"This volume presents insights on the challenges of digital communication and participation in agricultural and rural development. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that digital technology and mediated participation is more important and essential in managing ongoing communication for development projects than ever before. However, it also has also underscored the various challenges and gaps in knowledge with digital participatory practices, including the further exclusion of marginalized groups and those with limited access to digital technology. The book considers how the concept of participation has been transformed by the realities of the pandemic, reflecting on essential principles and practical considerations of communication for development and social change, particularly in the context of global agriculture and food security, the well-being of rural communities, and evolving environmental challenges such as climate change. In gathering these insights, this volume highlights lessons for the future of participatory development in communication for development and social change processes. This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of agricultural and rural development, communication for development, digital communication and sustainable development more broadly"--
This volume presents insights on the challenges of digital communication and participation in agricultural and rural development post COVID-19. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of agricultural and rural development, communication for development, digital communication and sustainable development more broadly.
This volume presents insights on the challenges of digital communication and participation in agricultural and rural development.The COVID 19 pandemic has revealed that digital technology and mediated participation is more important and essential in managing ongoing communication for development projects than ever before. However, it also has also underscored the various challenges and gaps in knowledge with digital participatory practices, including the further exclusion of marginalized groups and those with limited access to digital technology. The book considers how the concept of participation has been transformed by the realities of the pandemic, reflecting on essential principles and practical considerations of communication for development and social change, particularly in the context of global agriculture and food security, the well-being of rural communities, and evolving environmental challenges such as climate change. In gathering these insights, this volume highlights lessons for the future of participatory development in communication for development and social change processes. This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of agricultural and rural development, communication for development, digital communication and sustainable development more broadly.
1. Introduction Part 1: Reflecting on the Participatory Paradigm in C4D
2. Non-negotiable components of participation in the digital age of
communication for development and social change
3. Datafication, aggregation,
and heteromation: Participation in a digitally mediated world Part 2:
Critical Perspectives on Digital Participation
4. Data-driven digital
participation in agri-food context: Why should C4D and CfSC scholars and
practitioners pay attention to information disorder?
5. Agricultural
extension, social media, and the dilemma of path dependency Part 3: Lesson
for a Post-COVID Era: Practices, Experiences, Cases, and Tools
6. DigitalNWT
Adapting digital tools to support remotely managed digital literacy
research, education, and communications in Northern Canada
7. The paradox of
digital participation and misinformation: Lessons from online agri-food
communities of practice in Trinidad and Tobago
8. Inclusive digital pathways
for agricultural extension: Exploring micro-level innovation with technology
stewardship training in Sri Lanka and Trinidad
9. School closures on rural
education: Examining remote learning experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic
in Chile
10. Are rural smallholders ready for agricultural digitalization?
Farmer (In)competencies and the political economy of access in digital
agricultural extension and advisories in Northern Ghana
11. Redefining the
use of ICTs as tools for empowering farmers and rural communities: A Malawian
case study
12. Internet use genres: A lens for analyzing patterns of Internet
adoption in rural communities of Canada, Chile, and Vietnam
13. Teaching
community engagement in the Digital Age: Reflexive pedagogical experiences
14. Masculinity and participation in China: Exploring ideals and practices of
development in a Heyang village
15. Participatory practices and lessons from
scientific animations without borders and a WhatsApp network in a post-COVID
age: The case of video animations for rural agriculture
16. Conclusion
Ataharul Chowdhury is an Associate Professor in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph and the President of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education. He has led various collaborative projects with national, regional, and international partners to facilitate sustainable agriculture and rural development in remote and resource-poor communities. His research focuses on topics like agricultural advisory services and knowledge mobilization, climate change, communication and innovation studies, digital development, technology adoption, and misinformation.
Gordon A. Gow is Director of the Media and Technology Studies unit at the University of Alberta, where he is cross-appointed with the Department of Sociology. He has led various collaborative research projects in digital leadership and literacy with community-engaged projects, including a technology stewardship initiative with Canadian and international partners.
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