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Evolving Perspectives on ICTs in Global Souths

11th International Development Informatics Association Conference, IDIA 2020, Macau, China, March 25–27, 2020, Proceedings

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  • © 2020

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  1. Don Rodney Junio

    1. United Nations University Institute in Macau, Macau, China

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  2. Cecile Koopman

    1. University of South Africa, Roodepoort, South Africa

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Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS, volume 1236)

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Table of contents (14 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. ICT4D: Taking Stock

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Effect of Digital Community-Based Tourism Platform to Hosts’ Livelihood

      • Pietari Keskinen, Niina Arvila, Heike Winschiers-Theophilus, Marko Nieminen
      Pages 3-16

    3. ICT and Interactivity in the Classroom: A Case Study of an ICT Intervention in Indian Rural Public Schools

      • Pradyumna Taduri, Srravya Chandhiramowuli, Amit Prakash
      Pages 17-30

  3. Harnessing Frontier Technologies for Sustainable Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
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    2. Towards a Human Rights-Based Approach to AI: Case Study of Apprise

      • Hannah Thinyane, Francisca Sassetti
      Pages 33-47

    3. Perceived Factors Influencing Blockchain Adoption in the Asset and Wealth Management Industry in the Western Cape, South Africa

      • Philip De Castro, Maureen Tanner, Kevin Johnston
      Pages 48-62

    4. Evolving an Efficient and Effective Off-the-Shelf Computing Infrastructure for Rural Communities of South Africa

      • Ingrid Siebörger, Alfredo Terzoli, Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams
      Pages 63-77

  4. ICT4D Discourse, Methodologies, and Theoretical Reflections

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. After the Smartphone Has Arrived in the Village. How Practices and Proto-Practices Emerged in an ICT4D Project

      • Larry Stillman, Mauro Sarrica, Tom Denison, Anindita Sarker
      Pages 81-94

    3. Mapping the Factors Influencing the Sustainability of Public Access Computing in Africa to the ACE Framework: A Systematic Literature Review

      • Amantha Naicker, Marita Turpin, Jean-Paul van Belle
      Pages 95-109

    4. Technology Stewardship Training for Agricultural Communities of Practice: Establishing a Participatory Action Research Program in Sri Lanka

      • Gordon A. Gow, Uvasara Dissanayeke, Chandana K. Jayathilake, Isuri Kumarasinghe, Kumudu Ariyawanshe, Sanduni Rathnayake
      Pages 110-124

  5. The Evolving Global Souths

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Towards a Resilience Framework for Integrating and Using Mobile Technologies in South African Public Rural Schools: Theoretical Considerations

      • Sifiso Dlamini, Marita Turpin
      Pages 127-140

    3. Appropriating Digital Citizen Engagement in Resource Constrained Local Government Service Delivery: A Case Study in South Africa

      • Mwazvita Machiri, Caroline Pade-Khene
      Pages 141-154

    4. Tacit Knowledge Explicitation and Sharing Through Social Networks by the South African Healthcare Practitioners

      • Baldreck Chipangura, Shenaaz Mohamed, Peter Mkhize
      Pages 155-169

    5. Development Tendency of Double-Layer Digital Divide in Mainland China: A Longitudinal Study Based on Perspective of Group Segmentation

      • Long-Xiang Luo, Zhi-Wei Lin
      Pages 170-185

    6. When the King Turns Jester: A Carnivalesque Analysis of Police Outreach on Social Media in Kerala

      • Drupa Dinnie Charles, Joyojeet Pal
      Pages 186-200

    7. Cultivating Online Virtual Community of Purpose to Mitigate Knowledge Asymmetry and Market Separation of Rural Artisans in India

      • Sneha Bhattacharyya, Jayanta Basak, Parama Bhaumik, Somprakash Bandyopadhyay
      Pages 201-215

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 217-217
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About this book

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Development Informatics Association Conference, IDIA 2020, held in Macau, China, in March 2020.*

The 14 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 43 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on ICT4D: taking stock; harnessing frontier technologies for sustainable development; ICT4D discourse, methodologies, and theoretical reflections; the evolving Global Souths.

*The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Editors and Affiliations

  • United Nations University Institute in Macau, Macau, China

    Don Rodney Junio

  • University of South Africa, Roodepoort, South Africa

    Cecile Koopman

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