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Climate change, adaptive capacity and new land innovations implemented by local farmers and indigenous people in Puerto Carreno, Colombia
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A case study research was conducted in the city of Puerto Carreño, Colombia to assess adaptive capacity for the Farmers’ community and indigenous people to face climate change. Some of these inhabitants understand these changes in the weather as natural processes, others as climate change. The...
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THE EXPERIENCE OF CAREGIVERS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN A PROJECT THAT USED SMS AS A TOOL TO IMPROVE INFORMATION ACCESS AND SOCIAL INTERACTION IN AN UNDER-RESOURCED COLOMBIAN COMMUNITY
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The community of El Codito, an under-resourced Bogota community, has a high population density with the majority living under the poverty line. People with disabilities (PWD) and their caregivers in El Codito experience a lack of access to health information and are socially isolated. This...
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Fall 2014
This thesis considers the evolving role that public memories of Pablo Escobar have played in Colombian society since his death in 1993. By the mid 1990s, Escobar had become established in Colombia as the foremost emblem of the drug-related violence that ravaged the nation during the 80s and...
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Reframing the World. Local Communities and Multinational Corporations. The case of Cajamarca, Colombia
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This research seeks to develop our understanding of the elements that define the relationship between multinational mining corporations and local peasant communities living in areas affected by large-scale gold mining in Latin America. Previous research has focused on describing the forms this...
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An Introduction to Technology Stewardship for ICT Adoption and Use in Agricultural Communities of Practice: Course Workbook
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Gow, Gordon A., Jayathilake, C., Hambly Odame, H., Dissanayeke, U., McMahon, R., Jayasinghe-Mudalige, U., Waidyanatha, N.
This course workbook provides a series of activities and exercises to introduce student practitioners to technology stewardship. It is organized into four sections: Principles and Practices of Technology Stewardship; Engaging your Community and Creating a Campaign; Choosing an ICT platform and...
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An Introduction to Technology Stewardship for ICT Adoption and Use in Agricultural Communities of Practice: DOEA Kurunegala-North Case Study Booklet
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Gow, Gordon A., Jayathilake, C., Waidyanatha, N.
This case study booklet introduces student practitioners to technology stewardship. It has a companion Course Workbook. The course is part of an action research project to develop and test strategies to promote inclusive innovation with agricultural communities of practice in developing country...
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Fall 2016
Primates play an important role in the maintenance and functioning of tropical ecosystems. However, habitat loss due to land use conversion threatens the persistence of primates worldwide. Colombia has a diverse fauna of primates with 12% of its terrestrial territory protected under the country’s...