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Marginality, aspiration and accessibility in ICTD

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Ramaswami Mahalingam,

Ana Maria Huaita Alfaro,

Meera LakshmananAuthors Info & Claims

ICTD '13: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development: Full Papers - Volume 1

Pages 68 - 78

https://doi.org/10.1145/2516604.2516623

Published: 07 December 2013 Publication History

Abstract

We present narratives around the use of Access Technology (AT) by 176 people with vision impairments in Peru, Jordan, and India. Respondents note changes in their economic and social aspirations following access to AT, but experience multiple forms of exclusion from the public sphere due to persistent negative social attitudes disability. We argue that building theoretical frames that examine the nature of marginality is an important direction for ICTD to better understand ways in which individuals appropriate technologies, and use them to change their social environment they exist in.

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Marginality, aspiration and accessibility in ICTD
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language features

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ICTD '13: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development: Full Papers - Volume 1

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DOI:10.1145/2516604

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