Abstract
This paper considers the purpose of community informatics and reflects critically on key questions relating to community informatics research and practice. The paper then proceeds by relating communications and, by association, community informatics to community development. This leads to a discussion to the relationship of community informatics with community voice and empowerment and how these can be supported through community learning. A model of community learning partnerships is presented before being applied to current community informatics research and practices in Kenya.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | CIRN Prato Community Informatics Conference 2011 |
| Place of Publication | Prato |
| Pages | 1-13 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Publication status | Published - 9 Nov 2011 |
| Event | CIRN Prato Community Informatics Conference 2011 - Monash Centre, Prato, Italy, 9-11 November 2011 Duration: 9 Nov 2011 → … |
Conference
| Conference | CIRN Prato Community Informatics Conference 2011 |
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| Period | 9/11/11 → … |
Keywords
- Community development
- community communications
- community voice
- community learning
- community learning partnerships