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    <p>This is a very interesting and meaningful turn, Elizabeth. You
      bring discussion up from purely data related issues to science and
      that is another level of the matter. When we think a talk about
      science we particularly deal with ways of scientific communication
      (among other aspects) ant that brings us to articles, magazines,
      books  either hard copies or electronic files. And this brings up
      issues related to IP rage -- my term for a social disease called
      "Intellectual Property."  <br>
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    <p><br>
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    <p>I agree that the core matter in the discussion -- the "data" must
      be clearly defined. Otherwise we don't really know what the
      subject of the conversation is. I have kind of negative outlook:
      data is a matter to be organized in human communication into arts,
      science and other activities. Correspondingly, those activities
      can be de-constructed into row data. Actually, it all starts as
      arts, science, inventions, etc. and only at certain level of
      development  the concept and matter of "data" emerges.</p>
    <p><br>
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    <p>One last note. If we turn to the subject of individuals (or
      groups) responsible for discoveries and their actions as you
      pretty accurately described them -- these all sum up into one
      word: Freedom. And that easily projects back on the very matter in
      discussion: Freedom of data collection, access and use -- this is
      what we need. That is a principle which must be realized as such
      and can be elaborated then in specific mechanisms, institutions,
      initiatives, etc.<br>
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    <p> <br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/16/19 19:44, Griffin, Elizabeth
      wrote:<br>
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      <p>I have been following these discussions with considerable
        interest, and as a one-time active CODATA/RDA scientist I
        recognize some of the arguments and (especially) the same gaps
        and omissions that I used to feel, and still feel strongly,
        really do need to be addressed.</p>
      <p><br>
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      <p>The movement of Open Data has a great deal to commend it, but
        the concept - and what seems to be tacitly accepted by the
        participants of this discussion - is that data are a routine
        output of national or local programmes.  That may certainly be
        the case in a number of scientific and social-scientific fields,
        but perhaps this is also a good moment to take a more wholistic
        view of the matter.  The history of scientific discovery and
        development  depended fully upon individuals with their own
        resources, able to conduct the research that caught their
        imagination.  Structured science had not been invented
        (fortunately); it was the "blue-skies" operators who showed ways
        forward, and they could do so because they were able to function
        unfettered. History relates over and over again many cases in
        which it was the serendipitous sighting, the hunch, or the
        perseverance which brought a new result to light.  While few
        researchers have the resources to operate in that mode nowadays,
        progress in science still depends strongly upon the intuition,
        the imagination and (often) the courage which individual
        researchers bring to their sub-fields, and care needs to be
        taken to offer those researchers both resources and respect for
        what they accomplish.  Mention of Open Data suggest strongly
        that data should become public as soon as they are obtained,
        leaving the originator of those data little reward for devoting
        much career space to designing their capture.</p>
      <p><br>
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      <p>Doubtless the above will be foreign to some - I found it was
        foreign across the board in both CODATA and the RDA - but it is
        an aspect which needs to be regarded alongside the other issues
        raised here.   One step is to ensure the inclusion of several
        active researchers in the discussions and particularly in
        formulating steps towards improvements.  We also need to define
        what exactly we mean by "data".</p>
      <p><br>
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      <p>Elizabeth Griffin<br>
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            face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b>
            CODATA-international
            <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:codata-international-bounces@lists.codata.org"><codata-international-bounces@lists.codata.org></a> on
            behalf of Kiringai Kamau <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kiringai.kamau@godan.info"><kiringai.kamau@godan.info></a><br>
            <b>Sent:</b> October 16, 2019 9:48 AM<br>
            <b>To:</b> Alex de Sherbinin<br>
            <b>Cc:</b> CODATA International<br>
            <b>Subject:</b> Re: [CODATA-international] Digital Feudalism</font>
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          <div dir="ltr">Thanks, Alex for yours!
