Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Azadeh Akbari (University of Twente, the Netherlands) ,  Silvia Masiero (University of Oslo, Norway)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781032498966

ISBN 10:   103249896
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   02 January 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not yet available  
This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction Part 1: Reflect 2. Digital Development Dilemma: From Progress to Control 3. The Evolution of ICT4D: Content, Context, Process (Interview with Shirin Madon) 4. Bringing Critical ICT4D From The Margin To The Centre 5. The Interface Position of ICT4D research Part 2: Problematise 6. The Violence of Algorithmic Systems in Social Policy in Colombia: (Re) Localising the Digital Welfare State in the Postcolonial Context 7. Digital Humanitarianism: Orthodoxy and Lived Realities 8. Reimaging Smart City Transplants for the Global South: A Post-colonial Lens on Human Rights and Digital Sovereignty Part 3: Reconstruct 9. From Data Governance to Data Ethics: Invoking Epistemological Plurality for Enabling a Critical Turn in ICT4D 10. Design for Water Justice: Co-Developing Tools for Equitable Cities 11. Social Media and Sisterhood in Latin America: Discourse and Practice

Reviews

Author Information

Azadeh Akbari is Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Digital Transformation at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. She is a European Union’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Global fellow for her project on Authoritarian Smart Cities. She is a member of the board of directors at the International Surveillance Studies Network and the founder and director of Surveillance in the Majority World Research Network. Her research focuses on digital authoritarianism, the use of surveillance technologies in urban spaces especially against women, and data justice. Silvia Masiero is Associate Professor of Information Systems at the University of Oslo, Norway. Her research focuses on ICT4D, particularly on the role of digital platforms in socio-economic development processes, digital social protection, platform-mediated surveillance and decolonial approaches to information systems research. She is Editor-in-Chief of Information Technology for Development and Chair of the IFIP Working Group 9.4 on the Implications of Information and Digital Technologies for Development.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions