ICTs and Technical Agency: A Case Study of a Rural Brazilian Community
dc.contributor.author | Melgaço Silva Marques, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Willis, Katharine S. | |
dc.contributor.editor | Foth M | |
dc.contributor.editor | Brynskov M | |
dc.contributor.editor | Ojala T | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-09T10:24:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-09T10:24:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-981-287-919-6 | |
dc.identifier.other | 6 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/9200 | |
dc.description.abstract |
This paper explores the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in rural, marginalised communities. We explore Feenberg's concept of technical agency in order to understand the ways in which technological capacity might contribute to community development. We discuss three conditions of technical agency as outlined by Feenberg: power, knowledge and appropriate occasion. We consider how this framework might enable an approach to understanding the role of ICTS in the particular socio-spatial contexts in marginalised communities. In order to test Feenberg's approach, we discuss a case study of a village in rural Brazil: Noiva do Cordeiro. The community is recognised regionally as a pioneer in the way that it has mobilised a range of ICTs for the benefit of the community. We will conclude by discussing how ICTs can reinforce existing or introduce technical agency in a Feenberg framework and how this might contribute to community development. | |
dc.format.extent | 14 | |
dc.format.extent | 101-117 | |
dc.format.medium | ||
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Springer | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Citizen’s right to the digital city: urban interfaces, activism, and placemaking | |
dc.subject | Rural Health | |
dc.title | ICTs and Technical Agency: A Case Study of a Rural Brazilian Community | |
dc.type | chapter | |
plymouth.publisher-url | http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789812879172 | |
plymouth.publication-status | Published | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/978-981-287-919-6_6 | |
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plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business/School of Art, Design and Architecture | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA | |
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dc.publisher.place | Singapore | |
dc.rights.embargoperiod | Not known | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1007/978-981-287-919-6_6 | |
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rioxxterms.type | Book chapter |