Comproagro: the animal with two tails. A case study of a technology - based initiative in Toca, Colombia = Comproagro: el animal de las dos colas. Estudio de caso basado en una iniciativa tecnológica en Toca, Colombia

• Comproagro: the animal with two tails. A case study of a technology - based initiative in Toca, Colombia = Comproagro: el animal de las dos colas. Estudio de caso basado en una iniciativa tecnológica en Toca, Colombia Enlace externo
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• Título: Comproagro: the animal with two tails. A case study of a technology - based initiative in Toca, Colombia = Comproagro: el animal de las dos colas. Estudio de caso basado en una iniciativa tecnológica en Toca, Colombia
• Autor: Buitrago Vidal, Laura Sofia
• Publicación original: 2018
• Descripción física: PDF
• Nota general:
  • Boyacá (Colombia)
• Notas de reproducción original: Digitalización realizada por la Biblioteca Virtual del Banco de la República (Colombia)
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  • Resumen: This paper explores the transformations and continuities of the development landscape through the story of Comproagro, a local initiative created by a rural family in Colombia. By using an ethnographic approach, I learnt about the different realities of this technology - based initiative, and how each one of them speak of new ways of doing development. I found that, in the digital space at the national level, Comproagro is best known for its online plat- form. However, the app reality challenges the notion of ICT4D as a key vector of local development because in ground bases, access and use of information technology is a luxury that only a few can afford. In the material space of Comproagro, the initiative is better known as a social enterprise which promotes women’s employment and fair working conditions for local women in Toca. The app and the social enterprise represent dramatically different modalities of development and constitute the two tails of Comproagro. Finally, I conclude that small initiatives like the one driven by the family in Comproagro challenges the idea of a broken development, to claim that instead it has changed through new actors, sites and relations that shape what I called, the new modalities of development.
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• Forma/género: tesis
• Idioma: castellano
• Institución origen: Biblioteca Virtual del Banco de la República
• Encabezamiento de materia:
  • Local development; Modalities of development; Family; ICT4D; Digital Divide; Social entrepreneurship; Private media; Desarrollo local; Modalidades del desarrollo; Familia; Tecnologias de la comunicación y la información para el desarrollo; División digital; Emprendimiendo social; Medios privados de información
  • Ciencias sociales; Ciencias sociales / Economía