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            <div>Your discussion makes the reason to have a more focused
              discourse among stakeholders which this platform provides
              part of. It would make good sense to align this with some
              of the data think Tanks and present the case for
              in-depth analysis for a continental level discussion. We
              are gearing for the ACFTA, which will drive intra-Africa
              Trade. Investment in infrastructure is definitely critical
              for this. </div>
            <div><br>
            </div>
            <div>The GODAN Africa Agenda is to promote a concensus on an
              Open data paradigm that anonymizes data for access, use
              and reuse for innovation. Intra-country data needs to be
              as raw as the users may seek to do. It makes sense for
              each country to plan its own strategy on hosting, but
              GODAN supports countries think through the internal
              processes. Alone, however, we are not able to do it which
              is why we are a network to work with those who share our
              vision of making evidence available for decision making
              using data openness.</div>
            <div><br>
            </div>
            <div>The best locale for the kind of discussion we seem to
              hold is at the AU or ECA, who could kick start the
              discussions then regions and countries can take that
              forward but from the perspective of breaking the big pan
              African challenge into smaller achievable milestones. If
              we do have any representatives of the AU, ECA, or any
              institutional initiatives that believe in the goal of
              GODAN, in this forum, kindly inbox me so that we can side
              chat on the possibilities.</div>
            <div><br>
            </div>
            <div>Sincerely,</div>
            <div><br>
            </div>
            <div>Kiringai</div>
            <div><br>
            </div>
            <div>This discu</div>
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          <div class="gmail_quote">
            <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at
              5:21 PM Alex de Sherbinin <<a
                href="mailto:adesherbinin@ciesin.columbia.edu"
                moz-do-not-send="true">adesherbinin@ciesin.columbia.edu</a>>
              wrote:<br>
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                <div dir="ltr">Dear Kiringai, 
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                  <div>Thanks for your thoughtful response. I don't
                    think that the cloud makes in-country or regional
                    investments in the establishment of data
                    repositories redundant. A repository could use the
                    cloud for storage or backup and still require domain
                    expertise for the curation, documentation and
                    stewardship of data according to community
                    standards. Note that the CoreTrustSeal certification
                    requires repositories to identify their domain and
                    mission, which is considered critical for
                    understanding the needs of the user community. </div>
                  <div><br>
                  </div>
                  <div>One of the issues I have with the current
                    approach to putting data in open repositories
                    (Dryad, Figshare, etc.) is that the data are often
                    not well documented (unless accompanied by a journal
                    article) or discoverable, e.g. through catalog
                    searches. Something else I've encountered in Africa
                    is a reluctance by national governments to entrust
                    their data to cloud services hosted in Europe or
                    North America. There may really be no threat to data
                    security or breaches at all, but there is a
                    perception that such a threat exists or that this is
                    a form of neo-colonialism (exportation of data).
                    Lastly, someone else raised the issue that the cloud
                    requires monthly fees. Unfortunately this may
                    represent an obstacle to donors, who can pay for
                    infrastructure but not necessarily monthly fees.
                    Perhaps those policies can be changed in recognition
                    of the new reality. Or perhaps a
                    continental/regional approach could mean that a
                    repository is supported by fees coming from multiple
                    member countries.</div>
                  <div><br>
                  </div>
                  <div>I am not opposed to a continental/regional
                    approach to data repositories, but where do we
                    begin? With the AOSP? The African Union? And is it
                    just one big open repository serving all domains
                    from health to agriculture to climate or biological
                    sciences, or could we envision various domain
                    repositories being set up with core funding serving
                    continental or regional needs (say under the
                    umbrella of ECOWAS or CILSS in the West African
                    context)?</div>
                  <div><br>
                  </div>
                  <div>In any case - I wanted to make this point to the
                    group at large, in case others have thoughts. I
                    would like to follow up with you for some more
                    discussions on possible GODAN-WDS collaboration in
                    the region.</div>
                  <div><br>
                  </div>
                  <div>Alex</div>
                </div>
                <br>
                <div class="gmail_quote">
                  <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Oct 13, 2019
                    at 12:56 AM Kiringai Kamau <<a
                      href="mailto:kiringai.kamau@godan.info"
                      target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">kiringai.kamau@godan.info</a>>
                    wrote:<br>
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                      <div dir="ltr">Alex,
                        <div><br>
                        </div>
                        <div>As you well mention, the Cloud makes
                          in-country investments redundant. and may to
                          some extent be unnecessary. As Africa moves to
                          centralize rather than decentralize within the
                          Continental Free Trade Area and the Malabo
                          Agendas, we may want to think of Africa's open
