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dc.contributor.authorMelgaço Silva Marques, L
dc.contributor.authorWillis, Katharine S.
dc.contributor.editorFoth M
dc.contributor.editorBrynskov M
dc.contributor.editorOjala T
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-09T10:24:17Z
dc.date.available2017-05-09T10:24:17Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.isbn978-981-287-919-6
dc.identifier.other6
dc.identifier.urihttp://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.extent14
dc.format.extent101-117
dc.format.mediumPrint
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofCitizen’s right to the digital city: urban interfaces, activism, and placemaking
dc.subjectRural Health
dc.titleICTs and Technical Agency: A Case Study of a Rural Brazilian Community
dc.typechapter
plymouth.publisher-urlhttp://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789812879172
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-981-287-919-6_6
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dc.publisher.placeSingapore
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