Posted at: http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/preview/3065880, 211 pages 1.02 MB, There is an urgent need for a better understanding of the interplay of information and communication technology (ICT) and the role of women in facilitating social, political and economic development. This research examines engagement of women with ICT in traditional poor, rural, communities of Mali, a least developed country (LDC). Mali was selected as the focus based on its broadly representative LDC challenges and the availability of locally and internationally collected data. This research applies the theoretical framework of international regime theory and development as freedom theory to help explain how ICT diffusion can be an empowerment tool for women in development. Women of Mali face low literacy rates, high birth rates, high infant and maternal mortality rates, and low incomes. This research found ICT applications facilitated positive change in health, education, politics and the economy in Mali. The relationship between international and national regimes in the process of negotiating problem solutions is particularly important to policy analysis of telecommunications and of gender equity. Policy in each of these areas permeates every sector of society. Challenges, obstacles, solutions and benefits of ICT development with gender equity in Mali can inform policymakers' understanding of ICT diffusion and its benefits to people in LDCs. This analysis was based on a literature review, a survey of existing relevant research studies, a country study and a case study of the Multipurpose Community Telecentre (MCT) model for rural ICT development. The country study includes data and reports from the UNDP, ITU, IDRC, USAID and the World Bank. It incorporates history, policy, existing research, statistical human development data over time, ethnographic data, and reports of other ICT projects in Mali. Analyzed together, these data strongly suggest positive and directional change in Mali during 1990 to 2000, a period of dynamic telecommunications and gender equity policy liberalization. The case study of the MCT in Timbuktu includes baseline communications research, on-site ethnographic research, interviews and the MCT Director's report. The Mali MCT was one of five African pilot projects initially supported by ITU, UNESCO and IDRC funds and developed with national and local community support. The MCT is a social communication center that provides ICT education and services. This research focuses on the MCT as an ICT knowledge gathering and distribution center. Influenced by international regime policies for gender equity, Mali's national machineries have implemented gender equity policy in communication access. Women participated in the design, implementation and operation of this MCT. The community open access design was found to be particularly conducive to ICT development through women's social networking. Research indicates women are keepers of indigenous knowledge systems in cultural communities. Content developed from this local knowledge base can contribute to global knowledge systems, cultural integrity and sustainability as well as to economic development. Conclusions of this study are based on findings that Malian ICT development with gender equity in the context of national and international policy engagement contributed to the positive growth in the political, educational and social sectors.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C35818
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Pages 512-516 in D. Michael Warren, L. Jan Slikkerveer and David Brokensha (eds.), The cultural dimension of development: indigenous knowledge systems. Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd., London, England. 582 pages., Describes the Indigenous Agricucultural Knowledge Systems (INDAKS) project.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C35809
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Pages 445-450 in D. Michael Warren, L. Jan Slikkerveer and David Brokensha (eds.), The cultural dimension of development: indigenous knowledge systems. Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd., London, England. 582 pages., Mission of the Third World Conservation Union.
Environment and Development Organization News and Networking, Asia Edition., Announces formation of the Centre for Alternative Agricultural Media (CAAM) to "focus on farmer friendly communication system." Explains that alternative agricultural media emphasize the need for farmer-friendly ideologies and practices in agricultural research and communication. Example cited: farm journals "published by the farmers and pens to farmers' hands." CAAM web site: http://www.farmedia.org
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25562
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Pages 124-139 in D.M. Warren, L.J. Slikkerveer and D. Brokensha (eds.), The cultural dimension of development: indigenous knowledge systems. Intermediate Technology Publications, London. 582 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 182 Document Number: C36985
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5 pages., Describes process and outcomes of a four-day workshop in Orissa, India, involving representatives of several organizations that have been actively involved in the farmer-led approach.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D00784
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192 pages., (p. 115) Argues that "subsistence" is misunderstood. Suggests that it specializes in low profit/low risk actions involving food production and local trade rather than high profit/high risk activity linked to urban merchants and long-distance trade routes.
(p. 116) "Academic and professional commentators on African agriculture have too often tended either to ignore female farming or to assume that it was undertaken for subsistence purposes."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25558
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Pages 112-123 in D.M. Warren, L.J. Slikkerveer and D. Brokensha (eds), The cultural dimension of development: indigenous knowledge systems, Intermediate Technology Publications, London. 582 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C35805
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Pages 155-173 in D. Michael Warren, L. Jan Slikkerveer and David Brokensha (eds.), The cultural dimension of development: indigenous knowledge systems. Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd., London, England. 582 pages.
Gladwin, Christina H. (author) and Zabawa, Robert (author)
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Book chapter
Publication Date:
1995
Published:
USA
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C35806
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Pages 185-201 in D. Michael Warren, L. Jan Slikkerveer and David Brokensha (eds.), The cultural dimension of development: indigenous knowledge systems. Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd., London, England. 582 pages.
Titilola, S. Oguntunji (author) and Marsden, David (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1995
Published:
International
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C35816
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Pages 499-504 in D. Michael Warren, L. Jan Slikkerveer and David Brokensha (eds.), The cultural dimension of development: indigenous knowledge systems. Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd., London, England. 582 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C37072
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See C37069 for original, Pages 57-71 in Jonathan Langdon (ed.), Indigenous knowledges, development and education, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, Netherlands. 150 pages.
Stocek, Christine (author) and Mark, Rodney (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Canada
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C37073
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See C37069 for original, Pages 73-96 in Jonathan Langdon (ed.), Indigenous knowledges, development and education, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, Netherlands. 150 pages.
Rajasekaran, B. (author) and Warren, D.M. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1995
Published:
India
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C35843
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Pages 202-210 in D. Michael Warren, L. Jan Slikkerveer and David Brokensha (eds.), The cultural dimension of development: indigenous knowledge systems. Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd., London, England. 582 pages.
traditional knowledge, Evans, cited reference, This review of the discussions of a workshop analysis indigenous technical knowledge (IDK) , examines its potential for rule development, and outlines implications that issues. ITK is compared with institutionally organized science and technology. It can be seen in terms of stock in process: a rich, but underutilize stock of knowledge; and potential of processes through which knowledge can be generated, a simulated, and transmitted. Implications include the use of new methods for eliciting ITK, changes in the values and reward systems professionals and officials concerned with rule development, and the need for further research and analysis.
