Thursday, February 17, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Whose choice? ICTs for “development” and the lives people value
Whose choice? ICTs for “development” and the lives people value
Recognising that ICTs are powerful tools shaping people’s everyday lives, practitioners, policy-makers and academics in the ICT for development (ICT4D) field engage with these technologies in the name of “development”. Yet understandings of development differ and too often remain implicit and removed from participatory processes involving the intended users. Techno-euphoria and the focus on universal access distracts from the very individual choices people should have to integrate technologies in their everyday practices (or not). Working with Amartya Sen’s capabilities approach and its view of development as freedom, this open conversation will discuss the diverse and potentially conflicting ideologies embedded in state ICT policies and technical artefacts and the intended and unintended consequences. It will explore potential technological and process innovations which could lead to more participatory decision-making on policy and technology design – an area where all countries can be classified as “developing”.
Recognising that ICTs are powerful tools shaping people’s everyday lives, practitioners, policy-makers and academics in the ICT for development (ICT4D) field engage with these technologies in the name of “development”. Yet understandings of development differ and too often remain implicit and removed from participatory processes involving the intended users. Techno-euphoria and the focus on universal access distracts from the very individual choices people should have to integrate technologies in their everyday practices (or not). Working with Amartya Sen’s capabilities approach and its view of development as freedom, this open conversation will discuss the diverse and potentially conflicting ideologies embedded in state ICT policies and technical artefacts and the intended and unintended consequences. It will explore potential technological and process innovations which could lead to more participatory decision-making on policy and technology design – an area where all countries can be classified as “developing”.
Friday, February 4, 2011
The Panguipulli Public Library No.296 | EIFL
The Panguipulli Public Library No.296 | EIFL
The Panguipulli Public Library No. 296 is now reaching farmers in remote and mountainous areas of Southern Chile through radio.
The radio programmes are aimed at informing farmers about new farming methods, pest control, environmental conservation and many other important issues. They are part of the library’s innovative information outreach programme, which uses a variety of communication technologies to reach farmers who live and work in the valleys and mountains of Valdivia province, and to connect them to each other, to markets and to other resources.
The Panguipulli Public Library No. 296 is now reaching farmers in remote and mountainous areas of Southern Chile through radio.
The radio programmes are aimed at informing farmers about new farming methods, pest control, environmental conservation and many other important issues. They are part of the library’s innovative information outreach programme, which uses a variety of communication technologies to reach farmers who live and work in the valleys and mountains of Valdivia province, and to connect them to each other, to markets and to other resources.
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