Between the 1970s and 1980s appropriate technology (AT) become a worldwide grassroots innovation movement that sought to redefine technology as a tool for development. In South America, AT emerged in a context of political upheaval between the challenge of political repression and the influence of new forms of activism and […]
appropriate technology • grassroots • innovation • Latin America • policy • social changeBuilding Digital Capacities: Enabling the Drivers of Social Change through ICTs
Welcome to IICD’s Annual Report 2013. Our report will take you through the countries we work in and a selection of projects that demonstrate how our ICT-led social innovation process has helped foster behavioural and social change in these communities. IICD uses ICT to help build the capacity of people […]
2014 • Africa • capacity building • ICTs • IICD • innovation • Latin America • social changeICT4D: Information and Communication Technology for Development
ICT4D provides an authoritative and accessible account of the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in contemporary development practice. It combines theory with practical guidance – including both a conceptual framework for understanding the rapid development of ICT4D, and practitioners’ overviews of the use of ICTs in enterprise, health, […]
2008 • Africa • Asia • challenges • development • ICT4D • ICTs • Latin America • researchThe Participatory Web – New Potentials of ICT in Rural Areas
Web 2.0 solutions offer people in rural areas a platform for networking and knowledge exchange. This brochure provides a systematic overview of Web 2.0 experiences made to date in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It serves as a practice-oriented introduction to the theme and discusses both the potentials and the […]
2008 • Africa • Asia • knowledge sharing / exchange • Latin America • participatory • web 2.0Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America (AILLA)
AILLA is a digital archive of recordings and texts in and about the indigenous languages of Latin America. Access to archive resources is free of charge. Most of the resources in the AILLA database are available to the public, but some have special access restrictions. The heart of the collection […]
archive • indigenous language • Latin America • oral literature • oral narrative • revitalizationWorkshop: Digital Media for Speakers of Endangered Languages in Latin America
Originally posted on rising.globalvoicesonline.org by Eddie Avila on 30 November 2012 Rising Voices Note: Rising Voices is pleased to be collaborating with this upcoming event in early 2013. This is a translation of the original website in Spanish at the Living Tongues blog. Enduring Voices: Digital Media Workshop for Speakers of Endangered Languages in […]
2013 • community media • conference • endangered language • indigenous language • Latin America • Living Tongues Institute • National Geographic Society • new media • Rising VoicesOther side of the divide: Latin-American and Caribbean Perspectives on the WSIS
Introduction The process generated around the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is an opportunity to present to the world the contributions that from Latin America and the Caribbean have been made in this respect. Diverse actors of this region of the planet have worked and work today in […]
2003 • Caribbean • development • digital divide • impact of | ICTs • information society • knowledge tradition • Latin America • poverty reduction • WSISOrganization Highlight: International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD)
A new Ethnos Project feature… highlighting organizations of interest. From the IICD website: “At IICD, people are at the heart of what we do. We believe people need access to information to improve their lives. Particularly in developing countries. Farmers earn more from their produce if they know the current […]
Africa • development • ICTs • IICD • Latin America