Knowledge mobilization of human–computer interaction for development research: core issues and domain questions

Biljon, Judy van

doi:10.1080/02681102.2020.1767022

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“…This is developed on the backdrop that the initial emphasis of HCI4D has been on how the reliance on the traditional assumption of HCI and the promises of ICTD can allow for dealing with the complexities of Other human factors in the design and deployment of innovation [49,56,177]. However, the focus has shifted from the narratives of appropriation and translation to how the utilisation of traditional HCI practices within local conditions of work can allow for defamiliarizing the models informing innovation design [2,32,185]. Such efforts are meant to highlight how the 'design-reality-gaps' that underpin ICTD research in Africa might resurface in HCI4D's' interventionist approaches' to social scientific research and practices [83].…”

Section: Human-computer Interaction For Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, the politics of thinking in the exteriority of Western logic of progression might be considered as disobeying the foundational epistemes of design. When such revelations are considered in contextualizing the centrality of HCI4D to 'development, design/intervention, and context' [185,186] and not to the human, technical artefact and context focus of HCI [78], one can begin to wonder whether the futuring practices of Euro-American centric HCI would be underpinning the same objectives as that of Western discourses that defutured non-Western institutions and structures.…”

Section: Human-computer Interaction For Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Questions posed ranged from what would work in rectifying the unfortunate stories of the past to what could allow for reinventing African identities of innovation in HCI? Would it be recognising the alternative development discourse in HCI4D [56,185,186] or embracing alternatives to the postcolonial narratives of the global south [5,20,29,104,195] or rather adopting community-led initiatives that champion for and extend situated ways of doing in HCI? [99,145,179].…”

Section: Introduction: a Reflection And A Proposition For Futuring Af...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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No More “Solutionism” or “Saviourism” in Futuring African HCI: A Manyfesto

Adamu

2023

ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact.

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Research in HCI4D has continuously advanced a narrative of ‘lacks’ and ‘gaps’ of the African perspective in technoscience. In response to such misguided assumptions, this paper attempts to reformulate the common and perhaps unfortunate thinking about African practices of design in HCI4D – i.e., largely as a function of African societal predicaments and Western technocratic resolutions. Through critical reflection on a range of issues associated with post-colonialism and post-development, I examine the possibilities that various historical tropes might offer to the reinvention of the African perspective on innovation. This leads to the consideration of how engaging in critical discussions about the future dimensions of African HCI can allow for grappling with the effect of the coloniality of being, power and knowledge. Developing on the ideas of futuring as a way of dealing with the complexities of the present – in this case the coloniality of the imagination - the paper ends by discussing three tactical propositions for ‘remembering’ future identities of African innovation where the values of autonomy are known and acted upon.

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Section: Human-computer Interaction For Developmentmentioning

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Section: Introduction: a Reflection And A Proposition For Futuring Af...mentioning

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No More “Solutionism” or “Saviourism” in Futuring African HCI: A Manyfesto

Adamu

2023

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“…Resilience is also defined as "the capacity of a system to tolerate disturbances while retaining its structure and function" (Fiksel, 2006, p.16) as an adaptive mechanism to address threats from a full range of natural or human-induced crises and uncertainties (Espiner et al, 2017, p. 4). Resilience is also defined from the social perspective as the adaptation capability of a community to hazards, either resisting or moving till the level of functioning and structure are acceptable (UNISDR, 2005). The wider resilience literature also gives more attention to organizational resilience, giving little attention to the resilience of communities.…”

Section: Resilience As a Socio-technical Phenomena In Ict4d Researchmentioning

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A holistic understanding of information and communication technology for development through context, resilience, and sustainability: Evidence from a local agriculture extension information service in Ethiopia

Atinaf

Anteneh

Kifle

2023

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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There exists isolated work that focuses on context, resilience, and sustainability of information and communication technology for development (ICT4D). However, research on how the three concepts inform and influence one another to better meet the development goals and priorities is limited. More research is required to enhance our holistic understanding of ICT4D interventions in terms of the approaches applied to investigate context, resilience, and sustainability from socio‐technical perspectives. This research explores the link among the triple concepts to fill the above void, drawing from qualitative data collected from multiple but networked stakeholders at a local agriculture extension information service. Data is processed in a way to understand: the context of the local development practices and stakeholders, the gaps in the design of information systems applied to support local development practices, and how local communities remain resilient in their information exchange practices. Building on the existing knowledge of context, resilience, and sustainability in ICT4D the research shows how the context of the local development practices inform resilience and in turn how resilience enables the continued operation of the local development practices (context), and how context and resilience lead to sustainable ICT4D interventions. The research contributes to theory by showing how the social and technical resources distributed in the social system and the stakeholders' networks can be unlocked to conceptualize the links between the triple concepts. It informs practitioners on how they can develop a holistic understanding of the socio‐technical contexts of local developments and the socio‐technical factors to design resilient ICT4D that will lead to sustainable digital interventions.

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“…Across all these deliberations in the research body, it is also established that governments cannot achieve sustainable DCE without improving individual capabilities. Only this can promote the feeling of voluntary participation and ownership over initiatives to tackle local issues (Hoque, 2020;Vaidya & Myers, 2021;van Biljon, 2020), and this forms our core motivation for taking up this study.…”

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Digital citizen empowerment: A systematic literature review of theories and development models

Sharma

Kar

Gupta

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Information Technology for Development

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Governments worldwide invest heavily in digital initiatives to develop information societies with connected and actively engaged citizens, but problems like lacking sustained engagement and quality of participation still plague them. We undertook a systematised literature review on the Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) databases, covering dispersed literature surrounding Digital Citizen Empowerment (DCE) from the past two decades.Categorising the literature under four thematic categories or strategies of DCE: Digital Activism (DA), Multichannel Service Delivery (MCSD), Participatory Budgeting (PB), and Deliberative Governance (DG) critical comparative analysis is done. A conceptual model of DCE, covering how theories from different interdisciplinary areas of political, social, and information science influence the development of information societies and DCE is presented. Action points in our conceptual model are mapped to policy objectives targeting improved delivery of empowering policy goals by practitioners, and future research opportunities in the context of DCE are discussed.

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Knowledge mobilization of human–computer interaction for development research: core issues and domain questions

Cited by 12 publications

References 44 publications

No More “Solutionism” or “Saviourism” in Futuring African HCI: A Manyfesto

No More “Solutionism” or “Saviourism” in Futuring African HCI: A Manyfesto

A holistic understanding of information and communication technology for development through context, resilience, and sustainability: Evidence from a local agriculture extension information service in Ethiopia

Digital citizen empowerment: A systematic literature review of theories and development models

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