Communities in control of their own integrated technology development processes

dc.contributor.authorBreytenbach, Johan
dc.contributor.authorDe Villiers, Carina
dc.contributor.authorJordaan, Martina
dc.contributor.emailcarina.devilliers@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-21T13:40:13Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThis article studies technology driven, development focused initiatives [ICT4D projects] at a community level in South Africa. This study forms part of the existing debate on ICT4D project success, and suggests answers towards accelerating ICT4D projects’ growth towards maturity and sustainability. Concerns that receive attention include the level of ownership and control taken by members of benefiting local communities in ICT4D projects, the level of social embeddedness of ICT4D projects, and a revision of the concept of sustainability within the ICT4D context. A detailed case study that compares two similar ICT4D projects influencing four local communities, focusing on educational institutions within the communities in South Africa, provides the foundation for this article. Adjustments are made to the Five Stages Maturity Model for ICT projects (Leem et al., 2008) and then used to guide our critical discussion regarding each community’s relationship with the ICT4D projects currently running within each society, and how these relationships can be matured and sustained. Findings include a discussion of the importance of direct and diffused increases in freedom resulting from an ICT4D project and the often discounted role of recognition, celebration of achievements within the local community, and media involvement in the maturity, and hence sustainability, of ICT4D projects.en_US
dc.description.embargo2015-06-30
dc.description.librarianhb2013en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/titd20en_US
dc.identifier.citationBreytenbach, J, De Villiers, C & Jordaan, M 2013, 'Communities in control of their own integrated technology development processes', Information Technology for Development, vol. 19, no. 2, pp.133-150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02681102.2012.714348en_US
dc.identifier.issn0268-1102 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1554-0170 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/02681102.2012.714348
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/21683
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_US
dc.rights© 2013 Commonwealth Secretariat. This is an electronic version of an article published in Information Technology for Development, vol. 19. no. 2, pp.133-150, 2013.en_US
dc.subjectTechnology developmenten_US
dc.subjectSocial developmenten_US
dc.subjectSustainabilityen_US
dc.subjectMaturity modelsen_US
dc.subjectProject maturityen_US
dc.subjectICT for developmenten_US
dc.titleCommunities in control of their own integrated technology development processesen_US
dc.typePostprint Articleen_US

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