Less cyber, more café: Enhancing existing small businesses across the digital divide with ICTs

@article{citeulike:1267224, abstract = {About 10\% of the world has access to information and communication technologies (ICTs). Telecenters and cyber caf\'{e}s are one prevalent way to increase access. This paper suggests increasing access through currently existing, local businesses where people already gather and where proprietors already posses existing business relationships with suppliers and customers. This paper questions the prevailing emphasis on the ?cyber'' characteristics of access, e.g., computing and internet access as is currently known, and attempts to refocus the conversation by considering computing and access in the context of the ?caf\'{e},? e.g., as public life in the sense of Habermas, which permits an in situ evolution of relevant access. This analysis is based on extant literature and direct ethnographic research in several public places in six countries. We offer example design perspectives based on a reflection of ?third places? as inspiration for appropriate innovation in the provision of computing and communications. {\copyright} 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.}, address = {Intel Corporation, 2111 NE 25th Ave., Hillsboro, OR 97124; Intel Corporation, 2111 NE 25th Ave., Hillsboro, OR 97124; Intel Corporation, 2111 NE 25th Ave., Hillsboro, OR 97124}, author = {Salvador, Tony and Sherry, John W. and Urrutia, Alvaro E.}, citeulike-article-id = {1267224}, doi = {10.1002/itdj.20004}, journal = {Information Technology for Development}, keywords = {cafe, cyber, digital, divide, ict, place, third}, number = {1}, pages = {77--95}, posted-at = {2007-04-30 05:34:44}, priority = {3}, title = {Less cyber, more caf\'{e}: Enhancing existing small businesses across the digital divide with ICTs}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/itdj.20004}, volume = {11}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1267224 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1267224 N2 - About 10% of the world has access to information and communication technologies (ICTs). Telecenters and cyber cafés are one prevalent way to increase access. This paper suggests increasing access through currently existing, local businesses where people already gather and where proprietors already posses existing business relationships with suppliers and customers. This paper questions the prevailing emphasis on the ?cyber'' characteristics of access, e.g., computing and internet access as is currently known, and attempts to refocus the conversation by considering computing and access in the context of the ?café,? e.g., as public life in the sense of Habermas, which permits an in situ evolution of relevant access. This analysis is based on extant literature and direct ethnographic research in several public places in six countries. We offer example design perspectives based on a reflection of ?third places? as inspiration for appropriate innovation in the provision of computing and communications. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. IS - 1 JF - Information Technology for Development AD - Intel Corporation, 2111 NE 25th Ave., Hillsboro, OR 97124; Intel Corporation, 2111 NE 25th Ave., Hillsboro, OR 97124; Intel Corporation, 2111 NE 25th Ave., Hillsboro, OR 97124 EP - 95 TI - Less cyber, more café: Enhancing existing small businesses across the digital divide with ICTs VL - 11 SP - 77 KW - cafe KW - cyber KW - digital KW - divide KW - ict KW - place KW - third AU - Salvador, Tony AU - Sherry, John AU - Urrutia, Alvaro PY - 2005/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/itdj.20004 ER -