                          data space as the policy environment where
                          much of what emerges from your
                          workshop/conference will get better mileage
                          for realization.</div>
                        <div><br>
                        </div>
                        <div>GODAN's Africa Agenda is to support a
                          melting pot of innovation using data. It is my
                          view that once data is openly available, the
                          temptation of taking it away to any place or
                          location after a project is done becomes
                          unnecessary. We make a deal of data theft
                          because someone having it has better mileage
                          in what they can propose to us...what if
                          everyone has access, can use and reuse the
                          data for innovation-based not on information
                          asymmetry but rather on their ingenuity?</div>
                        <div><br>
                        </div>
                        <div>If we could do this, then the pan African
                          institutions would focus on what brings
                          development rather than other parochial
                          interests...investment would be promoted and
                          development achieved.</div>
                        <div><br>
                        </div>
                        <div>I would be keen to discuss with your team
                          on the possibilities of moving to a more
                          centralized open data space that can inspire
                          innovation as we work together within the
                          GODAN Agenda. Unfortunately, we shall be
                          finishing the Africa Geospatial Data and
                          Internet Conference in Accra at the time yours
                          kicks off.</div>
                        <div><br>
                        </div>
                        <div>Inbox me for further discussion on how we
                          can work together.</div>
                        <div><br>
                        </div>
                        <div>Kiringai,</div>
                      </div>
                      <br>
                      <div class="gmail_quote">
                        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Oct
                          12, 2019 at 9:53 PM Alex de Sherbinin <<a
                            href="mailto:adesherbinin@ciesin.columbia.edu"
                            target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">adesherbinin@ciesin.columbia.edu</a>>
                          wrote:<br>
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                          <div dir="ltr">This conversation offers a good
                            opportunity to make everyone aware of a
                            conference coming up on 23-25 October in
                            Dakar: "Open Science in the South: Issues
                            and Perspectives for a New Dynamic"   <a
                              href="https://opensciencesud.sciencesconf.org/"
                              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://opensciencesud.sciencesconf.org/</a>.
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div>At this conference I am co-organizing
                              with a colleague from WDS (Arona Diedhou)
                              and partners from Agrhymet, Centre de
                              Suivi Ecologique and WASCAL a workshop on
                              developing West African research data
                              repositories. One of the arguments I plan
                              to make is that the absence of national /
                              regional repositories, along with policies
                              in countries requiring repatriation of
                              data (or at least maintenance of a copy in
                              country), there will continue be a lack of
                              "restitution" of research findings and
                              development project data in the region.
                              I'd be happy to know if others are making
                              such arguments, or if indeed in the age of
                              the cloud this seems too parochial.
                              Obviously this would require training and
                              funding.  If anyone can point me to
                              initiatives that would support this
                              effort, that would be most welcome.  I am
                              hoping to convince IRD, the lead
                              organizer, that investment in this area
                              would be a tangible output from the
                              conference.</div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div>Cheers,</div>
                            <div>Alex de Sherbinin </div>
                            <div>vice chair, WDS scientific committee</div>
                          </div>
                          <br>
                          <div class="gmail_quote">
                            <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat,
                              Oct 12, 2019 at 9:42 AM Kiringai Kamau
                              <<a
                                href="mailto:kiringai.kamau@godan.info"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">kiringai.kamau@godan.info</a>>
                              wrote:<br>
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                                <div dir="ltr">Kassim, Niek
                                  <div><br>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>As you rightly say, most of the
                                    projects are undertaken from a
                                    top-down perspective, with limited
                                    sharing of knowledge among all the
                                    actors ... the beneficiaries rarely
                                    get to see the definition of the
                                    mission and the impatience to get
                                    started by those coming with the
                                    project funds creates no opportunity
                                    for any preparedness among the
                                    beneficiary partners. Where
                                    knowledgeable persons exist, they
                                    may only be hosted within
                                    institutions. In many cases, such
                                    institutions are not core/key actors
                                    in the problem/project definition.
