"The cases presented in this book are among the first examples of the convergence of radio and new ICTs for development, and the book underscores the significant potential of the combination. In this convergence, radio promises to take on even greater significance and value. For this reason, we beli
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eve that radio is the one to watch." (https://comunica.org/1-2-watch)
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"Herr Könsgen wies auf die Bedeutung einer professionellen Außendarstellung des DED hin und betonte den Stellenwert der entwicklungspolitischen Bildungsarbeit für den DED. Beides kann durch die Fachkräfte für Informations- und Bildungsarbeit (IBA-EH) unterstützt und vorangetrieben werden. Der
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Workshop solle den Erfahrungsaustausch unter den IBA-EH, aber auch mit den Hauptamtlichen aus der Zentrale ermöglichen. Ziel sei es, auf der Basis einer gemeinsamen Auswertung der Arbeitspraxis der IBAEH, den programmatischen Ansatz des Konzepts zu überprüfen und Empfehlungen für seine Aktualisierung zu formulieren. Dabei sollten Bedarf und Notwendigkeiten der Kolleginnen und Kollegen aus der DED-Zentrale, der Landesbüros sowie der IBA-EH berücksichtigt werden. Nach nunmehr gut fünf Jahren Laufzeit des Programms – der erste IBA-EH reiste Ende 1997 nach Uganda aus – gehe es nun darum zu prüfen, ob eine Erweiterung des Programms sinnvoll und möglich ist." (Eröffnung und Zielsetzung des Workshops, Seite 4)
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"Volume 2 examines the setting, operations, and effects of community telecentres. It describes the telecentre experiences of a variety of local and often rural communities, exploring the management structures and mechanisms that have been established to support these telecentres. The book provides p
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rofiles of telecentre usage and discusses the potential and challenges of setting up and maintaining community telecentres in the context of poor information infrastructure and limited human capacity. It will be useful for researchers, policy- and decision-makers, and development practitioners and professionals with interests or active programs in the area of "ICT for development," particularly those with a focus on universal access and universal-service or public-access centres. It will also be a very useful reference tool for scholars, students, and academics." (Publisher description)
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"This book has been written as a tool for people involved or interested in communication and natural resource management who seek a better understanding of how different theories and strategic change principles relate to actual practise. It is not, however, a book of theory nor is it an argument for
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one approach over another. Instead, it relates a variety of theories and change principles in simplified, almost schematic form, to a series of real initiatives in the field through interactive «experiences». It asks that the reader become a participant in a process that requires reading and analysing each initiative using different theoretical lenses. Each «experience» is organised around a theme, a learning objective, a description of an actual natural resource management and communication initiative, and one or two theoretical lenses through which to analyse the initiative. As you work through each «experience», you will be asked questions about the theory and change principles and how they relate to the initiative. The idea is not to «discover» the right approach but rather to create an interactive space that enables you to reflect on what might work in your own context and also on how different contexts may require different approaches, principles and theoretical frameworks." (Introduction)
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"The Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) in Dar es Salaam and World Comics- Finland arranged a joint comics workshop in April 2003 in Dar es Salaam. The workshop trained 18 cartoonists and comics artists in how to make anti-corruption campaign comics in close collaboration with an organisation. The
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artists had been chosen from among the the members of Tanzania Popular Media Association (TAPOMA). LHRC provided the professional knowledge on corruption issues. The participants made three to six pages long stories, which are all collected in this report." (Page 1)
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"Viele autoritäre Regime fürchten den unkontrollierten Informationsfluss, gerade weil er gemeinsames Handeln ermöglicht und ihre Herrschaft gefährden könnte. Auch manche Kulturkritiker würden gerne Informationen kanalisieren, um einen Kulturimperialismus abzuwehren, bei dem sich ihrer Ansicht
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nach die stärksten Vermarkter im internationalen Mediengeschäft mit ihrer Weltsicht durchsetzen oder die mächtigen Kolonialsprachen die lokalen Sprachen verdrängen würden. Die meisten Menschen wollen sich nicht bevormunden lassen, auch nicht in wohlmeinender Absicht. Bei importierten Seifenopern im Fernsehen zeigen sie sich zum Beispiel durchaus in der Lage, sich ihren eigenen Reim auf das Angebot zu machen und es für ihr Umfeld zu interpretieren. Das bedeutet umgekehrt, dass wer eine bestimmte Botschaft über Grenzen hinweg in die Köpfe bekommen will, mit ganz anderen als den beabsichtigten Ergebnissen rechnen muss." (Editorial)
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"The result of a workshop held during the Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa Librarians (SCESAL) held in Johannesburg in April 2002, this volume reviews current reader development activities by public libraries in different regions of Africa. It includes accounts and case st
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udies by contributors from Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, covering predominantly work with children, but with three papers devoted to adult reader development. An introduction provides a summary of the papers, and reviews factors such as availability and accessibility of relevant books, the importance of building partnerships with other interested sectors, aspects of training, monitoring and evaluation, and the need for the establishment of reader development policies." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2213)
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"This wide-ranging dissertation examines the policies and practices of six sub-Saharan Africa university presses in five African countries (in Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe), to investigate how far the presses have adopted, and/or have adapted, their policies to suit the environmen
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t and special needs of Africa. The study examines the extent to which current constraints impede their publishing activities and publishing strategies. The author finds that there is “a serious absence of competition and cooperation between the presses surveyed”, lack of aggressive fund raising strategies, together with weak or non-existent policies for commissioning and list building, and without a clearly defined subject focus. The author also examines the various strategies adopted by the presses to adapt to the rapidly changing scholarly communications environment. In his conclusions he recommends the setting-up of a continent-wide consortium of African university presses, with each press “to operate as a Trust in order to enjoy autonomy as a private company, but be registered as a non-profit organization.” The author calls for more active collaboration among African scholarly presses (including joint publishing ventures, sharing of resources and expertise, reciprocal distribution, etc.); much stronger emphasis on the use of new technology, particularly print-on-demand; makes some suggestions regarding possible sources of funding for the presses, and recommends further research into the effect of ICTs on university press publishing in Africa." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2281)
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"Inspired by “extra-market” initiatives to ensure media diversity in social-democratic Northern Europe, the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) is a path-breaking attempt by a developing country to support the media needs of marginalized communities too poor to be of interest to advert
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ising-driven commercial media. This paper examines the policy process towards the establishmentof the MDDA as a partnership between the state, capital, and civil society within the constraints of South Africa’s re-entry into a global economy that privileges “free market” solutions to developmental problems. Under these onditions, do partnerships between the state, the private sector, and civil society facilitate or hinder the achievement of social objectives aimed primarily at uplifting the poor and marginalized?" (Abstract)
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