Dr Katarzyna Cieslik katarzyna.cieslik@durham.ac.uk
Lecturer in Human Geography
Investigating project sustainability: Technology as a development object in a community-based project in Naryn, Kyrgyzstan
Cieslik, Katarzyna; Dewulf, Art; Foggin, J. Marc
Authors
Art Dewulf
J. Marc Foggin
Abstract
The imperative of project sustainability has become explicit policy within development. This is especially true for technology transfer: ‘development objects’ are to be used by prospective beneficiaries long after the project’s closure. We argue that the link between project sustainability, technology and ‘success’ requires deeper scrutiny. We investigate a community-based project in Naryn, Kyrgyzstan, which included the transfer of smartphones, weather stations and camera traps. Upon the project’s closure, we compare the stakeholders’ viewpoints regarding the future use of the equipment, showing how technological objects attract new actors into the project’s network, change its course and enhance its impact. We use actor-network theory to explain how development objects shape development processes by generating own networks and transforming social relations of power. We propose a dynamic view of sustainability as: (i) continuation of delivery of project’s goods and services, (ii) durability of the achieved changes and (iii) feasibility of independent growth..
Citation
Cieslik, K., Dewulf, A., & Foggin, J. M. (2022). Investigating project sustainability: Technology as a development object in a community-based project in Naryn, Kyrgyzstan. Oxford Development Studies, 50(4), 289-306. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600818.2022.2039607
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Online Publication Date | Feb 16, 2022 |
Publication Date | 2022 |
Deposit Date | Mar 16, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 31, 2023 |
Journal | Oxford Development Studies |
Print ISSN | 1360-0818 |
Electronic ISSN | 1469-9966 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 50 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 289-306 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/13600818.2022.2039607 |
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