D-lab 2004-2005 Readings
Week
Date
Readings
1
8 Sep

Reading Assignment 1:
-Excerpts from Small is Beautiful, Ernst Schumaker
-Kofi Annan's Astonishing Facts, Barbara Crosette

10 Sep
Reading Assignment 2:
-Power to the People, Peter Hawthorne
-Mastering the Machine, pp 3 - 34, 86 - 103
2
13 Sep
Reading Assignment 3:
-Mastering the Machine Revisited, pp 35 - 66
-Beyond Couch Potatoes, G. Fischer
15 Sep
Reading Assignment 4:
-Mastering the Machine Revisited, pp 69 - 85
17 Sep
Reading Assignment 5:
-Water for People, Water for Life, UNESCO
3
20 Sep
Reading Assignment 6:
-Managing Water in the Home: Accelerated Health Gains from Improved Water
Supply by M. Sobsey pp 1 - 49
22 Sep
Reading Assignment 7:
-Disacare Case Study
4
27 Sep
Reading Assignment 8:
-Manufacturing Enterprise, ITDG
-Mastering the Machine Revisited, pp 171 - 186
29 Sep
Reading Assignment 9:
-Reconceptualizing the Digital Divide, Mark Warschauer
5
4 Oct
Reading Assignment 10:
-Serving the Poor, Profitably, A. Hammond & C.K. Prahalad
8 Oct
Reading Assignment 11:
-Grameen Bank: Taking Capitalism to the Poor, E. Mainsah, S. Heuer, A. Kalra and Q. Zhang
6
15 Oct
Reading Assignment 12:
-Meeting a Pressing Need, A. Hynd
7
18 Oct
Reading Assignment 13:
-Mastering the Machine Revisited, pp 104 - 136
20 Oct
Reading Assignment 14:
-The Case for Genetically Modified Crops with a Poverty Focus, H. Atkinson, J. Green, S. Cowgill and A. Levesley
-The GM Mirage Will Not Help the Poor, A. Wijeratna
22 Oct
Reading Assignment 15:
-Energy Resources and Global Development, J. Chow, R. Kopp and P. Portney
-World Energy Assessment, pp 29 - 38
8
25 Oct
Reading Assignment 16:
-Mastering the Machine Revisited, pp 137 - 153
27 Oct
Reading Assignment 17:
-World Energy Assessment, pp 39 - 60
9
1 Nov
Reading Assignment 18:
-The $230-billion Global Lighting Energy Bill, Evan Mills
3 Nov
Reading Assignment 19:
-Inheriting the World: The Atlas of Children's Health and the Environment, B. Gordon, R. Mackay and E. Rehfuess
-Selections from Health and the Developing World, J. Bryant
-Dying for Growth, pp 3 - 10, J. Millen, A. Irwin, J. Y. Kim
10
8 Nov
Reading Assignment 20:
-Smoke: The Killer in the Kitchen, H. Warwick, A. Doig
10 Nov
Reading Assignment 21:
-Mastering the Machine Revisited, pp 200 - 213
12 Nov
Reading Assignment 22:
-Supporting Women's Use of Information Technologies for Sustainable Development, N. Hafkin, N. Taggart
11
15 Nov
Reading Assignment 23:
-Mastering the Machine Revisited, pp 189 - 199
17 Nov
Reading Assignment 24:
-Mastering the Machine Revisited, pp 214 - 245
12
22 Nov
Reading Assignment 25:
-Artisan Profiles, Aid to Artisans
13
29 Nov
Reading Assignment 26:
-Mastering the Machine Revisited, pp 154 - 170
1 Dec
Reading Assignment 27:
-Mastering the Machine Revisited, pp 246 - 261