NDLI: Citizen professional toolkits: empowering communities through mass amateurization

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Citizen professional toolkits: empowering communities through mass amateurization

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Wolske, Martin Johnson, Eric C. Adams, Paul
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	Community Technology Centers (CTCs) and Telecentres provide critical access to Information and Communications Technology (ICT) resources where inequities exist. Additionally, a range of examples exist in which such centers are used by those who may have access elsewhere, but especially value the social interactions found at these community centers. Indeed, these facilities sometimes become meeting places for citizen professionals to participate in Communities of Practice working towards common goals. But while numerous paid professionals find laptops and mobiles the platform of choice for their daily work lives, many CTCs are still built using an impersonal closed room model which is restricted to mass implementation of non-flexible technology directed at no more than basic bridging of the digital divide. Emerging technologies such as low-cost ultra mobile personal computers and smartphones, cloud computing, geographic/neighborhood information systems, and personal webs are revolutionizing how professionals work. High functioning communities are finding ways to take advantage of the mass amateurization brought about by these emerging technologies to engage community members in community development goals, using the diversity of input to enhance the overall quality of outcome. The challenge remains how to empower more communities through access to, and training with, citizen professional ICT. This paper will describe our early experiences using customizable citizen professional toolkits to empower members from economically disadvantaged communities to work as citizen journalists and citizen planners.
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Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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