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Global Citizenship Initiative
The IdeaMonitoring Nigeria’s presidential election, to promote global citizenship, encourage knowledge sharing, and to carry out an assessment of the role of technology via digital platforms as the new mode of information/knowledge sharing and civic participation.
Why?● Like many countries, Nigeria’s online
information space has been beset by misinformation and unhealthy dialogue throughout this election cycle
● There’s a lack of trusted curated online media information for Nigerians in diaspora and interested foreign observers.
● There are not many inter-school global citizenship initiative to encourage awareness of other cultures.
What?- We will help curate the conversation
and encourage critical commentary and analysis during the event.
- We will encourage educational peer-to-peer conversations to help build understanding of other cultural contexts
- We will observe the role of digital platforms in information dissemination
How? We will do this;
- Online - by initiating, following and engaging in discussions with the mainstream digital platforms where election discussions are taking place.
- Offline - documentary, face-to-face discussions, question and answer sessions with each other here at Harvard.
Who?● Hosted by by HGSE Global Citizens
● Supported by Office of Student Affairs; Technology Innovation and Education program; and International Education Policy program*
● Invited - HGSE, Kennedy School, Center for African Studies 6
When?
5 am Election begins (11 am Nigeria)
Election day 16th February 2019
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4pm Event begins (9 pm Nigeria)
5 pm Event ends
(11 pm Nigeria)
Where?Gutman LibraryHGSE
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What if? Q: What if there’s an internet shutdown, as is being suggested? A: This will be an additional learning experience about digital media platforms and civic participation in Nigeria.
Q: What if the vote counting extends into days? A - This event is not about the election results, more about the culture exchange and digital platform monitoring.
About usThe HGSE Global Citizens is a community of practice for knowledge sharing and praxis.
We engage the challenges of education from a global perspective, collaborating our diverse body of knowledge, skills, experience and viewpoints in making a positive impact in global education.
