Digital Green is dedicated to improving the social, economic, and environmental sustainability of small farmer livelihoods. We aim to raise the livelihoods of smallholder farmers across the developing world through the targeted production and dissemination of agricultural information via participatory video and mediated instruction through grassroots-level partnerships. This work begins […]
agriculture • development • knowledge sharing / exchange • participatory • sustainability • videoIT for Change
IT for Change (ITfC) is an NGO located in Bengaluru, India, that works for the innovative and effective use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to promote socio-economic change in the global South, from an equity, social justice and gender equality point of view. Current Information Society and ‘ICTs for […]
development • gender • ICT4D • ICTs • India • participatory • social changeICTs for Indigenous Knowledge Preservation
Public libraries in South Africa engage with local communities to preserve indigenous knowledge. This involves teaching them to use ICT tools. Indigenous knowledge affects the well-being of the majority of people in developing countries. Some 80% of the world’s population depends on indigenous knowledge to meet their medicinal needs, and […]
2012 • community memory • culture | preservation • ICTs • indigenous / traditional knowledge • knowledge systems • libraries • library database • myth • participatory • South Africa • Ulwazi Programme • ZuluDigital Storytelling – Using a Participatory Approach
Spider ICT4D Seminar: Digital Storytelling – Using a Participatory Approach from SPIDERCENTER on Vimeo. Storytelling is an ancient human activity. In many cultures, people use stories to make sense of their world and to pass knowledge on to future generations, parents teach their children values and understanding of the world […]
2013 • design • digital storytelling • ICT4D • participatory • SPIDERThe Complexities of Community Participation in ICT for Development Projects: the Case of “Our Voices”
Community participation is often suggested as a means to a relevant, contextual rural information system (such as a telecentre). Yet, the ICT for development field has much to learn from development literature on the complexities of community participation. We first review the critical literature on participation in development and then […]
2007 • community media • ICT4D • information system • participatory • radio • rural • telecenterWeb2forDev Gateway
Participatory Web 2.0 for development in short Web2forDev is a way of employing web services, in order to improve information sharing and collaborative production of content in the context of development work. In this context actors in development can easily relate to other stakeholders, have selective access to information, produce […]
development • internet • participatoryKamusi – The Global Online Living Dictionary
The Global Online Living Dictionary. Every Word, Everywhere. From the Kamusi website: The Kamusi Project is a participatory international effort dedicated to improving knowledge of the world’s languages. Our long term mission is to produce dictionaries and other language resources for every language, and to make those resources available for […]
dictionary • language | preservation • participatoryICT4D Bibliography at ICTlogy.net
This is a gathering of literature on subjects related to the impact of Information and Communication Technologies in the society, especially in development curated by Ismael Peña-López. Thus, you’ll find readings about the Information Society, the Digital Divide, e-Readiness or Digital Literacy, as core themes, and the Digital Economy, e-Learning, […]
digital divide • education • gender • human rights • ICT4D • information society • infrastructure • intellectual property • knowledge management • open access • participatory • policy • social mediaResearch Project: Indigenous Knowledge Technologies
I recently received a note from Kasper Rodil, a PhD Fellow in Aalborg University’s Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology, who shared with me a new website focused on Indigenous knowledge and technology (http://indiknowtech.org/). Below is an overview of the site and its current projects. indiknowtech.org Project Description From […]
3D • Herero • indigenous / traditional knowledge • knowledge management • knowledge systems • Namibia • oral tradition • participatory • representation • storytelling • visualization • youthPlugging in Indigenous knowledge: connections and innovations
Presented at the Fulbright Symposium: “Indigenous people in an interconnected world.” Published as: Plugging in Indigenous knowledge – connections and innovations.” In Australian Aboriginal Studies 2000:2, pp 39-47. An earlier version of this paper appears at The Fulbright site at the University of Iowa. Note: Many of the websites linked […]
1997 • aboriginal • Australia • indigenous / traditional knowledge • innovation • Internet use • misappropriation • participatory • representationParticipatory Learning and Action: Change at Hand – Web 2.0 for Development
A joint publication of The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) Table of Contents PART I: OVERVIEW 1. Change at hand: Web 2.0 for development Holly Ashley, Jon Corbett, Ben Garside, Dave Jones and Giacomo Rambaldi 2. The two […]
2009 • CTA • development • ICT4D • IIED • indigenous language • mobile • participatory • social networking • Ushahidi • web 2.0How to build an Indigenous Digital Library through Community Participation: the case of the Ulwazi Programme
Presented at the SCECSAL Conference in Nairobi, Kenya (June 4-8, 2012) Abstract African Libraries and Information Centres are poorly equipped to make a meaningful contribution to the current global digital knowledge economy. The paucity of African stories and community information on the web predicates the limited role of heritage and […]
2012 • Africa • culture | preservation • eThekwini • ICTs • indigenous / traditional knowledge • library database • mobile • participatoryLokavidya goes virtual? Indigenous knowledge in the Gatesian Age
Abstract This paper attempts to address the issue of virtualizability of lokavidya. Lokavidya has been conceptualized as the vidya (value-laden knowledge) possessed by the farmers, artisans, women and tribal societies the world over and as being inseparable from their world-view and value system. Lokavidya has also been described as inherently […]
2006 • development discourse • indigenous / traditional knowledge • intellectual property • knowledge systems • participatoryLiving Cultural Storybases (LCS)
Nurturing the oral heritage of minority cultures in a digital world The following text is from the Living Cultural Storybases website: http://storybases.org/ Misson LCS seeks to nurture the oral heritage of minority cultures by developing respectful methodologies accompanied by appropriate technological solutions. We aim to enable indigenous communities to share and […]
cultural heritage • culture | preservation • elder • identity • indigenous communities • oral tradition • participatory • QR code • Quechua • revitalizationOrganization Highlight: Living Cultural Storybases (LCS)
Nurturing the oral heritage of minority cultures in a digital world The following text is from the Living Cultural Storybases website: http://storybases.org/ Misson LCS seeks to nurture the oral heritage of minority cultures by developing respectful methodologies accompanied by appropriate technological solutions. We aim to enable indigenous communities to share and […]
cultural heritage • culture | preservation • elder • identity • indigenous communities • oral tradition • participatory • QR code • Quechua • revitalizationA model for community participation in African libraries to preserve Indigenous Knowledge
Before you begin reading the essay, you may wish to listen to Betsie Greyling talk about the Ulwazi Programme in this video: Abstract Africa and African libraries and information centres are poorly equipped to make a meaningful contribution to the current global digital knowledge economy. The lack of management systems […]
Africa • database management • Durban | South Africa • eThekwini • ICTs • indigenous / traditional knowledge • knowledge sharing / exchange • library database • participatory • Ulwazi Programme • virtual libraryCommunication for Social Change
If we had two friends who wished to establish a healthy relationship together, we might give them some basic advice: listen to one another, respect your differences, try to see things from the other person’s perspective, be patient, keep each other informed about important things, include your partner in decision-making, […]
2010 • development • development communication • modernity • participatory • social change