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1. Critical ICT4D (Information and Communication Technologies for Development)

Author

Akbari, Azadeh and Masiero, Silvia

Subjects
ICT4D, development, ICT, information communication technology, surveillance, data justice, technology transfer, datafication, thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology, thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies, thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UB Information technology: general topics::UBJ Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects, thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UY Computer science, thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UB Information technology: general topics::UBL Digital and information technologies: Legal aspects, thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UR Computer security::URD Privacy and data protection, thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations, thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration, thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFA Social discrimination and social justice
Abstract

The edited volume Critical ICT4D highlights the need for a paradigm change in theorising, designing, and researching Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D). Engaging authors from the Majority World and entering a process of restoring epistemic justice in knowledge production and ownership, the text: Reflects on the histories and narratives around development programmes, their deep-rooted socio-political background, and the power relations integrated into or induced by such measures Problematises the current scholarship and practices through decolonial and pluralistic approaches built with an explicit perspective of resisting epistemic violence Constructs justice-enacting engagements of technologies with society. Offering thematic discussions in many development sectors with up-to-date case studies informed by recent research in the field, it sheds light on constructive contributions of critical ICT4D research. Written in accessible language, the book will appeal to postgraduate students, fellow researchers, policymakers in the fields of sociology, development studies, STS, critical data studies, surveillance studies, international relations, public administration, and information systems.

Published
2025
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2. Past Practices, Current Debates and Disputes: Future Engagements and Opportunities Regarding Digital Transformation for Sustainable Development : Working Group 9.4: Implications of Information and Digital Technologies for Development

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Davison, Robert M., Díaz Andrade, Antonio, Bailey, Arlene, Ruhode, Ephias, Walsham, Geoff, van Belle, Jean-Paul, van Biljon, Judy, Wakunuma, Kutoma, Park, Kyung Ryul, Joia, Luiz A., Thomas, Manoj, Frasheri, Neki, Wall, P. J., La Rovere, Renata Lèbre, Masiero, Silvia, Karanasios, Stan, Rannenberg, Kai, Editor-in-Chief, Soares Barbosa, Luís, Editorial Board Member, Carette, Jacques, Editorial Board Member, Tatnall, Arthur, Editorial Board Member, Neuhold, Erich J., Editorial Board Member, Stiller, Burkhard, Editorial Board Member, Stettner, Lukasz, Editorial Board Member, Pries-Heje, Jan, Editorial Board Member, Kreps, David, Editorial Board Member, Rettberg, Achim, Editorial Board Member, Furnell, Steven, Editorial Board Member, Mercier-Laurent, Eunika, Editorial Board Member, Winckler, Marco, Editorial Board Member, Malaka, Rainer, Editorial Board Member, and Leslie, Christopher, editor

Published
2024
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3. ICTs and Forced Migration: A Critical Discourse Review

Author

Masiero, Silvia and von Deden, Mette

Subjects
Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Systems and Control
Abstract

The role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in relation to issues of forced migration has come to the attention of the Information Systems (IS) literature. In this paper we review the interdisciplinary research on the topic, seeking to identify the main discourses in it.

Published
2022

4. Antifascist ICT4D: The Need for an Agenda of Liberation

Author

Masiero, Silvia, Hatakka, Mathias, Rannenberg, Kai, Editor-in-Chief, Soares Barbosa, Luís, Editorial Board Member, Carette, Jacques, Editorial Board Member, Tatnall, Arthur, Editorial Board Member, Neuhold, Erich J., Editorial Board Member, Stiller, Burkhard, Editorial Board Member, Stettner, Lukasz, Editorial Board Member, Pries-Heje, Jan, Editorial Board Member, Kreps, David, Editorial Board Member, Rettberg, Achim, Editorial Board Member, Furnell, Steven, Editorial Board Member, Mercier-Laurent, Eunika, Editorial Board Member, Winckler, Marco, Editorial Board Member, Malaka, Rainer, Editorial Board Member, Jones, Matthew R., editor, Mukherjee, Arunima S., editor, Thapa, Devinder, editor, and Zheng, Yingqin, editor

