Iginio Gagliardone
From BlueOxen
Iginio is currently investigating how new technologies are selectively adopted in authoritarian regimes. In particular, analysing the cases of Ethiopia and Tunisia, he is exploring how the Internet, mobile phones and other communication technologies are emerging at the intersection of Western knowledge and paradigms and non Western cultures and traditions.
Before starting this exploration Iginio has been working for various organizations that have been applying new technologies to development, education and governance. He has co-founded the Italian NGO Prodigi, worked for the Italian Ministry of Innovation and served as project manager for UNESCO in Addis Ababa.
Thanks to the support of the Stanhope Centre for Communication Policy Research he is currently writing a book on oral histories of Eastern African Journalists, as a result of an extensive series of visits and interviews to some key journalists and editors in Eastern Africa.
Publications and papers
Gagliardone, I. (2006) 'Clustering resources, uniting people: social networking and commons licenses'. Paper presented at the first E-learning Africa Conference, 24-26 May 2006, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Gagliardone, I. (2005) 'Virtual enclaves or global networks? The role of Information and Communication Technologies in Development Cooperation'. Psychology, 3 (3)
Gagliardone, I. (2005) 'Why ICTs? From a Tool for Development to a Resource for Global Citizens'. Paper presented at the LSE-Stanhope Centre East African Fellowship Program, 28 July 2005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Gagliardone, I., Geraci, M. (2005) 'La Scatola Nera e il Mantello di Arlecchino. Autonomie Culturali nelle Reti Globali'. Studi culturali, 1(2)
Gagliardone, I. (2004) 'Tecnologia e Societa' in Nardi, J. and Padovani, C. (Eds) Diritto a Comunicare e Accesso ai Saperi. Yema, Modena.
Gagliardone, I. (2004) 'Possiamo Ridare Vita alle Macchine?'. Comunicazione Pubblica, 85 (3).
