Thesis (M.Des.)--York University, 2007. Graduate Programme in Fine Arts. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 43-48). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR29289

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Carleton University, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-141). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M.T.S.C.)--Miami University, Dept. of English, 2006. / Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 31).

Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork undertaken in Bolivia’s coca-growing Yungas region, this thesis is concerned with how, on the most practical level, development projects might hold more relevance to the lives of their target groups than they have hitherto tended to do, as well as how the power imbalances that characterise the relationships between development organisations and local people may be understood and addressed. Beginning with the concept of ‘communicative ecology’ (Tacchi et al 2003) as a framework for exploring the multifariousness of communicative avenues and the interconnectedness of these within a system, I focus my analysis on the ecosystem of coca communications. I argue, however, that the concept of communicative ecology on its own has little meaning without adopting a political economy approach, which incorporates the work of attempting to understand the social and power relations that surround the production, distribution and consumption of resources, both material and cultural. As a way of analysing the strategies and potentials of people within the ecosystem of coca communications, I utilise Bourdieu’s (1990) notions of field, habitus and forms of capital, where the coca field characterises itself by virtue of the fact that all those who are a part of it are linked in some way through the production, exchange and consumption of both the coca leaf, and the values, meanings and discourses that surround it. It is concluded that the ecosystem of coca communications is linked intrinsically to the coca production system, in that individuals and groups have differential access to, inclination to use, and success in influencing the discourse via different communicative media, depending on their situation within the coca field. This refers to land ownership, labour, organisational participation, exchange and consumptive practices, which is translated into a system of capital accumulation and exchange. The thesis argues that development organisations will do well to consider a given locality in these terms in order to facilitate the implementation of ICT projects that are relevant and compatible with local social and communicational systems, and further, that these organisations must reflect upon their own role as ‘introduced organisms’ within local communicative ecologies. / http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1331441 / Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Adelaide, School of Social Sciences, 2008

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Melbourne, Dept. of Information Systems, 2007. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [253]-266).

Thesis (MEd(Computer Integrated Education, Curriculum Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references.

Submitted by Suelen Reis (suziy.ellen@gmail.com) on 2013-05-24T13:28:10Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação Carla Schwingel.pdf: 1001175 bytes, checksum: 52d933add97a103ac3266f3ffca13751 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-05-24T13:28:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação Carla Schwingel.pdf: 1001175 bytes, checksum: 52d933add97a103ac3266f3ffca13751 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2002 / Este trabalho pretende evidenciar a importância da estrutura em rede para a sistemática de trabalho dos grupos que desenvolvem para a internet. Identificando a rede comercial brasileira como um novo mercado de trabalho para os profissionais da comunicação, classifica-a em quatro diferentes períodos, contextualizando-a com as discussões sociais contemporâneas. Verifica a composição e sistemática de trabalho das equipes de desenvolvimento web e dos grupos de desenvolvimento de softwares, a partir da análise do ZAZ/Terra, da equipe de criação do provedor internet VIA RS e da Comunidade de Software Livre, para indicar que há conhecimentos de base necessários ao criar para a internet. Devido à intencionalidade de ajuda não estar presente nas equipes de desenvolvimento web, propõe-se que as mesmas trabalham de forma interdependente, mas não chegam a desenvolver um sentido de cooperação. De forma diversa, na Comunidade Software Livre o sentido cooperativo mostra-se presente desde a fase inicial da idealização até a efetiva distribuição do produto ou serviço elaborado. / Salvador