books and articles
This book has provided a snapshot of how the telecentre movement is evolving. Other authors before us have taken the time to dig deeper into the theory behind telecentres or provide more detailed information for establishing a telecentre. The following is a list of some of the most interesting books and articles from the telecentre field:
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Badshah, Akhtar, Sarbuland Khan and Maria Garrido, eds. |
Colle, Royal D. and Raul Roman. Handbook for Telecenter Staff. |
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Delgadillo, Karin, Ricardo Gómez and Klaus Stoll. Telecentros... |
Fuchs, Richard. Little Engines That Did: Case Histories from the |
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Gómez, Ricardo and Patrik Hunt, eds. Telecentre Evaluation: |
Hughes, Stella Sucharita Eashwar and Venus E. Jennings, eds. |
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Jensen, Mike, and Anriette Esterhuysen. The Community |
Salvador, Toni, John W. Sherry and Alvaro E. Urrutia. “Less Cyber, |
web resources
Over the years, a number of online resources have emerged to support the people working in telecentres and others in the field of community technology. The following is a list of some of the most useful online resources in this field:
telecentre.org: A collection of websites produced in collaboration with telecentre.org partner networks around the world. Includes online community, telecentre news and a curriculum and documentation library. |
UNESCO Community Multimedia Centre Portal: A collection of useful guidebooks for multimedia telecentres, as well as excellent coverage of UNESCO-funded community multimedia centre initiatives around the world. |
somos@telecentros (Red de Telecentros de América Latina y el Caribe): Latin America’s leading telecentre website, providing an excellent collection of resources and an extensive sustainability toolkit for telecentres. |
Choike Telecentres Page: An extensive collection of resources looking at telecentres as “a new model for social appropriation of information and communications technologies.” Includes links to up-to-date research and commentary in English and Spanish on telecentres. |
The Digital Divide Network: An online community for activists and professionals working on digital-divide issues, including community technology and telecentres. |
iTrainOnline: An extensive collection of curriculum and other training materials intended for use in a development and NGO context, including telecentres. Run by UNESCO, APC, OneWorld and others. |
TakingITGlobal: An online community for youth interested in global issues, including the use of information and communications technologies for development. Many users access the site from telecentres. |
Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN): A website containing extensive archives of academic research on community technology, especially papers from CIRN conferences and the Journal of Community Informatics. |
America Connects Evaluation Database: An extensive database of evaluation resources for telecentres and community technology learning centres. |
Lone Eagle Consulting Resources to Support Rural Innovation: A useful collection of best practices and advice on “future proofing” rural communities, from Frank Odasz. |
a further thank you...
This book is based on more than six months of conversations about the telecentre movement— discussions about the future of telecentre.org, interviews for this book and general chitchat about where telecentres are going. Each of these conversations fed into the vision of the telecentre movement of the future that this book captures. We offer our deepest gratitude to all who have opened their hearts and shared their ideas in this process; there is a part of each and every one of you in these pages. Some of the people we talked to were:
