While it is generally accepted that information and communication technology (ICT) can lead to development, the process through which this may happen remains unclear. At the core of this debate is the very definition of the term ‘development’. In this thesis, I adopted Amartya Sen’s definition. According to Sen (1999), […]
2012 • actor network theory • development • ICT4D • impact of | ICTs • mountain regions • Myagdi | Nepal • research • social capitalSoftware for Educating Aboriginal Children about Place
In this paper I imagine how a piece of software (TAMI) that is yet to be built might contribute to learning of being in-place by Aboriginal Australian children. I take up an analytic toolkit that has been emerging in science and technology studies since the 1980s, of which perhaps the […]
2006 • aboriginal • actor network theory • Australia • education • non-coherence • place • software • TAMI • youth