This book allows students to reimagine, and possibly question, the impacts of their efforts. They reconnect students with their fieldwork experience and, hopefully, continue to shape and influence their personal and professional development.
This book owes its genesis to the author's experiences in conducting research and advancing technology-based social ventures in East Africa over the past decade. They draw heavily from the vast literature on development studies and the work of several innovators and entrepreneurs. The stories weave a compelling web of concepts, approaches, facts, statistics, norms, musings, emotions... and full-page illustrations to help readers empathize with the people, their context, and their choices.This book allows students to reimagine, and possibly question, the impacts of their efforts. They reconnect students with their fieldwork experience and, hopefully, continue to shape and influence their personal and professional development.
This book owes its genesis to the author's experiences in conducting research and advancing technology-based social ventures in East Africa over the past decade. They draw heavily from the vast literature on development studies and the work of several innovators and entrepreneurs. The stories weave a compelling web of concepts, approaches, facts, statistics, norms, musings, emotions... and full-page illustrations to help readers empathize with the people, their context, and their choices.
