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标题：Sustaining a Nepali Telecenter: An Ethnographic Study Using Activity Theory
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作者：Jeffrey Chih-Yih Lee ; Paul Sparks
期刊名称：International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology
电子版ISSN：1814-0556
出版年度：2014
卷号：10
期号：2
页码：41-62
出版社：University of the West Indies
摘要：While advances have made it possible for the average Nepali to access mobile phones, computers, and digital cameras, barriers continue to impede access. Like other governments , Nepal responded in 2004 by creating about 80 telecenters to push sustainable technolo gy to its people. Five years later , most telecenters struggle with sustainability . T his ethnographic study explores tensions youth face when using a telecenter located in Sankhu, Nepal, a Newari village 20 kilometers southeast of Kathmandu. To understand the complex tensions, an ethnographic approach was adopted as the method for data collection. Given the nature of the problem, Activity Theory was used as a framework for analyzing and understand ing the tensions. Tensions are categorized in order of frequency as they appeared in the data. Major tensions included gender norms, generational distrust, lack of awareness , and funding. Moderate tensions included lack of training and time. Minor tensions were location, power, and connectivity
关键词：Telecenter; Nepal; ICT; Ethnography; Activity Theory; Tensions