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Wouter Dijkstra
ICT4Development researcher (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Personal: Wouter Dijkstra is a Social Scientist, interested in the use of new and old media to strengthen public debate and mechanisms of accountability in Africa. With degrees in both Anthropology and New Media and an extensive background in Africa he is based firmly in contemporary theory but even more in practical reality. In 2009 he went to Uganda together with the ICT4Uganda research group, guided by Dr Geert Lovink. He finished research on the power of talk-radio and the emergence of mobile telephony in Uganda. Based on this research he coined the term ICT4Accountability. This is still an ongoing research. At this moment he is working for TRAC to set up platforms for public debate in east-Africa, through the use of mobile telephony and FM radio. This organization is currently in a startup phase.

All posts from this author

24/01/2011 Trac FM, using radio to track public service delivery
01/10/2010 Civic media, Community media, Citizen media, citizen Journalism?
24/08/2010 Foucault, Bentham and wireless
21/07/2010 Inside the Media Center..
14/07/2010 Should there be a Toilet-Car in the President’s Motorcade?
14/07/2010 Accountability starts with countability
10/07/2010 Ekimeeza: Talk-Radio at its best (in Uganda)
08/06/2010 The careful deconstruction of the Ivory Towers, Part 2
17/05/2010 The careful deconstruction of the Ivory Towers
11/05/2010 Aid and development: More complex than you might th!nk
02/05/2010 ICT4D 2.0: Less internet, more radio.
13/04/2010 ICT4Development, Corruption and Accountability