How do technologists do "ICT for development"? A contextualised perspective on ICT4D in South Africa

被引：7

作者：

Abubakre, Mumin ^{[1
]}

Mkansi, Marcia ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Nottingham Trent Univ Nottingham, Nottingham Business Sch, Nottingham, England

[2] Univ South Africa, Dept Operat Management, Muckleneuk Campus, Pretoria, South Africa

来源：

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS | 2022年 / 31卷 / 01期

基金：

新加坡国家研究基金会;

关键词：

ICT4D; poverty; kinship affiliations; capability; context; South Africa; DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES; INFORMATION-SYSTEMS; PLATFORMS; INCLUSION; SIDE;

D O I：

10.1080/0960085X.2021.1978343

中图分类号：

TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

We take a layered approach to contextualise Information Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) to understand digital technologists' motivations to implement technologies to address socio-economic issues based on their capabilities and kinship affiliations. We adopt an interpretive approach to conducting an inductive qualitative study of digital technologists based in South Africa. We propose three mechanisms (emotional connectedness, user-centred technologies, and symbiotic relations) through which digital technologists undertake ICT4D to exercise their agency and enhance the socio-economic well-being of disadvantaged members of society. Taking the kinship perspective and capability approach as underlying motivations for undertaking ICT4D projects allows us to contribute to the ICT4D literature.

引用

页码：7 / 24

页数：18

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