Full Title: The Myth of the Universal User: Pursuing a Cultural Variable in ICT Design for Conflict Management through Quantitative Analysis: Implications from a Ugandan Case Study This study took a novel experimental approach from the field of cognitive linguistics to quantitatively describe the impact of culture on the use […]
2014 • cognition • communication • conflict resolution • culture • ICTs • linguistics • participatory • technology • UgandaInterview with Stefan Bock on HCI initiatives at BOSCO Uganda
Can you give a little background to the BOSCO Uganda Project and your role in the project? How did you become interested in working in the HCI field.BOSCO Uganda (Battery Operated Systems for Community Outreach) is a rural communications project based in Gulu, Northern Uganda. It was launched in 2007 […]
2011 • BOSCO • communication • human computer interaction • interview • rural • UgandaBellanet Alliance
The Bellanet Alliance is an international network of organizations working to foster global and regional collaboration through a more effective use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) and Knowledge Sharing practices. Operating as an independent and self-sustained alliance of social entrepreneurs in four well established regions of the world, Bellanet […]
Canada • collaboration • Costa Rica • development • ICTs • knowledge sharing / exchange • Nepal • research • UgandaBOSCO Uganda (Battery Operated Systems for Community Outreach)
BOSCO-Uganda is helping put an end to isolation caused by war. BOSCO-Uganda is providing an innovative Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solution to foster social and economical development and peace building in rural communities of northern Uganda. BOSCO is using a collaborative, web-based ICT training approach encouraging communication and collaboration […]
BOSCO • collaboration • development • ICT4D • ICTs • UgandaBridging the Digital Divide in Uganda
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2007 • digital divide • ICTs • IDRC • telecenter • UgandaDigitisation of Community Indigenous Knowledge in Developing Countries: A Strategy for Uganda
Abstract Ugandans aspire for positive cultural values for the promotion of socio-economic development and equal opportunities for all – a heritage that is free of negative cultural values, practices and traditions. However, the major constraint of developing countries has been the absence of community-based information systems to enable local people […]
2007 • cultural heritage • culture | preservation • development • digitization • indigenous / traditional knowledge • knowledge systems • UgandaThe Evolving Braid: an Ethnography of Technology Change in Uganda
Thanks to Melissa for allowing me to share her recently published dissertation! Abstract If there’s one thing one can expect from information technology deployments in developing countries–it’s the unexpected. From 2007-2010, I combined my skills as a software developer with ethnographic methods to observe the use of information technology in […]
2012 • ethnography • ICTs • mobile • Uganda