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Capabilities and Affordances in the ICT4D Context

Yingqin ZhengDevinder Thapa

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Computer science05 social sciencesAgency (philosophy)Context (language use)02 engineering and technologySpace (commercial competition)CapabilitiesAffordanceDevelopment (topology)ICT4DAgencyHuman–computer interaction020204 information systems0502 economics and business0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering[INFO]Computer Science [cs]InformationSystems_MISCELLANEOUSAffordance050203 business & management

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Part 1: Pushing the Boundaries - New Research Methods, Theory and Philosophy in ICT4D; International audience; The paper examines two concepts that have been frequently used in Information and Communications Technologies for Development (ICT4D) research, capabilities and affordance. We seek to delineate their similarities, their differences, and their accurate application in ICT4D. Both concepts connote a space of opportunities, both are relational between artefact and human agency when applied in ICT4D, and both entail potential rather than actualisation of possibilities. By comparing the two at some length, we hope to generate a more refined understanding of both capabilities and affordance, as well as how they could be more accurately applied in ICT4D.

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2019-05-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19115-3_5