[eccr] Link to online book: "Revisiting the Magix Box: Local Appropriation of ICTs"

>"Revisiting the Magix Box: Local Appropriation of ICTs"
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>New information and communications technologies (ICTs), the Internet and
>mobile telephony in particular, are greatly transforming how we work,
>organize and communicate with each other. ICTs radically change
>relationships between individuals and groups in organizations and
>societies. Some communities have already identified what features of
>these new technologies they can appropriate to address their needs and
>how they can do that using the limited financial, infrastructural and
>human resources available to them.
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>Local appropriation of ICTs' broadly means that rural communities are
>able to make use of, adapt, sometimes own, but certainly benefit from
>information and communication technologies.
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>This book illustrates how different groups of people in Mexico, Costa
>Rica and Uganda are appropriating ICTs to make positive changes in their
>communities. The Women of Uganda Network (Wougnet) discusses the
>constraints still facing the information-sharing network in Africa while
>the Costa Rican Internet radio station, FIRE, delivers community radio
>to the international community by broadcasting local women's voices to
>global audiences via the internet. A third case study from Mexico looks
>at the challenges facing community radio stations as they try to network
>and integrate new ICTs against a backdrop of an unclear regulatory
>environment. Finally, the book offers some guiding principles for
>successful appropriation of ICTs as well as discussing indicators for
>evaluating ICT interventions.
>[from the FAO website <http://www.fao.org/sd/2003/KN12013_en.htm>]
>
>Link to the full document:
>ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/006/y5106e/y5106e00.pdf
>
>

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