re-act: photo elicitation @ westminster university
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Community
Multimedia Centres
in Mozambique:
blending new and
old media.
A photo-semiotic study
Dr. Isabella Rega
Sara Vannini
Prof. dr. Lorenzo Cantoni
NewMinE Lab
Università della Svizzera italiana,
Lugano, Switzerland
Community Multimedia Centres
are community-based facilities offering
both community radio broadcasting
and telecentre services.
(UNESCO, 2000)
radio telecentre
• From the World to the Community
• Intra-Community
• [From the Community to the World]
• From the World to the Community
• [Intra-Community]
• [From the Community to the World]
Sample
What do CMCs mean to...?
• Initiating Agencies
• Staff
• Users of CMCs
• Users of Community Radio/Non-Users
241 semi-structured interviews
361 photos staff
users whole CMC
Photo elicitation
1. Take a picture of something that you like of this place.
2. Take a picture of something that you don’t like/that could be
improved of this place.
TC,
Radio,
CMC
WCM
pillars
p1: services,
P2: tools &
facilities,
P3: people
managing,
P4: users
«I can use and develop the skills that the trainers teach me.»Cuamba User 9 Photo 1P1
«I don’t like it because one day it can fall down on us, because it is broken, so i don’t like it»
Chitima Staff 1 Photo 2P2
«I came to learn computers, this is what is important, and they are teachingus very well.»
Chokwe User 7 Photo 1P3
«It represents the study centre in the community radio of Chiure. It iswhere young people learn information technologies (…) futhermore, theyhave other activities of interest for the young people and for the communityin general.»
Chiure Utente 2 Photo 1
P4
P1: Services – 33.3%P4: Users – 32.4% P2: Tools & Facilities – 30.4%P3: People Managing – 16.7%
ALL (#102)
P1: Services – 32.7%P3: People Managing – 30.6%P4: Users – 26.5% P2: Tools & Facilities – 20.4%
STAFF (#49)
59.8% 30.4%
55.1% 32.7% 10.2%
P2: Tools & Facilities – 39.6%P1: Services – 34%P4: Users – 37.7%
USERS (#53)
84.9%
What they like
P1: Services – 33.3%P4: Users – 32.4% P2: Tools & Facilities – 30.4%P3: People Managing – 16.7%
ALL (#102)
P1: Services – 36.9%P4: Users – 32.3% P2: Tools & Facilities – 27.7%P3: People Managing – 16.9%
MALES (#65)
59.8% 30.4%
58.5% 35.4%
P2: Tools & Facilities – 35.1%P4: Users – 32.4% P1: Services – 27%P3: People Managing – 16.2%
FEMALES (#37)
62.2% 21.6% 13.5%
What they like
P2: Facilities - 74.7%P2: Tools - 25.3%
ALL (#93)
P2: Facilities - 60%P2: Tools - 40%
STAFF (#47)
58.1% 32.3%
46.8% 34.0% 19.1%
P2: Facilities – 88.4%P2: Tools - 11.6%
USERS (#46)
What they don’t like
69.6% 30.4%
Thank You!
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