Has Digital Opportunity Center initiated the development of remote area ?- the case study of gluban tribe in NanTou
Date Issued
2008
Date
2008
Author(s)
Liao, Ya-Chin
Abstract
Alan Gluban, a tribe in Renai Township, Nantou County, at the central part of Taiwan, is the subject of this in-depth report. From the viewpoint of The Digital Opportunity Center (DOC), this article provides a glimpse of the differences between the government policy and the local executions of digital divide. In-depth interviews and field observation are used as the research methods to collect data. The report found that six factors influenced the management of DOC in different angles: the manager of DOC and the guidance of DOC, local population structure, local economy, local organizations, historical advantages and the way the manager regards DOC. Additionally, the government depends on DOC to curtail the digital divide between the rural and urban areas in Taiwan, and also expects DOC to enhance the community development through its routine tasks. Moreover, this article also reveals that DOC’s execution leads to another kind of divide: the reality of local requirements and visions are not the same as what government imagined. The article’s contribution lies in blending the insight of DOC and the local experiences of the trial of reducing digital divide, which enables the author to give out suggestions and self-examination methods as the government’s references in drawing up related policies in the future.
Subjects
Community Development
Digital Divide
Digital Opportunity Center
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