                                    They are only invited, by a higher
                                    privileged office/officer, when
                                    everything has been defined and
                                    pathways of implementation
                                    determined at a political level they
                                    cannot question. Economic or
                                    political interests are the pathways
                                    that those with interests use to
                                    take advantage of a system they may
                                    know presents the opportunity to
                                    give them leeway to mine data for
                                    their use and leave with it. The
                                    projects therefore are not defined
                                    with any other intention other than
                                    the data sourcing for a song and
                                    empty promises by those portending
                                    to possess the knowledge that will
                                    develop a beneficiary country. </div>
                                  <div><br>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>Realizing this challenge, the
                                    Global Open Data for Agriculture and
                                    Nutrition convened with ministers of
                                    the South-South an Open Data
                                    Conference in Nairobi where a
                                    Declaration was formulated. We are
                                    currently supporting African
                                    countries to evolve policies and
                                    frameworks that can advise
                                    compliance to national, regional and
                                    global agendas and in the process
                                    build local capacity key of which is
                                    data governance. I am convinced that
                                    we can sport feudal inclinations on
                                    behalf of partner countries in
                                    projects and therefore request
                                    anyone formulating a project that
                                    they feel should be bottom-up and
                                    create local knowledge should link
                                    up with GODAN through Suchith or
                                    myself (in case your area of focus
                                    is Africa).</div>
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                                  </div>
                                  <div>Thanks, Suchith for sharing the
                                    Feudalism concerns.</div>
                                  <div><br>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>Kiringai Kamau</div>
                                  <div><br>
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                                  <div><br>
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                                  <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On
                                    Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 10:16 AM
                                    Mwitondi, Kassim <<a
                                      href="mailto:K.Mwitondi@shu.ac.uk"
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                                    wrote:<br>
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                                    <div>This is an instance of a biased
                                      data ownership. A few years ago I
                                      was working with a young African
                                      researcher on an agro-forestry
                                      research project. No sooner had we
                                      started than I realused that her
                                      centre had only some descriptive
                                      statistics but no direct access to
                                      the biomass data which she and her
                                      colleagues had spent months
                                      collecting from two islands! The
                                      vast chunk of the data had left
                                      with the development partners at
                                      the end of the project. It turned
                                      out, nobody at the centre had any
                                      knowledge or pressing interest to
                                      pursue the data and there was
                                      already new initiatives to run
                                      another project, which in my view
                                      was almost a duplicate of the
                                      first, but this time with a
                                      different development partner.<br>
                                      <br>
                                      To cut the long story short, I
                                      have come across several cases of
                                      data ownership of this nature and
                                      my view is that it doesn't help
                                      much coining terminologies, as the
                                      best that can be achieved is a
                                      blame culture. Would I call that
                                      data capitalism? Colonialism?
                                      Feudalism? I never would! I have
                                      learnt, over the years, that
                                      proper problem identification is a
                                      major stride in working out the
                                      solution. Blaming it on one part
                                      marginalizing the other when it
                                      comes to data generation, access
                                      and ownership is stripping
                                      everyone on the project of a
                                      fundamental responsibility in
                                      managing the project.<br>
                                      <br>
                                      Apparently, the problem starts
                                      with the project write-up. If the
                                      project recipient is fully engaged
                                      from project initiation to
                                      delivery, they surely should know
                                      how to access the data, as that is
                                      a key project deliverable. My
                                      personal experience is that there
                                      are a several factors that lead to
                                      this kind of situation. One, many
                                      project ideas are top-down, that
                                      is, they are not developed within
                                      the working conditions of the
                                      recipients. Two, there are often
                                      many gaps in engagement, mainly
                                      caused by near disparate motives
                                      on many projects, with the
                                      funders, experts and recipients
                                      not necessarily having the same
                                      perception, motives or knowledge.
                                      Put the two together and add the
                                      determined project timeline, you
                                      have a near disaster. But the
                                      tripartite interests to run
                                      projects continues and we are
                                      creating a vicious cycle. What is
                                      the solution? It must start from
                                      the recipients who must align each
                                      incoming project with their
                                      respective development strategies.