Published
2023
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5. Critical ICT4D: The Need for a Paradigm Change

Author

Akbari, Azadeh, Masiero, Silvia, Rannenberg, Kai, Editor-in-Chief, Soares Barbosa, Luís, Editorial Board Member, Carette, Jacques, Editorial Board Member, Tatnall, Arthur, Editorial Board Member, Neuhold, Erich J., Editorial Board Member, Stiller, Burkhard, Editorial Board Member, Stettner, Lukasz, Editorial Board Member, Pries-Heje, Jan, Editorial Board Member, Kreps, David, Editorial Board Member, Rettberg, Achim, Editorial Board Member, Furnell, Steven, Editorial Board Member, Mercier-Laurent, Eunika, Editorial Board Member, Winckler, Marco, Editorial Board Member, Malaka, Rainer, Editorial Board Member, Jones, Matthew R., editor, Mukherjee, Arunima S., editor, Thapa, Devinder, editor, and Zheng, Yingqin, editor

Published
2023
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6. Identity Platforms and Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation: Implications for Safeguarding Personal Data

Author

Wyers, Katherine, Nicholson, Brian, Russpatrick, Scott, Masiero, Silvia, Rannenberg, Kai, Editor-in-Chief, Soares Barbosa, Luís, Editorial Board Member, Carette, Jacques, Editorial Board Member, Tatnall, Arthur, Editorial Board Member, Neuhold, Erich J., Editorial Board Member, Stiller, Burkhard, Editorial Board Member, Stettner, Lukasz, Editorial Board Member, Pries-Heje, Jan, Editorial Board Member, Kreps, David, Editorial Board Member, Rettberg, Achim, Editorial Board Member, Furnell, Steven, Editorial Board Member, Mercier-Laurent, Eunika, Editorial Board Member, Winckler, Marco, Editorial Board Member, Malaka, Rainer, Editorial Board Member, Jones, Matthew R., editor, Mukherjee, Arunima S., editor, Thapa, Devinder, editor, and Zheng, Yingqin, editor

Published
2023
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7. Data Use as Liberation: A Case from an Education Management Information System in Uganda

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Amuha, Monica Grace, Masiero, Silvia, Rannenberg, Kai, Editor-in-Chief, Soares Barbosa, Luís, Editorial Board Member, Goedicke, Michael, Editorial Board Member, Tatnall, Arthur, Editorial Board Member, Neuhold, Erich J., Editorial Board Member, Stiller, Burkhard, Editorial Board Member, Tröltzsch, Fredi, Editorial Board Member, Pries-Heje, Jan, Editorial Board Member, Kreps, David, Editorial Board Member, Reis, Ricardo, Editorial Board Member, Furnell, Steven, Editorial Board Member, Mercier-Laurent, Eunika, Editorial Board Member, Winckler, Marco, Editorial Board Member, Malaka, Rainer, Editorial Board Member, Zheng, Yingqin, editor, Abbott, Pamela, editor, and Robles-Flores, Jose Antonio, editor

Published
2022
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9. Putting design justice at the center of ICT4D.

Author

Masiero, Silvia

Subjects
*INFORMATION & communication technologies for development, *DIGITAL inclusion
Abstract

In this editorial, I advance the point that a design justice perspective constitutes an important addition to the conceptual armory of ICT for Development (ICT4D) research. This perspective illuminates how injustice, rather than arising as an unintended consequence of inclusion into digital systems, can be directly embedded in the design of sociotechnical artifacts. At the same time, it enables us to imagine routes to infuse justice into artifacts' architecture, as illustrated by recent works in and beyond the ICT4D discipline. I first illustrate a design justice perspective and its potential for ICT4D, then introduce the seven papers published in this issue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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12. Feminist and queer approaches to ICT4D: imagining and enacting liberation.

