ICT, INTERMEDIARIES, AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF GENDERED POWER STRUCTURES

被引：49

作者：

Oreglia, Elisa ^{[1
]}

Srinivasan, Janaki ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Nanyang Technol Univ, Wee Kim Wee Sch Commun & Informat, 04-39 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637718, Singapore

[2] Int Inst Informat Technol, 26-C,Hosur Rd, Bangalore 560100, Karnataka, India

来源：

MIS QUARTERLY | 2016年 / 40卷 / 02期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

Gender; intermediaries; Global South; China; India; ICT; mobile phones; telecenters;

D O I：

10.25300/MISQ/2016/40.2.13

中图分类号：

TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are believed to hold much potential to empower women, both socially and economically, in low-income and rural communities. In this paper, we focus on rural women who mediate ICT use as telecenter operators in India and as helpers and enablers for family members in rural China. We explore under what circumstances they may be able to renegotiate existing gendered power structures. We argue that acts of reconciling or confronting the different spaces they inhabit can allow intermediaries to remake their own identities and positions in their community. This process, rather than the potential associated with ICTs, is where spaces for empowerment often lie.

引用

页码：501 / 510

页数：10

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