NDLI: Rural women and technology in South Africa: Case studies from KwaZulu-Natal Province

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Bob, Urmilla
Copyright Year	2004
Abstract	This article contributes to a greater understanding of the linkages between women's roles, responsibilities and their use of technology in poor rural communities. The ways in which poor rural women conceptualize technology is examined. Furthermore, how they use their knowledge and skills to develop, modify and adapt the techniques and technical processes in which they are involved are also explored. Additionally, the links between indigenous and modern technologies in relation to gender considerations in poor rural contexts are examined. This article draws from findings of primary research undertaken in two marginalized rural communities in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. The study reveals that the use of technologies are highly gendered and differentiated among women. Poor rural women utilize a range of technologies in both productive and reproductive activities which are central to their livelihood strategies, especially at the household level. Furthermore, although women are adapting and innovating technologies their expertise remains largely unrecognized. A range of problems and constraints exist which limit women's access to and use of technologies. A key tension identified in the study is that between the use of locally-based, indigenous technologies and modern, external technologies.
Starting Page	291
Ending Page	300
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	03432521
Journal	GeoJournal
Volume Number	61
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15729893
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2004-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Hydrogeology Geography (general) Ecology Environmental Management Methodology of the Social Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geography, Planning and Development

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