[iDC] Maori Spectrum

[Jesse Drew]

Hi Greta,

I did some research regarding spectrum auction over Maori land some years ago but you may find it relevant to your project.

Should be here:

http://www.waitangi-tribunal.govt.nz/reports/summary.asp?reportid=9b5ed50e-e089-4d64-8961-aea664b9a08d


Good luck-

Jesse Drew




I am writing about radio spectrum auctions in developing-world contexts as a question of urban planning: how does spectrum management affect planning issues such as public health and safety, access to economic resources and jobs, and literacy? And do companies sometimes over-reach in bidding (as happened in Europe with the 3G auctions), thus rendering themselves unable to build infrastructure, causing some communities to be left further behind? 

In a sense, I am stepping back from the question of how learning is facilitated through technology to ask whether control of communications infrastructure in itself is a mechanism that has a much larger role in determining the effectiveness of public-interest goals than we usually think about...

Any thoughts (or case studies!) very welcome. 

Thanks, 
Greta Byrum
Columbia University GSAPP
Urban Planning


Jesse Drew, Ph.D.
Director, Technocultural Studies
University of California at Davis
Art Building, Room 316
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616

530-752-9674
jdrew at ucdavis.edu