Transforming human-nature relations through mobile information services (C04)

该项目研究了农业中的“智能”技术如何成为当今非洲农村未来发展的决定性组成部分。该项目以肯尼亚裂谷和坦桑尼亚基隆贝罗河谷的移动的信息服务为重点，（1）将指导信通技术促发展实践领域的愿景纳入其历史背景，（2）将与未来有关的知识转化为具体的信息和建议，（3）调查移动服务如何实际为当地农业做法提供信息，从而促进社会生态转型。

This project studies how ‘smart’ technologies in agriculture form a decisive part of futuremaking in rural Africa today. Focusing on mobile information services in the Kenyan Rift Valley and the Kilombero Valley in Tanzania, the project (1) puts the visions that guide the practical field of ICT4D into their historical context, (2) follows the translation of future-related knowledge into concrete information and advice, and (3) investigates how m-services actually inform local agricultural practices and thus contribute to socio-ecological transformation.