IDIA2009 Conference
Beyond Access: Technology as a Vehicle for Sustainable Community Development
Lennon Mhishi
School of Arts, Monash South Africa
Abstract
The use of ICTs for development by communities has been reiterated in a world in which numerous forms of technologies have taken centre stage. It is however important to explore the factors that may either enhance, or obstruct the realization of development and community empowerment, beyond the necessary access to the forms of technology. Without laying any claim to a panacea for a community or development informatics approach, the discussion hopes to bridge the technologically deterministic approaches, and those romantically emphasising the local and the social.
