The livelihoods framework is a valuable tool for researching the impact of mobiles. It helps explain how mobile affects assets and alters livelihood strategies.
But the framework has shortcomings for mobile research: its agriculture-oriented understanding of "assets"; its silence on the developmental role of information and on user appropriation of technology; and its narrow categorisation of impact. A revised version of the livelihoods framework has therefore been developed to address these shortcomings: - Short version at: http://ict4dblog.wordpress.com/2012/03/09/understanding-mobiles-and-livelihoods/ - Full version at: http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/idpm/research/publications/wp/di/ Richard Heeks Director, Centre for Development Informatics University of Manchester, UK http://www.manchester.ac.uk/cdi -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mobile-society" group. To post to this group, send email to mobile-society@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mobile-society+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mobile-society?hl=en.
