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The Role of Local Bricoleurs in Sustaining Changing ICT4D Solutions

verfasst von : Elisabeth Fruijtier, Wilfred Senyoni

Erschienen in: Locally Relevant ICT Research

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This paper problematizes the way ICT4D projects are rarely equipped to anticipate for the longitudinal and organic nature of ICT4D processes. As such, it aims to explore how these ever-evolving processes may be met with adaptive solutions that are responsive to their changing environments. Our analysis concentrated on uncovering the change processes of a particularly successful ICT4D implementation over time. Based on these findings, we developed a process perspective of bricolage-driven change in ICT4D in which bricolage practices move through 3 different stages we identify to be ‘opportunity based’, ‘locally owned’ and ‘locally driven’ in nature. These insights are aimed at aiding researchers as well as practitioners in the ICT4D domain in the implementation of long term ICT4D solutions.

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Metadaten
Titel
The Role of Local Bricoleurs in Sustaining Changing ICT4D Solutions
verfasst von
Elisabeth Fruijtier
Wilfred Senyoni
Copyright-Jahr
2019
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11235-6_12

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