Community technology

Community technology, community tech for short, is both the work to increase community access to technology, as well as to design and develop tools that meet community needs.

The movement originated in the 1990s around the work of community technology centers and national organizations with federal policy initiatives around broadband, information access, education, and economic development.

In the early 2000s the term shifted towards community-led design and development processes.

See also

• Community technology center
• Community informatics
• Broadband

References

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