Analyzing the Evolution of a Digital Technology Intervention: One Laptop Per Child in a Remote Papua New Guinea Community.

This article offers an ethnographic account of the evolution of a One Laptop per Child intervention program in Oksapmin communities (Papua New Guinea). The analysis examines the intervention's evolution as historically contingent, revealing how interdependent actions of multiple stakeholders create...

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Publicado en:	Anthropology & Education Quarterly Vol. 49; no. 4; pp. 394 - 413
Autores principales:	Saxe, Geoffrey B., Kirby, Kenton
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Wiley-Blackwell Dec2018
Materias:	Ethnographic analysis Digital technology Laptop computers Oksapmin (Papua New Guinean people) Educational resources Resource programs (Education)
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Sumario:	This article offers an ethnographic account of the evolution of a One Laptop per Child intervention program in Oksapmin communities (Papua New Guinea). The analysis examines the intervention's evolution as historically contingent, revealing how interdependent actions of multiple stakeholders create and partially resolve perceived threats to the program's continuation under changing circumstances. The approach contrasts with those that explain the success or failure of interventions based upon "fit" to cultural context.