Arnaud Richard, Fred Hailon, Nahida Guellil, dirs, Le Discours politique identitaire dans les médias

À la lecture de cet ouvrage traitant de la question des identités, il est frappant de remarquer que les identités n’émergent que dans des situations de conflits plus ou moins ouverts ou latents. Sous la direction d’Arnaud Richard, Fred Hailon et Nahida Guellil, Le discours politique identitaire dans les médias réunit des contributions qui mettent en évidence ce constat : l’identité ne s’affirme que là où elle est ignorée, reniée, piétinée ou stigmatisée. Les contributions montrent comment les..

Rural Wireless Mesh Network: A Design Methodology

Wireless Mesh Network is presented as an appealing solution for bridging the digital divide between developed and under-developed regions. But the planning and deployment of these networks are not just a technical matter, since the success depends on many other factors tied to the related region. Although we observe some deployments, to ensure usefulness and sustainability, there is still a need of concrete design process model and proper network planning approach for rural regions, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper presents a design methodology to provide network connectivity from a landline node in a rural region at very low cost. We propose a methodology composed of ten steps, starting by a deep analysis of the region in order to identify relevant constraints and useful applications to sustain local activities and communication. Approach for planning the physical architecture of the network is based on an indoor-outdoor deployment for reducing the overall cost of the network.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures, 3 table

Imaginaire linguistique anglophone en rapport avec le bilinguisme officiel au Cameroun

Anglophone linguistic imaginary in relation to official bilingualism in Cameroon The author of this article examines, from a sociolinguistic angle, the image that the English- speaking Cameroonian believes to be the one that the French-speaking Cameroonian has of him. To achieve this, we used a corpus made up of literary and political discourses. The common denominator of these two sources of the corpus is that they allow the profile of many glottopolitical interventions which are, according to Henri Boyer, 1997: 29), "the act of individuals (personalities more or less known in general), groups and/or associations of language activists […] they often have a strong claiming and polemical content, based on an identity ideology and a regionalist or nationalist political option”. They betray a linguistic imagination strongly marked by a feeling of glottophobia of which English-speaking Cameroonians claim to be victims

Technology readiness of public school teachers : a study in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality

Globally, it is well documented that technology integration (Information & Communication Technology) in teaching & learning environments improve educational experiences and outcomes. The information revolution also conditions the global collective to prioritise and invest in education. In South Africa, basic education is increasingly aiming to integrate technology in its teaching and learning processes, as is already common practice in the higher learning environment. Policies and supporting educational legislation must, therefore, be geared to steer teacher training emphasis in this regard, especially for primary schools. To anchor economic developments, important parameters to consider, include the readiness of teachers to use technology in the classroom, measured through the technology readiness index (TRI) and a variety of demographic indices. These reveal trends among teachers and their interaction with learners while delivering subject content in the classroom. In the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) (Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage) area, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 32 schools totalling 70 teachers were evaluated using an online survey, based on a TRI model, initially developed by Parasuraman and later refined by Parasuraman and Colby. Results showed that teachers in the NMBM area have a medium to high technology propensity, with a readiness index score of 3.445 out of five. The demographic analysis also revealed that teachers are optimistic about technology and motivated about making it work in their classroom. These positive indicators towards technology (ICT) adoption encourage economic investments in basic education; however, further study is recommended to investigate implementation (and comparison to other provinces), therefore, informing the specific magnitude and type of investments needed in the Eastern Cape. An implementation model, which promotes ICT policy with a combination of software, hardware and internet access, appropriately incorporated in teaching and learning objectives, is encouraged to promote economic developments