Using mobile phones to promote lifelong learning among rural women in Southern India
Using mobile phones to promote lifelong learning among rural women in Southern India
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DOI：
10.1080/01587919.2010.502555
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
影响因子：
7.3
通讯作者：
Kanwar, Asha
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作者：
Balasubramanian, K.;Thamizoli, P.;Kanwar, Asha
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This article is an attempt to study the role of mobile phones in the non-formal and informal context among rural women from resource poor communities. In particular, it focuses on the women's control over the mobile phone as a learning tool through the domestication of technologies. The distance learning, gender dimensions, and use of technologies have been analysed vis-a-vis the concept of social capital. The article demonstrates that the transition from powerlessness to empowerment is possible in non-formal learning settings and low-cost technologies offer means to accelerate this process in the context of social capital.