Jaqi Aru An online community with the commitment to promote the native language of Aymara on the Internet. Through the use of translations and the creation of content using digital media, we want to contribute and enrich the content in our language in cyberspace. About In 2007, two of Jaqi […]
Aymara • Bolivia • community media • digital • indigenous communities • indigenous language • South AmericaInformational Capabilities: The Missing Link for the Impact of ICT on Development
Under what conditions can information and communications technologies (ICTs) enhance the well-being of poor communities? The paper designs an alternative evaluation framework (AEF) that applies Sen’s capability approach to the study of ICTs in order to place people’s well-being, rather than technology at the center of the study. The AEF […]
2011 • Bolivia • capability approach • ICTs • informational capabilities • social changeIICD project profile: ICT for Strengthening the Capacities of Female Indigenous Leaders – Bolivia
In July of last year I highlighted an organization called IICD (worth a visit if you haven’t see it). IICD has quite a few projects in their database, but this one is of particular interest to me and so I thought I’d share it here. Summary From the project page […]
2007 • Bolivia • gender • ICTs • IICD • indigenous communities • Internet use • women