Peddlers of information
Subtitle: Indian non-government organizations in the information age
By: Tanya Jakimow
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Kumarian Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Sterling, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781565494428; 9781565494411; 9781565494435; 9781565494442
Subjects: Poor; Nongovernmental organizations; Economic development projects; Rural development projects; Information technology
Description: Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are widely heralded as an opportunity for the poor to have greater access to information that can help them escape poverty. ICTs also provide local NGOs that work with the poor access to knowledge that can guide them in implementing better development programs. Such ideas reflect long-held notions about the role of knowledge provision as a tool for development.But as author Tanya Jakimow shows, the consequences of the information age are often unintended and deviate greatly from our image of an interconnected, modern world. Not only do most people remain largely excluded from ICTs, but when they do engage with these technologies, they do so in unforeseen ways. Peddlers of Information shows how local NGOs in rural India are actually using these technologies particularly the internet and the implications this has had for development work and ideas about poverty. Jakimow s critique of dominant views on ICTs and her discussion of class and power relations in Southern organizations is essential reading for development scholars and practitioners. -- Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-194) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: A place for NGOs? : normative and perverse roles in the information age; title: From brokers and translators to peddlers of information; title: Hunting and gathering in the information age; title: The rise and fall of IVD : an economy of practices in the NGO sector; title: Information for development : cultivating model developing citizens; title: Knowledge about development : understanding problems and creating solutions; title: NGOs in the information age.