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An Investigation of the Government-Related Factors that Inhibit Small to Medium Enterprises’ Adoption and Effective Use of Information and Communication Technology in Developing Countries: The Case of Zimbabwe Kapitel lesen Erstes Kapitel lesen

2019 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

Localize-It: Co-designing a Community-Owned Platform

verfasst von : Maria Rosa Lorini, Melissa Densmore, David Johnson, Senka Hadzic, Hafeni Mthoko, Ganief Manuel, Marius Waries, André van Zyl

Erschienen in: Locally Relevant ICT Research

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

One of the most difficult, yet undocumented, aspects of information and communications technologies and development (ICTD) projects is that of establishing partnerships around which researchers’ interventions will develop, be tested and grow. Constraints on timing and funding usually lead to short-term projects, in which benefits are biased towards researchers rather than the partner community. In order to avoid empty and unethical promises and to increase the potential benefit for the community, we consider the process of developing participatory partnerships in ICTD projects. The objective is to make the project community owned, allowing the participants to develop what they value as important. Using the case of a township-based wireless community content sharing network, we describe the potential and some of the challenges with this approach. The paper highlights building blocks, such as ethical behaviour and trust, to avoid recreating the dichotomy between research and practice, and building a constructive collaboration.

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Metadaten
Titel
Localize-It: Co-designing a Community-Owned Platform
verfasst von
Maria Rosa Lorini
Melissa Densmore
David Johnson
Senka Hadzic
Hafeni Mthoko
Ganief Manuel
Marius Waries
André van Zyl
Copyright-Jahr
2019
Buch
Locally Relevant ICT Research

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-11234-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-11235-6

Copyright-Jahr: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11235-6_16

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