Author

Vannini, Sara, Tandon, Ayushi, and Masiero, Silvia

Subjects
FEMINISM, FEMINIST theory, INFORMATION & communication technologies for development, QUEER theory, SOCIAL justice
Abstract

This editorial introduces the core message and contributions of the Special Issue on Feminist and Queer Approaches to ICT4D. We contextualize our Call for Papers and the published works against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic and the #MeToo and women's marches movements. We also place this Special Issue in the context of adverse digital incorporation, which characterizes present-day ICT4D research and further highlights the importance of a feminist and queer lens within its landscape. We develop a conceptual apparatus to articulate such a lens, integrating feminist and queer theory with views of data justice, algorithmic resistance, decolonial theorization, and the digital technologies in solidarity-making. Using this framework, we present the seven papers from this Special Issue, highlighting their synergies, but also their unique contributions to a feminist and queer view of ICT4D. We conclude with potential future research paths inspired by this Special Issue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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15. Dark side of IT: A misleading expression?

Author

Masiero, Silvia

Subjects
INFORMATION technology, INFORMATION & communication technologies for development, DARK matter, GROUP identity, INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems
Abstract

Research on the "dark side" of information technology (IT) is becoming diffused in the information systems (IS) field. Focused on the negative consequences of IT on individuals, organizations and the society, such a literature has, however, neglected the contribution of ICT4D research to the debate. This paper draws on two streams of research—respectively, on digital identity systems for social protection and biometric humanitarianism—to highlight the limits of the notion of a "dark side" of IT. Using a design justice lens, it illuminates how adverse features can be purposefully designed into technology, directly producing the detrimental outcomes that cause harm on its users. Through this perspective, the notion of a "dark side" of IT is contrasted with that of a "dark matter" pointing to the substantial, rather than accidental, nature of harm generated through IT. Implications are drawn for IS research, highlighting how existing works from the ICT4D field support the "dark matter" thesis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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25. Digital Public Goods and vulnerable populations.

Author

Tavares, Ana Paula, Whitley, Edgar, Nordhaug, Liv Marte, Sæbø, Johan, Raghavan, Malavika, Senyo, P. K., and Masiero, Silvia

Subjects
INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems, SUSTAINABLE development, DIGITAL technology, KNOWLEDGE management, PSYCHOLOGICAL vulnerability
Abstract

The world faces wicked inequalities in global digital access, with nearly half of the world population (3,6 billion people) outside the connected world. The digital public goods (DPG) agenda envisions the rapid scaling and reach of information systems which can be easily implemented in a range of new contexts, to solve problems facing the most vulnerable in society. However, there is limited empirical data and theoretical knowledge to support how DPGs may facilitate or inhibit development outcomes. This panel will challenge ECIS attendees by bringing practitioners and academics together to address urgent questions about DPGs for sustainable development and showcase potential solutions toward sustainable digital futures for all. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023

26. DIGITAL IDENTITY AND SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS: LEAVING NO ONE BEHIND?

Author

dos Santos Tavares, Ana Paula and Masiero, Silvia

Subjects
DIGITAL technology, AUGMENTED reality, DESIGN research, DATA management, INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems
Abstract

This study investigates the impact of digital exclusion among vulnerable groups in social protection programs. It argues that digital identity systems are capable of exarcerbating inequalities in societies characterised by poverty and vulnerability. We use the lens of adverse digital incorporation to draw on two social protection programs, Bolsa Familia in Brazil and the Public Distribution System in India, both of which have been augmented with digital identity systems. Our qualitative data reveal that digital identity systems can generate justice only if existing processes of adverse digital incorporation are acknowledged and digital systems are framed to tackle design, resource, relational, and institutional inequalities. Drawing from development studies and data justice literatures, we show the importance of infusing justice in digital identity systems to build fair and effective social protection programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023

