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Amazonian Geeks and Social Activism: An Ethnographic Study

A couple of months ago I went to Brazil to conduct my MA reseach in the North of Brazil. This ethnographic study offers insight in the usage and appropriation of ICTs and the several projects and initiatives aiming at...
By ellen sluis on 09/27/10 Comments Off on Amazonian Geeks and Social Activism: An Ethnographic Study
Development Cooperation 2.0 with the 1%CLUB

Development Cooperation 2.0 with the 1%CLUB

Exciting new challenges and opportunities are emerging fast for organizations within the development cooperation sector. A paradigm shift is taking place in which web 2.0 concepts and technologies prove to play a vibrant and fruitful role in providing capacities...
By Kai Henriquez on 04/28/09 Comments Off on Development Cooperation 2.0 with the 1%CLUB
There is a snake in my computer!

There is a snake in my computer!

On friday april 17 I met with John, who had set up a few cybercafé’s and telecentres both in Uganda and Tanzania. He has a university degree in mechanical engineering, but as soon as he graduated he started focusing...
By Guido van Diepen on 04/23/09 1
First impressions on ICT in Kampala

First impressions on ICT in Kampala

On the plane from Cairo to Kampala I met a young Ugandan guy of 19 years old who just flew back from a tennis match in Egypt. He was a real cosmopolitan; he had traveled already all over the...
By Guido van Diepen on 04/15/09 7
Zambia…the end of Holiday

Zambia…the end of Holiday

Holiday is over in Zambia. After a couple of weeks in which Zambian teachers had the chance to join in on a variety of different...
By Rikus Wegman on 05/07/08 5