Dears,
I am working on the role of ICT in cooperative behavior of farmers in crop disease management. I just came across the term digital dualism which is mainly used in the highly techno-savvy environment. Do anyone has come across a perspective or literature that tries to bring it into the rural context?
Hi.,
Dualism is one of the important characteristics of an underdeveloped economy. Thus under dualism, two sectors, i.e., modern or advanced sector and traditional or backward sector exist and operate side by side. Dualism may be broadly of two types, i.e., technological dualism and social dualism.. Permission to make digital or hard copies of ... movement of rural labor from farm to non-farm activities and migration from rural areas to cities,..
For More info:
https://www.ifad.org/documents/38714170/41133075/RDR_report.pdf/7282db66-2d67-b514-d004-5ec25d9729a0
Digital dualism is concept that defines the opposition between online and offline realms. From the ontological point of view one reality can be or virtual, or material. From the epistemological point of view these two realities, in order to ensure communication, must be integrated with specific sets of tools. One possible reference: https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/1338
