Power/knowledge and impact assessment: creating new spaces for expertise in international development

Power/knowledge and impact assessment: creating new spaces for expertise in international development

Impact assessment is an important methodology in information and communication technologies for development. It presents the potential to change power knowledge relations between donors, non‐governmental organizations and beneficiaries. Impact assessment offers a new and subtle form of control—shape...

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Veröffentlicht in:New technology, work, and employment work, and employment, 2012-03, Vol.27 (1), p.9-22
Hauptverfasser: Hayes, Niall, Westrup, Chris
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Development planning
Development strategies
Donors
Expertise
Impact analysis
Information and communication technologies
Information sharing
Information technology
Methodology
Nongovernmental organizations
Organization development
Power
Power relations
Sociological analysis
Sociology of knowledge
Studies
Technological change
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Zusammenfassung:Impact assessment is an important methodology in information and communication technologies for development. It presents the potential to change power knowledge relations between donors, non‐governmental organizations and beneficiaries. Impact assessment offers a new and subtle form of control—shaped by and shaping expertise—influencing how we understand and undertake development.
ISSN:0268-1072
1468-005X
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.2012.00274.x