                                      They must present themselves as
                                      equal partners in defining the
                                      project problem and tracking and
                                      measuring its outcomes. They
                                      should be able to quantifiable
                                      identify what worked and what
                                      didn't and any there should be
                                      national institutions charged with
                                      such responsibility. I could be
                                      writing all night, I would rather
                                      stop here for now.<br>
                                      <br>
                                      Thanks.<br>
                                      <br>
                                      KSM<br>
                                      <br>
                                      Dr Kassim S. Mwitondi<br>
                                      Sheffield Hallam University<br>
                                      Faculty of Science, Technology and
                                      Arts<br>
                                      Communication & Computing
                                      Research Centre<br>
                                      9410 Cantor Building, City Campus<br>
                                      153 Arundel Street<br>
                                      Sheffield, S1 2NU<br>
                                      United Kingdom<br>
                                      Tel. +44-114-2256914 (Direct)<br>
                                      Tel. +44-114-2255555 (General)<br>
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                                          CODATA-international <<a
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                                          on behalf of Trimpact - Niek
                                          <<a
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                                          <b>Sent:</b> 11 October 2019
                                          18:12:22<br>
                                          <b>To:</b> 'Ernie Boyko' <<a
href="mailto:boykern@yahoo.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">boykern@yahoo.com</a>>;
                                          'CODATA International' <<a
href="mailto:codata-international@lists.codata.org" target="_blank"
                                            moz-do-not-send="true">codata-international@lists.codata.org</a>>;
                                          'Suchith Anand' <<a
                                            href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk"
                                            target="_blank"
                                            moz-do-not-send="true">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>><br>
                                          <b>Subject:</b> Re:
                                          [CODATA-international] Digital
                                          Feudalism</font>
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                                      <div lang="NL">
                                        <div>
                                          <p><span lang="EN-GB">Dear
                                              all,</span></p>
                                          <p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
                                          <p><span lang="EN-GB">This is
                                              indeed a huge problem. I
                                              also recently learned that
                                              information data from NGOs
                                              are best perhaps shared
                                              with some ministries in
                                              Bamako, Mali, but not
                                              within a region where the
                                              work is being done. This
                                              implies that local
                                              decision makers remain
                                              dependant on the
                                              information/data stream
                                              back from the ministries
                                              which may take some
                                              months, if ever. This can
                                              never be the purpose of
                                              the work executed.</span></p>
                                          <p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
                                          <p><span lang="EN-GB">Since
                                              most of the projects are
                                              financed with public
                                              funding for the benefit of
                                              de people in the given
                                              (development) country and
                                              data/information belong in
                                              fact to the real funds
                                              provider of the work (i.e.
                                              tax payers), claims of
                                              intellectual property
                                              rights that data belong to
                                              the project executors seem
                                              not applicable.
                                              Consequently, data and
                                              other information (e.g.
                                              lessons learned) should be
                                              shared at large to the
                                              population and other
                                              relevant stakeholders to
                                              avoid duplication of
                                              efforts.</span></p>
                                          <p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
                                          <p><span lang="EN-GB">A
                                              discussion worthwhile to
                                              be continued.</span></p>
                                          <p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
                                          <p><span>Kind regards,</span></p>
                                          <p style="background:white"><span
                                              style="color:black"> </span></p>
                                          <p style="background:white"><span
                                              style="color:black">Dr.
                                              Niek van Duivenbooden</span></p>
                                          <p style="background:white"><span
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                                            </span><i><span
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                                          <p> </p>
                                          <p><span> </span></p>
                                          <p><span> </span></p>
                                          <p><span> </span></p>
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                                              <p><b>Van:</b>
                                                CODATA-international
                                                <<a
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                                                  target="_blank"
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                                                <b>Namens </b>Ernie
                                                Boyko<br>
                                                <b>Verzonden:</b>
                                                vrijdag 11 oktober 2019
                                                15:26<br>
                                                <b>Aan:</b> CODATA
                                                International <<a
                                                  href="mailto:codata-international@lists.codata.org"
                                                  target="_blank"
                                                  moz-do-not-send="true">codata-international@lists.codata.org</a>>;
                                                Suchith Anand <<a
                                                  href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk"
                                                  target="_blank"
                                                  moz-do-not-send="true">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>><br>
                                                <b>Onderwerp:</b> Re:
                                                [CODATA-international]
                                                Digital Feudalism</p>
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                                          <p> </p>
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                                                <p><span
                                                    style="font-size:12pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">Thank you
                                                    Suchith,</span></p>
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                                                <p><span
                                                    style="font-size:12pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">I have not
                                                    heard that term
                                                    before but I did run
                                                    into   related term
                                                    this week at the
                                                    DDI-CODATA workshop
                                                    here in Dagstuhl. 
