Developing Leaders and Improving Lives in the World's Developing Countries
The publisher of The Journal of Development Communication invited Professor Royal Colle and Ph.D. candidate Raul Roman to edit an issue of the Journal devoted to the telecenter movement that evolved in the latter years of the 1990s. Drawing on travel and contacts acquired in producing The Telecenter Handbook, they assembled a group of contributors who brought a wide range of experience and scholarship to the pages of the Journal. Through a special arrangement with the publisher, the articles appear here for the first time on any web site.
Inquiries about subscriptions to the hardcopy of the Journal (which are not available electronically) can be directed to: Asian Institute for Development Communication, 6th Floor, APDC Building, Persiaran Duta, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia or www.devcom@pd.jaring.my.
Following is the table of contents for the special issue. The text for each article is available by clicking on the title.
Please note that these documents are in Microsoft® Word format.
The Journal of Development Communication — Volume 12,
No 2 (December 2001)
Telecenters and ICT for Development:
Critical Perspectives and Visions for the Future
Editorial
Royal D. Colle and Raul Roman (editors): The Telecenter Environment
in 2002
Section 1: A critical framework to understand the role of
telecenters in development
Ricardo Gomez and Angélica Ospina: The
Lamp Without a Genie: Using Telecenters for Development Without
Expecting Miracles
Everett M. Rogers and Pratibha Shukla: The Role of Telecenters in Development Communication and the Digital Divide.
Section 2: Reports from the field: opportunities and hazards
for telecenter development around the world
Peter Benjamin: Telecenters
in South Africa
Gail Short: Lessons Learned in Pioneering Telecenters in Australia.
P. Thamizoli and K. Balasubramanian: Information Management and Knowledge Empowerment: MSSRF Telecenters in South India.
Mátyás Gáspár: Telehouses in Hungary
Sheriff Hashem: Community Telecenters in Egypt
Richard Kyle: Models of Telecenters in Brazil
Critical summary: Alfonso Gumucio Dagrón: Prometheus Riding a Cadillac? Telecenters As The Promised Flame of Knowledge.
Section 3: The
telecenter movement: critical perspectives and visions for
the future
Francisco J. Proenza: Telecenter Sustainability: Myths and
Opportunities
Raul Roman and Christopher Blattman: Research for Telecenter Development: Obstacles and Opportunities.
Johan Ernberg: Telecenters and the Incubation of Public Policy
Mike Jensen: Information Technology and Infrastructure for Telecenters: Combining Best Practice with New Developments
Nancy J. Hafkin and Nancy Taggart: Ensuring Women’s
Ability to Take Advantage of Information Technology Opportunities
Jenny Clark: Promoting
Participation in Telecenters
Brett Sabien: Some Principles of Financial Sustainability Based on Telecenters and a Telecenter Network in Australia
