Information Renaissance, Take 2
Before I posted my first blog on the Information Renaissance, I did not research the topic because I wanted to post a non-biased idea of what I thought that it might be. Now after googling "Information Renaissance," I've made an interesting discovery.
I've located the website of a group called Information Renaissance. Instead of it being a concept or a movement, I've found a group that call themselves that. The goals of the group are as follows (from the website):
Goals: Access, empowerment and inclusion: using technology to enable people to participate more fully in their communities and in the democratic process.
The group has been around since 1996 as a non-profit organization and continue their work today.
This is a group that is utilizing the technologies that are available in order to encourage people to contribute and participate more in their community and democracy as a whole. The encourage members of our society to learn about and comment on the national legislation or public policy during the process instead of just conforming to whatever is decided for them.
Specifically they target underserved people in communities and they try to reach large audiences and add technology to their lives that will serve them in a meaningful way.
If this doesn't serve the purpose of an Information Renaissance, then I'm not sure what does.
Source:
http://www.info-ren.org/info-ren.shtml