Upcoming event ... in Olympia

[Doug Schuler]

Steve Cisler, formerly of Apple and currently on the 
Association For Community Networking board will be speaking
this coming Wednesday evening in Olympia.  It would be
great if you could make it.

-- Doug

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

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           Plato Royalty Technology Lecture Series
                 The Evergreen State College

            Free public presentation   MAY 19, 1999  

               Digital Networks & Analog Cultures:
                 Renaissance or Culture-Killer?

                       A Presentation by 
                         Steve Cisler
               Association For Community Networks


For many people, the Internet represents the most powerful way to
obtain the information they need quickly and inexpensively. For others
it represents the ultimate expression in globalization, an unwelcome
and intruding force capable of destroying cultures by flooding in too
much information too quickly from the outside world.  At the same time
many cultures not associated with high-tech are embracing the
Internet.

	How  do traditional cultures use the Internet?

	What conflicts  and controversies  emerge regarding 
	this new medium?

	What forces are at play in the development of new 
	systems worldwide?

On May 19th, from 7-9 PM, in Lecture Hall 1 at The Evergreen State
College, former Apple Computer Librarian Steve Cisler, will report on
his experiences working with people in the international community as
well as with native groups and other people in the U.S.

For over a decade, Steve has worked as an astute observer and advocate
for non commercial communication systems.  First, as a librarian at
Apple and manager of the 'Apple Library of Tomorrow ' program and, most
recently, as a founder of the Association For Community Networking,
Steve's research has promoted an understanding of the uses (and abuses)
of computer networking development.  Notably his work has often touched
societies and cultural settings where one is unlikely to encounter the
"typical" computer user.  Recognized as a leader in this area, Steve
recently edited a special section on "Indigenous Cultures and the
Internet" for the magazine Cultural Survival.

To learn more about his ground-breaking work, join us for Steve
Cisler's provocative presentation. His pursuits have taken him to the
Second Luddite Congress, the Tactical Media conference in Amsterdam,
the Internet Society and the American Library Association conferences
among others.

The Plato Lecture series is made possible by royalties from Evergreen
student and faculty software development.  This lecture is sponsored by
the Community, Communication, and Computers program at the Evergreen
State College.

For more information on this program or the lecture, please contact
Rebecca Chamberlain, 360.866.6000 x 6844, <chambreb at evergreen.edu>
or Doug Schuler 360.866.6000 x 6704, <dschuler at evergreen.edu>.

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