Peddlers of Information: Indian Non-Government Organizations in the Information Age
Tanya Jakimow | | ISBN: 978-1-56549-442-8 $67.00 |
| ISBN: 978-1-56549-441-1 $26.50 |
| 2012/206 pages/LC: 2011033764 A Kumarian Press Book |
DESCRIPTION
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are widely heralded as an opportunity for the poor to have greater access to information that can help them escape poverty, as well as an important tool for development agencies. But as Tanya Jakimow shows, the consequences of the "information age" often deviate greatly from our image of an interconnected, modern world. Peddlers of Information offers a critical look at how local NGOs in rural India are using ICTs, particularly the internet—and the implications that this has for development work and ideas about poverty.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Tanya Jakimow is lecturer in anthropology in the School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales.
CONTENTS
- Introduction.
- A Place for NGOs?: Normative and Perverse Roles in the Information Age.
- From Brokers and Translators to Peddlers of Information.
- Hunting and Gathering in the Information Age.
- The Rise and Fall of IVD: An Economy of Practices in the NGO Sector.
- Information for Development: Cultivating Model Developing Citizens.
- Knowledge About Development: Understanding Problems and Creating Solutions.
- NGOs in the Information Age.
