Perspectives from Mozambican Community Multimedia Centres, IPID 2011 (Lugano, CH)

RE-THINK (to RE-ACT)!Perspectives from Mozambican Community Multimedia Centres Sara Vannini IPID Symposium 2011 Lugano, CH

What is my purpose here?• Speak about RE-ACT• Discuss about what I want to do for my PhD• Ask for your feedbacks

RE-ACT: What it is aboutInvestigating Social Representations ofCMCs in Mozambique to find possiblemisalignments in their conceptualizations. Rega, 2010

RE-ACT: What it is about Misalignments previously identified:1) between the founding organization and thecommunity;2) between the founding organization and thelocal staff.

RE-ACT: What it is about Misalignments previously identified:1) between the founding organization and the O Rcommunity; A CT F IT Y2) between the founding L I organization and the A Blocal staff. A IN S T S U

Social Representations: HOW?Sample selection:10 CMCs (out of 34),chosen by crossing factors as location,ownership, year of foundation and varietyof services offered.

Social Representations: HOW?• Field Visits (Observation)• Semi-structured Interviews• Photo-elicitation •

Social Representations: HOW?• Field Visits (Observation)• Semi-structured Interviews • Identity: structure, history, goals, models... • People (Staff & Visitors) • Experience in the CMC • Services (offered, used, wished) • Context (community, media access)

Social Representations: HOW?• Field Visits (Observation)• Semi-structured Interviews• Photo-elicitation • What they liked at most • What could be improved • What the CMC represented for them •

Social Representations: HOW? • 241 Interviews (110:50:49 hours) • 361 Photos

What is my purpose here?• Speak about RE-ACT• Discuss about what I want to do for my PhD• Ask for your feedbacks

RE-THINK: what do they think?• Content Analysis of the Interviews • Grounded Theory? • others?• Photo-Elicitation Analysis • Content Analysis? • Photo Semiotic?

RE-THINK: First ImpressionsInterviews: Not many inter-group, rather significant intra-group misalignments.

RE-THINK: First Impressions1):The idea was to install a Community Radioand a Telecentre together to take advantageof the synergies between the twocomponents.The project wanted to proof that it waspossible to create a venue (in the ruralareas) where everyone could accessinformation, even of the world out there.

RE-THINK: First Impressions2):It was a new experience at that time, itwas not only to bring the radio, but alsothe telecentre, put them together to seehow it worked. The idea was to giveCommunity Radios some ways to sustainthemselves, and this peculiarity oftelecentres came out. And also, wethought about making the informationarrive to the communities.

RE-THINK: First ImpressionsInterviews: Not many inter-group, but rather intra- group misalignments.

RE-THINK: First ImpressionsPhotos on representations: - emblems - tree - tools - community

... a plant we cannot let shrivel: we haveto water it to make it grow and make thegarden beauty. So the centre gives beautyto the community and to our district.It’s a reference point for us. Carla, Chókwè

... a toolbox: it guarantees that the centreis working. Mainteinance is my life and thelife of the telecentre, because theknowledge I have regarding this toolbox, Ican use it here, but my knowledge...wherever I go, it comes with me, it won’tbe the same one but the toolbox is here, inmy head. This means that bread is alsohere, here is where my bread is. Rosário, Chiure

I went up there to photograph thecommunity: This is to be able to explainto myself that I am here to serve thecommunity. Ivete, Morrumbene

RE-THINK: First ImpressionsPhotos on representations: - plant - tools - community - emblems

What else I would like to doMore in-depth linguistic analysis on someparts of the interviews.• highlight similarities and discrepancies;• investigate the possible repetition of “learned patterns”.

Questions!• Content Analysis: • Recommended Methods?• Photo-Elicitation Analysis: • Content Analysis + Photo Semiotic... what else• In-depth linguistic analysis: • Theories? Methods?

THANK YOU!Perspectives from Mozambican Community Multimedia Centres Sara Vannini sara.vannini@usi.ch www.newmine.org

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