Digital Communication for Agricultural and Rural Development (eBook, ePUB)

Participatory Practices in a Post-COVID Age
Redaktion: Chowdhury, Ataharul; Gow, Gordon A.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume presents insights on the challenges of digital communication and participation in agricultural and rural development. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that digital technology and mediated participation is more important and essential in managing ongoing communication for development projects than ever before. However, it has also underscored the various challenges and gaps in knowledge with digital participatory practices, including the further exclusion of marginalized groups and those with limited access to digital technology. The book considers how the concept of participation has been transformed by the realities of the pandemic, reflecting on essential principles and practical considerations of communication for development and social change, particularly in the context of global agriculture and food security, the well-being of rural communities, and evolving environmental challenges, such as climate change. In gathering these insights, this volume highlights lessons for the future of participatory development in communication for development and social change processes. This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of agricultural and rural development, communication for development, digital communication, and sustainable development more broadly.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040089552
• Artikelnr.: 70558875

Autorenporträt

Ataharul Chowdhury is an Associate Professor in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph and the President of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education. He has led various collaborative projects with national, regional, and international partners to facilitate sustainable agriculture and rural development in remote and resource-poor communities. His research focuses on topics like agricultural advisory services and knowledge mobilization, climate change, communication and innovation studies, digital development, technology adoption, and misinformation. Gordon A. Gow is Director of the Media and Technology Studies unit at the University of Alberta, where he is cross-appointed with the Department of Sociology. He has led various collaborative research projects in digital leadership and literacy with community-engaged projects, including a technology stewardship initiative with Canadian and international partners.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Part 1: Reflecting on the Participatory Paradigm in C4D 2.
Non-negotiable components of participation in the digital age of
communication for development and social change 3. Datafication,
aggregation, and heteromation: Participation in a digitally mediated world
Part 2: Critical Perspectives on Digital Participation 4. Data-driven
digital participation in agri-food context: Why should C4D and CfSC
scholars and practitioners pay attention to information disorder? 5.
Agricultural extension, social media, and the dilemma of path dependency
Part 3: Lesson for a Post-COVID Era: Practices, Experiences, Cases, and
Tools 6. DigitalNWT - Adapting digital tools to support remotely managed
digital literacy research, education, and communications in Northern Canada
7. The paradox of digital participation and misinformation: Lessons from
online agri-food communities of practice in Trinidad and Tobago 8.
Inclusive digital pathways for agricultural extension: Exploring
micro-level innovation with technology stewardship training in Sri Lanka
and Trinidad 9. School closures on rural education: Examining remote
learning experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile 10. Are rural
smallholders ready for agricultural digitalization? Farmer (In)competencies
and the political economy of access in digital agricultural extension and
advisories in Northern Ghana 11. Redefining the use of ICTs as tools for
empowering farmers and rural communities: A Malawian case study 12.
Internet use genres: A lens for analyzing patterns of Internet adoption in
rural communities of Canada, Chile, and Vietnam 13. Teaching community
engagement in the Digital Age: Reflexive pedagogical experiences 14.
Masculinity and participation in China: Exploring ideals and practices of
development in a Heyang village 15. Participatory practices and lessons
from scientific animations without borders and a WhatsApp network in a
post-COVID age: The case of video animations for rural agriculture 16.
Conclusion