                                                    The term is Data
                                                    Colonialism.  This
                                                    often happens when a
                                                    foreign entity
                                                    (e.g., a development
                                                    agency/project).e
                                                    data are collected
                                                    in a developing
                                                    country and are
                                                    taken out of the
                                                    country.  They will
                                                    leave behind some
                                                    summary tables but
                                                    will take the rich
                                                    data and metadata
                                                    away.  This makes it
                                                    difficult to develop
                                                    the data analysis
                                                    and management
                                                    skills within the
                                                    country.  </span></p>
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                                                <p><span
                                                    style="font-size:12pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">Thanks for
                                                    the message.</span></p>
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                                                          style="background:white"><span
style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
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                                                          lang="EN-GB">Cheers,
                                                          Ernie</span><span
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                                                          style="background:white"><b><span
style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;
                                                          color:black"
                                                          lang="EN-GB">Larrimac: 
                                                          More than a
                                                          golf course!</span></b><span
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                                                          color:black"
                                                          lang="EN-GB">CODATA:
                                                          Making data
                                                          work together
                                                          to improve
                                                          science to
                                                          support
                                                          decision
                                                          makers.</span></b><span
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                                                <p><span
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                                                    lang="EN-GB">On
                                                    Friday, October 11,
                                                    2019, 08:51:29 AM
                                                    EDT, Suchith Anand
                                                    <</span><a
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                                                          <p><span
                                                          style="font-size:9pt;
                                                          color:black"
                                                          lang="EN-GB">I
                                                          came across a
                                                          recent op-ed
                                                          by Prof.
                                                          Mariana
                                                          Mazzucato on
                                                          “Digital
                                                          Feudalism”  at</span><span
style="font-size:9pt; color:rgb(69,69,69)" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="min-height:14px"><span
style="font-size:9pt; color:rgb(69,69,69)" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
                                                          <p style=""><a
href="https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/platform-economy-digital-feudalism-by-mariana-mazzucato-2019-10?utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=d192f2bc47-sunday_newsletter_6_10_2019&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-d192f2bc47-105013549&mc_cid=d192f2bc47&mc_eid=a8cee90b20"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="font-size:9pt;
                                                          color:black"
                                                          lang="EN-GB">https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/platform-economy-digital-feudalism-by-mariana-mazzucato-2019-10?utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=d192f2bc47-sunday_newsletter_6_10_2019&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-d192f2bc47-105013549&mc_cid=d192f2bc47&mc_eid=a8cee90b20</span></a><span
style="font-size:9pt; color:rgb(228,175,10)" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="min-height:14px"><span
style="font-size:9pt; color:rgb(69,69,69)" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="min-height:14px"><span
style="font-size:9pt; color:black" lang="EN-GB">Prof. Mazzucato is a
                                                          leading
                                                          researcher and
                                                          thinker on
                                                          Technology and
                                                          Innovation,
                                                          advisor to the
                                                          European
                                                          Commission on
                                                          research and
                                                          innovation
                                                          strategy, and
                                                          author of two
                                                          important
                                                          books on the
                                                          subject “The
                                                          Value of
                                                          Everything”
                                                          and
                                                          “The Entrepreneurial
                                                          State”. </span><span
style="font-size:9pt; color:rgb(69,69,69)" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="min-height:14px"><span
style="font-size:9pt; color:rgb(69,69,69)" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
                                                          <p style=""><span
style="font-size:9pt; color:black" lang="EN-GB">The report on
                                                          “Mission-oriented
                                                          Research and
                                                          Innovation in
                                                          the European
                                                          Union” might
                                                          be of interest</span><span
style="font-size:9pt; color:rgb(69,69,69)" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
                                                          <p style=""><a
href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/mazzucato_report_2018.pdf"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="font-size:9pt;
                                                          color:black"
                                                          lang="EN-GB">https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/mazzucato_report_2018.pdf</span></a><span
style="font-size:9pt; color:rgb(228,175,10)" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="min-height:14px"><span
style="font-size:9pt; color:rgb(69,69,69)" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
                                                          <p style=""><span
style="font-size:9pt; color:black" lang="EN-GB">Since the use of cloud
                                                          platforms for
                                                          GIS data
                                                          analysis is
                                                          having a huge
                                                          impact on the
                                                          GIS community,
                                                          the subject is
                                                          of relevance.
