Project in Bolivia tries to spread Web 2.0 beyond elite

Despite Bolivia's low Internet penetration (among the lowest in Latin America, at 4.4%, compared with neighboring Chile's 36.1%, according to El Deber), the citizen media project Bolivian Voices is determined to spread Web 2.0 well beyond Bolivia's connected elite, reports MediaShift Idea Lab, a Knight News Challenge -funded community website.

"Their latest initiative, Web 2.0 for Everyone, began Friday with a public event in Cochabamba followed by a day of intensive workshops aimed at teaching more Bolivians how to make their voices heard and gain social capital from tools like Twitter, blogs, and various photo- and video-sharing websites," reported David Sasaki.

Participants were trained on how to use mobile tools such as Twitter and upload their videos to video-sharing sites such as YouTube, BlipTV and Vimeo.

Read here for the rest of the report on the Web 2.0 for Everyone event in Bolivia.

-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City

Comments

[eduardo ávila]

Thanks Deborah for the link to our project in Bolivia.

For a live chat summary (in Spanish) please visit: http://www.para-todos.org/evento-publico