Towards understanding the difficulties and concerns of deep rural communities in South Africa and the effect they have on community engagement in ICT4D

dc.contributor.advisorKrauss, Kirstin Ellard Maxen
dc.contributor.emailbuzwegxulwana@gmail.comen
dc.contributor.postgraduateGxulwana, Buzwe Clifforden
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-07T10:39:41Z
dc.date.available2011-11-11en
dc.date.available2013-09-07T10:39:41Z
dc.date.created2011-04-13en
dc.date.issued2010en
dc.date.submitted2011-02-07en
dc.descriptionDissertation (MIT)--University of Pretoria, 2010.en
dc.description.abstractThe contextualisation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in development attracts ample research interest in the field of ICT for Development (ICT4D). This study focuses on exploring the perspectives from which deep rural communities define development. In addition, this study seeks to understand the issues facing deep rural communities, as well as the effect that these issues have on community engagement in ICT4D initiatives. The core problem being considered is the differing views about the meaning of development as understood by the intended beneficiaries of development initiatives, compared to that which those working to develop deep rural communities hold. Furthermore, the role of ICT in development is also examined, with primary criticisms levelled against its use considered. In an attempt to understand these ideas, interpretive case study research is used and qualitative techniques applied to analyse data from the field work that was completed. The results confirm the dominance of basic human needs and economic growth ideas as the basis from which the majority of poor people define development. Moreover, the study reveals that, deep rural communities share the same sentiments as with the so-called development ‘experts’ regarding the importance of ICT in facilitating development goals.en
dc.description.availabilityunrestricteden
dc.description.departmentInformaticsen
dc.identifier.citationGxulwana, BC 2010, Towards understanding the difficulties and concerns of deep rural communities in South Africa and the effect they have on community engagement in ICT4D, MIT mini-dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27128 >en
dc.identifier.otherC11/9/244/agen
dc.identifier.upetdurlhttp://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02072011-201155/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/27128
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.rights© 2010 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.en
dc.subjectRural developmenten
dc.subjectInternational developmenten
dc.subjectIct4den
dc.subjectSocial exclusionen
dc.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.titleTowards understanding the difficulties and concerns of deep rural communities in South Africa and the effect they have on community engagement in ICT4Den
dc.typeDissertationen

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