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Title:
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ICT FOR DEVELOPMENT, EMPOWERMENT,
OR EMANCIPATION? A REFLECTION
ON TERMINOLOGY BASED ON CASE STUDIES
IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES OF CAPE TOWN |
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Author(s):
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Maria Rosa Lorini and Wallace Chigona |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8704-19-1 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers and Guo Chao Peng |
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Year:
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2020 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Development, Empowerment, Emancipation, ICT4D |
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Type:
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Full |
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First Page:
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65 |
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Last Page:
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72 |
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Language:
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English |
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Cover:
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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A University research project sparked, followed, and analysed three processes of social and human development that
unfolded in urban underserved communities in Cape Town, South Africa. The processes developed over three years
through a flexible approach to outcomes connected with the use of information and communication technologies. A series
of final questions drives the analysis of the evaluation of this multiple-case study. What were the processes about? What
did the processes do? What did they bring about? What is the legacy of these projects? These questions are analysed
through the explanation of the evolution of the case studies presented. The most important question about the intentions
of the participants -researcher, external professionals and community members- connects with their philosophical
background and assumptions. Seldom stated, occasionally externalised in the approach to interventions, the reasons to
participate in a project are the most likely determinants of its outcomes -development and/or empowerment and/or
emancipation- and nevertheless the less evaluated. The paper claims that the elucidation of the terminology stimulates the
reflection over ideologies and motivations that drive research and activities. |
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