28. COVID-19 from the Margins: Narrating the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Decoloniality and Multilinguism

Author

Masiero, Silvia, Milan, Stefania, Treré, Emiliano, Herlo, Bianca, Irrgang, Daniel, and Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society - The German Internet Institute

Subjects
media, Digitale Medien, COVID-19, decoloniality, big data, global south, the public, Öffentlichkeit, Sociology & anthropology, Digitale Spaltung, digital divide, information system, Weblog, Soziologie, Anthropologie, Medien, Globalisierung, Informationssystem, ddc:301, Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology, Wissenschaftssoziologie, Wissenschaftsforschung, Technikforschung, Techniksoziologie, digital media, globalization
Abstract

Born as a multilingual blog in May 2020, 'COVID-19 from the Margins' has offered a space for authors to voice the silenced narratives of the COVID-19 pandemic in any language chosen and representing multiple South(s) of the world (Milan & Treré, 2019). The blog became an open-access book in February 2021, and since then it has travelled across the globe to bring to light narratives of devoiced groups during COVID-19, generating debate on stories narrated by, amongst others, forced migrants, gig workers, ethnic minorities, people in economic poverty, and survivors of domestic violence. The project is divided into five sections - "Human Invisibilities and the Politics of Counting," "Perpetuated Vulnerabilities and Inequalities," "Datafied Social Policies," "Technological Reconfigurations in the Datafied Pandemic," and "Pandemic Solidarities and Resistance from Below" - which together contribute to the decolonial, multilingual project of narrating the COVID-19 pandemic through the voices of the systematically silenced. In this short paper, we reflect on the 'COVID-19 from the Margins' experience and on its meaning towards a decolonial, multilingual narration of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Published
2022

29. Desideri di narrazione. Madri e padri in cerca di domande

Author

Masiero, Silvia and Ottaviano, Cristiana

Subjects
parenthood, post-Covid, Settore SPS/08 - Sociologia dei Processi Culturali e Comunicativi, genitorialità, cambiamento, complessità, change, complexity
Published
2022

30. Decolonising critical information systems research: A subaltern approach.

Author

Masiero, Silvia

Subjects
INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems, SUBALTERN, DECOLONIZATION, CRITICAL theory, WESTERN countries
Abstract

Theories used in the Information Systems (IS) field come in large majority from authors based in Western countries, a bias that holds for critical theories as well. Such a bias is made more problematic by the mandate of critical theory, which is meant exactly to illuminate the oppressive conditions of the status quo. Against this backdrop, this paper explores the subalternity theory approach – developed by the Subaltern Studies collective from the early 1980s – as an indigenous theory that, proposing a socially and geographically connotated narration of 'history from below', can play a major role in the effort to decolonise critical IS research. By positioning subaltern theory in the IS field, the paper offers an alternative to the Western hegemony of critical theories, exploring the potential of such an alternative to voice systematically silenced and marginalised perspectives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023
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31. Algorithmic Bias and Data Injustice: Dark Side or Dark Matter?

Author

Aaltonen, Aleksi, Gualdi, Francesco, Joshi, Mayur Prataprai, Masiero, Silvia, Tarafdar, Monideepa, Stelmaszak, Marta, and Koskinen, Kari

Abstract

This panel brings together five contributions that, impinging on the notions of algorithmic bias and data injustice, explore both the dynamics producing data-induced harm and the manifestations of such harm on people. Ranging from data-based treatment of LGBTQ+ communities, to algorithmic bias in e-government and exclusion of recipients from datafied food security systems, the panel engages the debate on whether the notion of a 'dark side', widely applied to the adverse side effects of information systems, is appropriate to discuss data-induced unfairness. As an alternative framing, the panel introduces the notion of a 'dark matter' of datafied systems, where bias and injustice are designed into the technology. The panel aims at generating debate on unfairness with the view of imagining fairer data-based technologies, and thus contributing to building a future where a 'force for good' can effectively stem from datafication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023
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