                                                          </span><span
                                                          style="font-size:9pt;
                                                          color:black">I
                                                          would like
                                                          learn more on
                                                          this </span><span
style="font-size:9pt; color:rgb(69,69,69)"></span></p>
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style="margin-top:0cm" type="1">
                                                          <li
                                                          style="color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span
style="font-size:9pt; color:black" lang="EN-GB">Are there any examples
                                                          of Digital
                                                          Feudalism in
                                                          GIS? </span><span
style="font-size:9pt" lang="EN-GB"></span></li>
                                                          <li
                                                          style="color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span
style="font-size:9pt; color:black" lang="EN-GB">How will Digital
                                                          Feudalism in
                                                          GIS affect our
                                                          future
                                                          generations?</span><span
style="font-size:9pt" lang="EN-GB"></span></li>
                                                          <li
                                                          style="color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span
style="font-size:9pt; color:black" lang="EN-GB">What policies are
                                                          governments,
                                                          regulators
                                                          doing to
                                                          reduce Digital
                                                          Feudalism in
                                                          GIS?</span><span
style="font-size:9pt" lang="EN-GB"></span></li>
                                                          <li
                                                          style="color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span
style="font-size:9pt; color:black" lang="EN-GB">What policies and
                                                          curriculum
                                                          are universities,
                                                          educators
                                                          adopting to
                                                          reduce Digital
                                                          Feudalism in
                                                          GIS?</span><span
style="font-size:9pt" lang="EN-GB"></span></li>
                                                          </ol>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="min-height:14px"><span
style="font-size:9pt; color:rgb(69,69,69)" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
                                                          <p style=""><span
style="font-size:9pt; color:black" lang="EN-GB">Best wishes,</span><span
style="font-size:9pt; color:rgb(69,69,69)" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="min-height:14px"><span
style="font-size:9pt; color:rgb(69,69,69)" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
                                                          <p style=""><span
style="font-size:9pt; color:black" lang="EN-GB">Suchith</span><span
                                                          style="font-size:9pt;
color:rgb(69,69,69)" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="min-height:14px"><span
style="font-size:9pt; color:rgb(69,69,69)" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
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                                                          Quebec, Canada
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style="letter-spacing:0.15pt">PO Box 1618, 00100 GPO Nairobi, 1<sup>st</sup>
                                                          Floor, Nyaku
                                                          House,
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                                                          href="mailto:kiringai.kamau@godan.info"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">kiringai.kamau@godan.info</a></b>
                                                          or
                                                          <a
                                                          href="mailto:kiringai@perfect.africa"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">kiringai@perfect.africa</a>
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target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:windowtext">www.godan.info</span></a>
                                                          or
                                                          <a
                                                          href="http://www.perfect.africa"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:windowtext">www.perfect.africa</span></a>,
                                                          <b><i>Tweeter</i></b>:
                                                          @kiringaik, <b><i>Skype</i></b>:
                                                          kiringai.kamau</span></p>
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                                      Associate Director, Science
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                                      Deputy Manager, NASA SEDAC<br>
                                      CIESIN, The Earth Institute at
                                      Columbia University<br>
                                      P.O. Box 1000 (61 Route 9W),
                                      Palisades, NY 10964 <br>
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                                              <p class="MsoNormal"
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                                                  style="letter-spacing:0.15pt">Macdonald
                                                  Campus, McGill
                                                  University, 21111
                                                  Lakeshore Road,
                                                  Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue,
                                                  QC H9X 3V9</span><span
                                                  style="font-size:12pt;
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style="color:rgb(18,100,34); letter-spacing:0.15pt">Programme for
                                                    Capacity Development
                                                    in Africa (P4CDA)</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="letter-spacing:0.15pt">PO Box 1618, 00100 GPO Nairobi, 1<sup>st</sup>
                                                  Floor, Nyaku House,
                                                  Argwings Kodhek Road</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="letter-spacing:0.15pt">Cell: +254 722 800 986/+254 733 375 505</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="letter-spacing:0.15pt">Email</span></b><span
