USING "BORN DIGITAL" PUBLISHING FOR BUILDING A COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITY: A STUDY OF NORTH-SOUTH TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION

This case addresses the interdependent and global nature of contemporary science and technology practices, in particular how the diffusion of these practices plays out in transnational projects that span the divide between countries in the global North and South. This topic as initially addressed at a colloquium at the University of Minnesota through face-to-face and virtual interactions via Skype. Video recordings of this colloquium provided the initial material for a subsequent "born digital," open access collection published by the University of Minnesota Libraries. The goal of this collection is to encourage collective knowledge-making across global divides.