Critical ICT4D (Information and Communication Technologies for Development)

• Main Author: Akbari, Azadeh
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 2025; Taylor & Francis
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society
• Subjects: Computer science; Computer security; Computing and Information Technology; data justice; datafication; development; Development studies; Digital and information technologies: Legal aspects; Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects; ICT; ICT4D; information communication technology; Information technology: general topics; Interdisciplinary studies; International relations; Nonfiction; Politics and government; Privacy and data protection; Public administration; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Social and ethical issues; Social discrimination and social justice; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; Sociology; Sociology and anthropology; surveillance; technology transfer; development; data justice; technology transfer; surveillance; ICT; datafication; information communication technology; ICT4D
• ISBN: 9781032498966; 9781032498942; 1032498943; 103249896X; 9781040304044; 104030401X; 1003395961; 1040304044; 9781040304013; 9781003395966
• DOI: 10.4324/9781003395966

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.