serbeh
Librarian, Department of Social Work University of Ghana
e-mail: socialwk@ug.gh
Ebenezer Sorsey
Programme Officer, Helpage, Ghana Accra
e-mail: helpage@ghana.com
Cynthia Sortie
Lecturer, Department of Social Work University of Ghana
e-mail: socialwk@ug.edu.gh
Brenya Wiafe-Akenten
Lecturer, Department of Psychology University of Ghana
e-mail: wab92@hotmail.com
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: m.bhopal@unl.ac.uk
Dr Chris Carter, Leicester University, England
e-mail: cjgcarter@yahoo.co.uk
Professor Stewart Clegg, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
e-mail: s.clegg@uts.edu.au
Ian Combe, University of North London, England
e-mail: i.combe@unl.ac.uk
website: http://www.oocities.org/strat_theory
Alison Corfield, Head of IT, Voluntary Service Overseas, UK
e-mail: mailto:sacorfield@hotmail.com
website: http://www.vso.org.uk/
Mirian Green, University of North London, England
e-mail:mailto:m.green@unl.ac.uk
Professor Michael Hitchcock, University of North London
e-mail: m.hitchcock@unl.ac.uk
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: john_hogan@talk21.com
website: http://www.oocities.org/unionsonline
Professor Ravi Kanbur, Cornell University, USA
e-mail: sk145@cornell.edu
website:
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/sk145/
Dr Perry Morrison, Outback Digital Network, Northern Territory, Australia
e-mail: perrymorrison@yahoo.com
website: http://www.odn.net.au/
Jeff Turner, University of Manchester & Community
Transport Plan Manager Stockport MBC
e-mail: Jeff.Turner@man.ac.uk
website: http://www.art.man.uk/transres
Universitas Terbuka
(The Indonesian Open Learning University)
P.O. Box 6666, Jakarta 10001, Indonesia
e-mail: amin_zuhairi@hotmail.com
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:l.holmes@unl.ac.co.uk
website: http://www.re-skill.org.uk/
last updated: 17th October 2001