                                                  style="letter-spacing:0.15pt">:
                                                  <b><a
                                                      href="mailto:kiringai.kamau@godan.info"
                                                      target="_blank"
                                                      moz-do-not-send="true">kiringai.kamau@godan.info</a></b>
                                                  or
                                                  <a
                                                    href="mailto:kiringai@perfect.africa"
                                                    target="_blank"
                                                    moz-do-not-send="true">kiringai@perfect.africa</a>
                                                </span></p>
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style="letter-spacing:0.15pt">:
                                                  <a
                                                    href="http://www.godan.info"
                                                    target="_blank"
                                                    moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:windowtext">www.godan.info</span></a> or
                                                  <a
                                                    href="http://www.perfect.africa"
                                                    target="_blank"
                                                    moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:windowtext">www.perfect.africa</span></a>,
                                                  <b><i>Tweeter</i></b>:
                                                  @kiringaik, <b><i>Skype</i></b>:
                                                  kiringai.kamau</span></p>
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                            Alex de Sherbinin, PhD<br>
                            Associate Director, Science Applications
                            Division<br>
                            Deputy Manager, NASA SEDAC<br>
                            CIESIN, The Earth Institute at Columbia
                            University<br>
                            P.O. Box 1000 (61 Route 9W), Palisades, NY
                            10964 <br>
                            Web: <a
                              href="http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu"
                              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">www.ciesin.columbia.edu</a>
                            and
                            <a href="http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu"
                              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu</a><br>
                            Tel. +1-845-365-8936,  Skype:
                            alex.desherbinin</font><br>
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                              <div>_____________________________________________________________________________________________________</div>
                              <div dir="ltr">Kiringai Kamau</div>
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                                <div><b style="color:rgb(56,118,29);
                                    font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">GODAN
                                    Africa Lead</b><br>
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                                <div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"
                                    color="#000000">Programme for
                                    Capacity Development in Africa
                                    (P4CDA Africa)</font></div>
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src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=12AWUTz9vDpZ0noUjKIgOkRgn3DFNmMB1&revid=0BzY0XhCFp0GaZC9zTGx0RkJmWDMraFIxQzM3MzJwOGhNbitJPQ"
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                                <div><b><span
                                      style="color:rgb(18,100,34)">GODAN
                                      Head Office</span></b><br>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="">845
                                    Sherbrooke Street West, <b>Montreal</b>,
                                    Quebec, Canada H3A 0G4</p>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
                                      style="letter-spacing:0.15pt">Macdonald
                                      Campus, McGill University, 21111
                                      Lakeshore Road,
                                      Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X
                                      3V9</span><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                                        style="color:rgb(18,100,34);
                                        letter-spacing:0.15pt">Programme
                                        for Capacity Development in
                                        Africa (P4CDA)</span></b></p>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                      style="letter-spacing:0.15pt">PO
                                      Box 1618, 00100 GPO Nairobi, 1<sup>st</sup>
                                      Floor, Nyaku House, Argwings
                                      Kodhek Road</span></p>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                      style="letter-spacing:0.15pt">Cell:
                                      +254 722 800 986/+254 733 375 505</span></p>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                                        style="letter-spacing:0.15pt">Email</span></b><span
                                      style="letter-spacing:0.15pt">:
                                      <b><a
                                          href="mailto:kiringai.kamau@godan.info"
                                          target="_blank"
                                          moz-do-not-send="true">kiringai.kamau@godan.info</a></b>
                                      or
                                      <a
                                        href="mailto:kiringai@perfect.africa"
                                        target="_blank"
                                        moz-do-not-send="true">kiringai@perfect.africa</a>
                                    </span></p>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span
                                        style="letter-spacing:0.15pt"><i>Website</i></span></b><span
                                      style="letter-spacing:0.15pt">:
                                      <a href="http://www.godan.info"
                                        target="_blank"
                                        moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                                          style="color:windowtext">www.godan.info</span></a>
                                      or
                                      <a
                                        href="http://www.perfect.africa"
                                        target="_blank"
                                        moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                                          style="color:windowtext">www.perfect.africa</span></a>,
                                      <b><i>Tweeter</i></b>: @kiringaik,
                                      <b><i>Skype</i></b>:
                                      kiringai.kamau</span></p>
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