Implementation of Information and Communication Technology in Aboriginal Communities: A Social Capital Perspective
The paper provides a social capital framework to examine the implementation ICT in Aboriginal communities. Using case descriptions from First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, the paper discusses the potential opportunities offered by ICT in distinct fields, and analyzes from a social capital pe...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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University of Waterloo Library
2009
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| Online Access: | https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/article/view/2452 https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v5i2.2452 |
| Summary: | The paper provides a social capital framework to examine the implementation ICT in Aboriginal communities. Using case descriptions from First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, the paper discusses the potential opportunities offered by ICT in distinct fields, and analyzes from a social capital perspective the enabling and inhibiting conditions that seem to play a role in successful implementations of ICT in Aboriginal communities. El artículo presenta un marco conceptual de capital social para examinar la implementación de tecnología informática y de comunicación en comunidades Aborígenes. Utilizando casos descriptivos de comunidades de Primeras Naciones, Inuit y Métis, el artículo analiza las oportunidades que la tecnología informática y de comunicación ofrece en diversas áreas, y estudia desde la perspectiva del capital social las condiciones que facilitan e inhiben su exitosa implementación en comunidades Aborígenes. |
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