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Welcome to the IKM Emergent Website. It, like the programme it is part of, aims to explore, through multiple lenses and a variety of perspectives, what information and knowledges are used in the international development sector, how they are expressed, handled and received, and the possibilities for change if we are to make best use of emerging informational developments in the way we understand our work and communicate with others. 

For further information about IKM Emergent and what it has produced, see '[[About the programme]]' or '[[Documents]]'. 

For everything else this is a working website. What is here now is only the start of what will grow over the coming years, illustrating the many aspects of the programme and the issues it aims to cover. We intend to use it to display news and information about the programme; to collaboratively build workspaces, dedicated to exploring particular issues; and to map out the subject areas of the programme and collectively build an annotated bibliography. All spaces on this site are moderated by section editors but we welcome all contributions to the development of this work, or references to related work being done by others, and will indicate on the appropriate pages the contact details of the relevant editor. 

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== What's new  ==

[http://wiki.ikmemergent.net/index.php/File:Working_Paper-10-Julian_Jenkins-July2010-final.pdf '''Working Paper No 10'''] 

‘Things can be other than they are.’ Understanding the limitations of current management thinking and knowledge practice for work in the development sector by Julian Jenkins, July 2010 explores the types of problems which management face working in the development field and the nature of the information needed to address these problems. It also offers some practical examples of ways of developing the information needed.<br> <br> 

'''[http://wiki.ikmemergent.net/index.php/Documents#Newsletters Newsletter No. 4]''' <br> The most recent issue of the newsletter, published in July 2010, is now online. The newsletter links to the recent synthesis of IKM, and to ongoing interactions and research. (Tue, 20 Jul 2010) 

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'''[http://wiki.ikmemergent.net/index.php/Documents#Working_Papers Summaries in French, Spanish and English]''' <br> Summaries of IKM Working papers in three languages are now available. These are long summaries, designed to give detailed insight into the content of the Working Papers for those who do not want to read the whole text. (Fri, 02 Jul 2010) 

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'''[http://wiki.ikmemergent.net/index.php/Documents#IKM_Presentations IKM presentations available on-line]''' 

We have struggled with learning how to make various presentations made for IKM at different events available off our website. These will not get many marks for the professionalism of their production but at least they work and you can, if you have enough bandwidth, hear what is being said and see the slides. (Tue, 09 Feb 2010&gt; 

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'''[http://wiki.ikmemergent.net/index.php/File:1002-process_summary-_v2.pdf Predictability versus emergence in development]''' 

Last year IKM teamed up with some participants in the Bridging the Digital Divide Group of projects and members of the Information Systems Group at the Judge Business School to look at the tensions between desires for predictability and control as against unpredictability and emergence. 

This started with a critical look at ICT4D research and then broadened out to consider these issues first in relation to development research and then to development management more generally. The work is planned to continue this yeat with proposals for a book, being led by Mark Thompson and Ineke Buskens, for involvement in the ICTD 2010 conference, which is being hosted by Royal Holloway in London in December and, possibly, meetings with similar interest groups in other countries. 

The report by Adnan Rafiq and Nazish Gulzar on the workshop held to explore these issues in September 2009 is now available as [http://wiki.ikmemergent.net/index.php/Documents#Working_Papers Working Paper No. 9]. (Thu, 04 Feb 2010) 

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'''[http://wiki.ikmemergent.net/index.php/Documents#Working_Papers Working papers and workshop on the use of information derived from participatory methodologies]''' 

Two new working papers derived from this process are now online. 

They comprise: 

*No. 6 [http://wiki.ikmemergent.net/index.php/File:IKM-WorkingPaper-6-PAMFORK-final.pdf‎ Learning from, promoting and using participation: The case of international development organizations in Kenya] by Stephen Kirimi and Eliud Wakwabubi, October 2009<br>

*No. 7 [http://wiki.ikmemergent.net/index.php/File:IKMEmergent_Working_Paper_7_-_How_wide_are_the_ripples-final.pdf‎ How wide are the Ripples?] by Hannah Beardon and Kate Newman, October 2009

(Tue, 02 Feb 2010) 

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== New on other websites  ==

'''Our reflections on the process''' 

These reflections are derived from a blog being used by IKM Emergent to document the process of undertaking an iterative programme 

<rss>http://theprocessdiary.wordpress.com/feed/|max=2</rss> <br> '''Our reflections on the content of the Programme''' <br> These reflections are derived from a blog being run by a core of members from Working Group 3, plus a number of colleagues from the broader field of knowledge management for development. 

<rss>http://thegiraffe.wordpress.com/feed/|max=5</rss> <br> '''Other related resources''' <br> Other blogs are being run by members of IKM Emergent to support initiatives on digital story telling and local content. They include: 

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