Title: IT for Change. Annual Report 2008-2009
Author: Anita Gurumurthy
Pages: 40 pp.
Publisher: IT for Change (ITfC), Bangalore
Date (published): 28/07/2009
Date (accessed): 14/01/2010
Type of information: yearbook
Language: English
On-line access: yes (pdf)
Abstract:
The year 2008-09 took forward ITfC’s journey of seeking conceptual anchors of equity and social justice in the emerging social paradigm underpinned by the new information and communication technologies (ICTs). We created some new pathways and furthered some old ones towards our mission to define the ICT and development (ICTD) arena through the lens of the marginalised. New technologies are the often unsuspected harbingers of a new world order. Unfortunately, the development sector and, particularly, progressive groups, are mostly not equipped to deal with the challenge of influencing the direction of change being shaped by the emerging techno-social models and paradigms. We identify this as a major blindspot in the global struggle towards progressive ideals and addressing this is a task we have set for ourselves.