Kate Raynes-Goldie, Researcher
TakingITGlobal (http://www.takingitglobal.org)
Personal blog (http://oceanpark.livejournal.com)
Three Expertise Keywords:
activism, digital-publics, youth
Recent Posts:
- Kate Raynes-Goldie: TakingITGlobal and the importance of involving youth (December 8, 2006)
Description of Current Work:
I work at TakingITGlobal, a youth-focused NGO that has been described as the MySpace for positive social change. We also extend our online programs through connections to offline initiatives. I’m currently finishing up a project for telecentre.org (an online community for people who work in grassroots technology centres around the world) and will soon be running a research project to further develop our online tools.
Selected Publications/Projects/Articles/Press:
“Our Space: Online Civic Engagement Tools for Youth”
http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/dmal.9780262524827.161
(MacArthur Series Author)
“Apathy and Irony” (why youth seem apathetic) - The Global and Mail http://www.k4t3.org/publications/globeapathy.html
“Wiki Use by Political Parties: A Case Study” - Online Deliberation 2005 / DIAC 2005 http://www.online-deliberation.net/conf2005/viewabstract.php?id=34
“Blog the vote” - Now Magazine http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2004-06-10/news_story8.php
“Pulling sense out of today’s informational chaos: Livejournal as a site of knowledge creation and sharing” First Monday http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_12/raynes/index.html
