SUSTAINABILITY ICT VISIONS AND THEIR EMBEDDING IN TECHNOLOGY CONSTRUCTION

Abstract

How do engineers and software developers perceive the link between the sustainability theme and their development activity? Chances and limits of using the sustainability concept in the sphere of ICT construction are commented based on the results of an empirical study conducted between 2006 and 2007, with design, system, and software engineers in Austrian companies.

Keywords:

• community informatics
• digital divide
• ICTs
• systems design
• computer-mediated communication
• domestication of ICTs

Notes

In Memorandum Nachhaltige Informationsgesellschaft the categorization of ICT effects is threefold: (1) effects of ICT appropriation, (2) effects of ICT usage and (3) systemic effects, which are only indirectly related to the particular usage of ICTs (Böhle 2005, p. 122; Dompke et al. 2005).