Recommended Readings and Topics for ICTD/ICT4D Course
Hello everyone, I'm organizing a course for the Spring semester called "Humanitarian IT", which will teach the foundations of *information and communication technology for development* (ICTD/ICT4D) to upper level undergraduates at Penn State University. I am preparing a syllabus now, and was wondering whether anyone here has suggestions for readings that may fit into any of the following topics (or may suggest a new topic): 1. Political and Financial Foundations of the Aid Industry (and how they connect to IT) 2. Theoretical Foundations of ICTD, e.g. Capabilities Approach. 3. Designing ICTD, i.e. how technological interventions are built 4. Case Studies, i.e. explorations of approaches undertaken by scholars targeting certain goals. Again, any suggestions for readings or topics are welcome, as I'm still pretty flexible in what I'd like to cover. Thank you all! ~Regards, -- Richard N. Canevez, (née Caneba) Penn State University - College of Information Sciences and Technology Pronouns: he, him, his *I acknowledge that my work takes place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) People and K'omoks First Nation.*
Hi Richard, This is the syllabus for my graduate class, which may help you: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1175dDlZPMZHhqsFm7TSKu_V3stdbkZ1pk6gFx53b... Thanks, Ishtiaque On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 2:28 PM Rich Canevez <rich.canevez@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello everyone,
I'm organizing a course for the Spring semester called "Humanitarian IT", which will teach the foundations of *information and communication technology for development* (ICTD/ICT4D) to upper level undergraduates at Penn State University.
I am preparing a syllabus now, and was wondering whether anyone here has suggestions for readings that may fit into any of the following topics (or may suggest a new topic):
1. Political and Financial Foundations of the Aid Industry (and how they connect to IT) 2. Theoretical Foundations of ICTD, e.g. Capabilities Approach. 3. Designing ICTD, i.e. how technological interventions are built 4. Case Studies, i.e. explorations of approaches undertaken by scholars targeting certain goals.
Again, any suggestions for readings or topics are welcome, as I'm still pretty flexible in what I'd like to cover. Thank you all!
~Regards, -- Richard N. Canevez, (née Caneba) Penn State University - College of Information Sciences and Technology Pronouns: he, him, his *I acknowledge that my work takes place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) People and K'omoks First Nation.* _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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Hi Rich, It might be worth considering a unit on data justice. Heeks has been writing about this for a while, here's one article: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0266666916678282 Good luck! Lauri _________________________________________ Lauri Goldkind, PhD ~ Visiting Research Fellow ~ UN University Computers + Society Associate Professor, Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham http://www.laurigoldkind.net/ The future is always beginning now. Strand, M. 1934 - 2014 ☆.。.:*・°☆ Less bitter more glitter ☆.。.:*・°☆ On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 2:28 PM Rich Canevez <rich.canevez@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello everyone,
I'm organizing a course for the Spring semester called "Humanitarian IT", which will teach the foundations of *information and communication technology for development* (ICTD/ICT4D) to upper level undergraduates at Penn State University.
I am preparing a syllabus now, and was wondering whether anyone here has suggestions for readings that may fit into any of the following topics (or may suggest a new topic):
1. Political and Financial Foundations of the Aid Industry (and how they connect to IT) 2. Theoretical Foundations of ICTD, e.g. Capabilities Approach. 3. Designing ICTD, i.e. how technological interventions are built 4. Case Studies, i.e. explorations of approaches undertaken by scholars targeting certain goals.
Again, any suggestions for readings or topics are welcome, as I'm still pretty flexible in what I'd like to cover. Thank you all!
~Regards, -- Richard N. Canevez, (née Caneba) Penn State University - College of Information Sciences and Technology Pronouns: he, him, his *I acknowledge that my work takes place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) People and K'omoks First Nation.* _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__aoir.org&d=DwIGaQ&c=aqMf... Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__listserv.aoir.org_listin...
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Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed