dc.contributor.author | Graham, Mark | en |
dc.contributor.author | Foster, Christopher | en |
dc.coverage.spatial | Sub-Saharan Africa | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-23T15:12:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-06-23T15:12:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Graham, M., and Foster, C. (2014) Geographies of Information Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa. Presented at ‘Round Table on Inclusion in the Network Society – Mapping Development Alternatives, Forging Research Agendas’ , 29th September to 1st October 2014, Bengaluru, India. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/11947 | |
dc.description.abstract | This piece draws on some of our previous empirical research to reflect on what connectivity means to inclusion in the ‘network society.’ Connectivity certainly isn’t a sufficient condition for inclusion and equity, and we need to ask whether it is a necessary one.
Connectivity, rather, tends to be an amplifier: one that often reinforces rather than reduces inequality. We therefore need to move towards deeper critical socio-economic interrogations of the barriers or structures that limit activity and reproduce digital inequality. The categorisations developed in the paper offer an empirically-driven and systematic way to understand these barriers in more detail. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en |
dc.subject | Technology | |
dc.subject | Science and Society | |
dc.title | Geographies of Information Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa | en |
dc.type | Conference paper | en |
dc.identifier.externaluri | https://doi.org/10.35648/20.500.12413/11781/ii164 | |
dc.identifier.ag | RES-167-25-0701, ES/I033777/1 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.35648/20.500.12413/11781/ii164 | |