‘Participatory Research and Creative Engagement with ICTs'

Tacchi, Jo A. and Watkins, Jerry J. (2007) ‘Participatory Research and Creative Engagement with ICTs'. In Proceedings ACM Sensys 2007 workshop "Sensing on Everyday Mobile Phones in Support of Participatory Research", the Sensys Conference Hotel, the Swissotel Sydney.

Full text available as: PDF - Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader or other PDF viewer.

Abstract

This paper reports preliminary findings from the Finding a Voice project, an ethnographic investigation into the development and consequences of participatory content creation programs in underserved communities in India, Indonesia, Nepal and Sri Lanka. The project explores how information and communication technology can be used to enable both civic and cultural participation, and creative engagement within such communities. The research is informed by Ethnographic Action Research and Participatory Design methodologies, as well as observation of local communicative ecologies.

Item Type:	Conference Paper
Status:	Published
Keywords:	participatory research; ethnographic action research; participatory content creation; communicative ecologies
Subjects:	400000 Journalism, Librarianship and Curatorial Studies > 400100 Journalism, Communication and Media > 400104 Communication and Media Studies 220000 Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts - General 400000 Journalism, Librarianship and Curatorial Studies > 400100 Journalism, Communication and Media 280000 Information, Computing and Communication Sciences
ID Code:	10616
Deposited By:	Tacchi, Jo
Deposited On:	09 November 2007
Alternative Locations:	http://urban.cens.ucla.edu/sensys07/index.php?title=Accepted_Papers_and_Workshop_Agenda
Copyright Owner:	Copyright 2007 (please consult authors)
Additional Information:	For more information, please refer to the conference website (see hypertext link) or contact the authors.