Presentation of my research topic at PhD session of RED-INK Doctoral School, Lugano, August 2010

1. RE-ACT
Social REpresentations of Community Multimedia Centres and ACTions for Improvement

2. RE-ACT will investigate conceptualizations of
Community Multimedia Centres
in Mozambique
using the Social Representation construct

3. RE-ACT will investigate conceptualizations of
Community Multimedia Centres
in Mozambique
using the Social Representation construct

4. Community Multimedia Centres
Community Multimedia Centres (CMCs):
Telecentres combining community radio,
managed by locals broadcasting in local languages,
with community telecentre facilities

5. Community Multimedia Centres
Telecentres
...are Community Development Instruments
...provide communication services relevant for the Local
Community
...use both digital and non-digital information and
communication technologies and offer services related to them

6. RE-ACT will investigate conceptualizations of
Community Multimedia Centres
in Mozambique
using the Social Representation construct

7. Social Representation
(Moscovici 1973)
A Social Representation is a system
values
ideas practices

8. Social Representation
A Social Representation has 2 functions:

9. Social Representation
A Social Representation has 2 functions:
1 to establish how people
interpret their world

10. Social Representation
A Social Representation has 2 functions:
1 to establish how people
interpret their world
2 to enable people to
communicate with the other
members of the community

11. Social Representation
Representatives of initiating agencies
Representatives of associations owning CMCs
Local staff
Users
Non-users

12. Actions for Improvement
?

13. Actions for Improvement
Stay Local !

14. Partners
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
2 Senior researchers
1 PhD student
1 Master student

15. Thank You!

16. Thank You!
& vis it me!