Cultural assessment for sustainable kiosk projects

2006 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Development, ICTD2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 176-183

  Antin, Judd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing nations; Technology assessment; Technology social factors

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CULTURAL FACTORS; CULTURES (TRADITIONAL); DEVELOPING WORLD; HOLISTIC ANALYSIS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ITC); INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LONG TERM VIABILITY; PRIVILEGE OBJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENTS; TECHNICAL FACTORS;

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; COMMUNICATION; TECHNOLOGY;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 47649118847     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2006.301855     Document Type: Conference Paper

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