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Hi All Apologies for cross posting. Published today, please feel free to forward to people you think might be interested. Ruth AEN Journal Information Technology and Ethnic Communities Volume 2, Issue 1-April 2007 Edited by Andy Williamson and Ruth DeSouza http://journal.aen.org.nz <http://journal.aen.org.nz/> This issue of AENJ is about potential. It's about the way the internet and mobile telecommunications are changing the way our society thinks, links and functions. Access to the information and communication channels available through these networks puts us in a new space, where New Zealand's tyranny of distance is both diminished and amplified. The internet makes globalisation a reality but it magnifies the local and it has enormous potential to connect and support communities, particularly those who are otherwise disadvantaged. In this issue, we've attempted to present a range of perspectives that show the potential for how ICTs can be harnessed by different communities-whether they are communities of place, interest, faith or ethnicity. We hope that this will energise and inspire, helping ethnic communities generate new collective ideas about the value, function and potential of ICTs. Our hope is that the writing in this issue will inspire and educate, demonstrate some good ideas and help some of us to make fewer mistakes. Above all, we hope it will motivate ethnic communities in Aotearoa to recognise the value of ICTs and seize every opportunity to adopt and use them effectively. The AEN Journal is an open access online journal, available free at http://journal.aen.org.nz <http://journal.aen.org.nz/> Contents: Editorial: Harnessing ICTs for ethnic community development Andy Williamson and Ruth DeSouza Waka rorohiko Robert Sullivan Growing, sustaining and retaining skills in the ICT sector in New Zealand David Cunliffe MP Reflections on Enabling the Millennium Development Goals in Puerto Rico: Representations and Realities Sarai Lastra Tangata Whenua, the Treaty and the New Zealand Digital Strategy Robyn Kamira Asymmetrical Warfare: Having a biffo with the mainstream media Keith Ng Community as an icon Gilson Schwartz Images: ICT working at the grassroots Whangarei's one double-five Community House Increasing the uptake of ICT amongst Pacific Island Early Childhood Education Centres in Manukau City Kate Sutton The promise of information technology? Richard Pamatatau Living Cultural Storybases: Self-empowering narratives for minority cultures Laura Packer, Paul Rankin and Robin Hansteen-Izora Some tentative thoughts on diaspora and the emergence of voice and video over the internet Andrew Clark http://journal.aen.org.nz <http://journal.aen.org.nz/>