Dr. A. Jhunjhunwala |
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam |
Alan Finlay |
Alberto Alvial |
Alex Samuel |
Ama Anin |
Amoah Isaac |
Newton Kwaning |
Amos Anyimadu |
André Ribamar Lopes |
Andrea Taylor |
Ankhi Das |
Anriette Esterhuysen |
Anwar Hussain Chowdhary |
Arun Bora |
Balogh Anikó |
Basheerhamad Shadrach |
Bernát Éva |
Bev Collins |
Bhavani Ganeshan |
Biorindo Palma |
Boda János |
Bounprasong |
Phanmanivong |
Cathy McCaul |
Cedar Pruitt |
Chaitali Sinha |
Chandrashekhar |
Chetan Sharma |
Chris Coward |
Claire Buré |
Clifford Anim |
Cristián Cánovas |
Cristián Flores |
Cristian Freire Quiupun |
Dalavanh Katthiyavong |
Daniell Krawczyk |
David Barnard |
David Zapata |
Denis Patenaude |
Derlly Pantoja |
Dicsõ László |
Doña Berta |
Doris Chacón |
Dwight Wilson |
Eduardo del Valle |
Eng. Sohair El Said Amira |
Estelle Akofio-Sowah |
Ester Llancaleo |
Ethan Zuckerman |
Eugenia Vivanco Gajardo |
Felicia Sullivan |
Frank Odasz |
Frank Tulus |
Gail Short |
Garth Graham |
Gáspár Mátyás |
Geeta Malhotra |
Geeta Sharma |
Ghada Khalifa |
Gina Wessie |
Graham Todd |
Gy?ori Enik |
Harsha Liyanage |
Haruna Yakubu |
Heba Ramsay |
Hisenburg Togba |
Horváth Zsófia |
Ian Pringle |
Isabella Rega |
Jane Meseck |
Janet Feldman |
Jaya Chittor |
Jean-Luc Raymond |
Jennifer Corriero |
Jenny Garcés |
Jeremiah Burgess |
Jody Mahoney |
Joe Akaba |
John Zoltner |
Jorge Hiostroza |
José Salazar |
Joseph Garbrah Hooper |
Juan Valenzuela |
Jussara Camargo |
Karin Delgadillo |
Karishma Kiri |
Karl William |
Karma Tshering |
Klaus Stoll |
Kavita Singh |
Kentaro Toyama |
Kiss Béla |
Kiss László |
Kiss Lászlóné |
Kojo Adu |
Kwabena Marfo |
Laurent Elder |
Lawrence Zikusoka |
Lee Thorne |
Lengyel János |
Leopold L. L. Armah |
Leopoldo Castillo |
Littana Sivilay |
Litter Silatikoun |
Lucy Curin Chicagual |
Luiz Carlos dos Santos |
M.S. Swaminathan |
Maha Mahmoud |
Mahesh Uppal |
Manju Hathotuwa |
Manuel Marcelino Garcia |
Manuel Morales |
Manuel Painiqueo |
Tragnolao |
Marcos Antônio Domingues |
dos Santos Jr. |
Margarita Neuculen |
Queupa María Angélica |
María del Carmen Nahuel |
María Eugenia Órdenes |
Maria Ng Lee Hoon |
Marnie Webb |
Marybeth Norton |
Maulana Zafaruddin Ahmad |
Meddie Mayanja |
Michael Best |
Michael Gurstein |
Miguel Raimilla |
Mike Furdyk |
Mike Jensen |
Mohammed Abu Bakr |
Mônica Conrado |
Morenike Ladipo |
Motoo Kusakabe |
Nana Kwabena Sarpong |
Nelson Rivera |
Nina Bull Jorgensen |
Njideka Harry |
Dr. Osei Darkwa |
P. G. Ponnapa |
Pedro Contreras |
Pete Cranston |
Peter Benjamin |
Peter Bull |
Peter Frampton |
Petronila Millaguir |
Phommady |
Chanthamavong |
Phonpaserth |
Sengvilaythong |
Polly Gaster |
Pratima |
Priyanthi Daluwatte |
Radebe Thabiso |
Rakesh Khanna |
Randy Mann |
Raul Roman |
Ravi Gupta |
Ravindra Ariyawickrama |
Reema Singh |
Regina Benini |
Reshan Dewapura |
Ricardo Gomez |
Ravi Gupta |
Ricardo Tripainao |
Richard Fuchs |
Rodolfo Fucher |
Rodrigo Garrido |
Romulo Elgueta |
Rosa Porma Millavil |
Rowena Beamish |
Royal D. Colle |
Ruth Espinoza |
Sam Gulube |
Sambath Bo |
Samuel Omane |
Sarah Fiset |
Sarita Sharma |
Satyan Mishra |
Senthil Kumaran |
Sheila Downer |
Sherrie Thompson |
Sombath Somphone |
Steve Song |
Stuart Mathison |
Subbiah Arunachalam |
Sukanya Rath |
Themba Mdlalose |
Thomas Bell |
Tonya Surman |
Tracey Naughton |
Dr. V. Balaji |
Vannapha Phommasone |
Vilayvanh Photavong |
Vinid Sengtianthr |
Vorasone |
Dengkayaphichith |
Wittinghoff Tamás |
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