Podcasts by ICT for Development (ICT4D)
A seminar series gathering leading scholars and practitioners to reflect on the influence of new communication technologies on development processes. Organised by the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP), the Department of International Development (ODID) and the Technology
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Combatting Corruption with Mobile Phones from 2015-03-26T12:36:15
India’s right to information movement demonstrated the potential to combat corruption through social audits – an exercise to share and verify public records with people. India’s right to informatio...
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Africa’s Information Revolution: Rhetoric and Reality from 2015-03-26T12:35:33
Over the past decade there has been a phenomenal growth in mobile phone and internet usage in Africa which has attracted substantial media and academic interest. Over the past decade there has been...
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Dying for an iPhone: The Hidden Struggle of China’s Workers from 2015-03-26T12:34
An in-depth study of the most powerful electronics contractor and the lives of its 1.4 million workers. During 2010, 18 workers attempted suicide at Taiwanese-owned Foxconn Technology Group's Chine...
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Ethical Treatment of Data in New Digital Landscapes - bringing development practitioners and academics together from 2015-03-26T12:32:32
How can NGOs like Oxfam come together with academics and practitioners alike to tackle emerging privacy and security challenges when it comes to effective management of data? Data has invaluable ap...
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The (so far) grassroots success story of Farmerline, a social mobile tech enterprise for African farmers from 2015-02-04T14:40:09
Alloysius Attah discusses some of Farmerline's success factors, including its locally adapted technological solutions and strong local outreach Development organizations, governments, and many othe...
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ICT, Civic Education and Civil Society Capacity Building in Iran from 2015-02-04T14:38:31
Since Tavaana's launch in 2010, the e-learning institute has safely educated thousands of Iranians about democracy and human rights. Since Tavaana's launch in 2010, the e-learning institute has sa...
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What Hopes for ICT for Development? from 2014-03-21T14:36:03
Tim Unwin focuses on current work at the CTO, where his own personal contributions focus especially on the use of ICTs by people with disabilities. Many of those engaged in using information and co...
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Thoughts Towards a History of ICT4D - And Its Future Role from 2014-02-27T17:33:46
David Souter uses the history and development of ICT4D as a framework to critique ICT4D approaches and consider the relevance of ICTs and ICT4D to the post-2015 development agenda. The presentation...
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How best to communicate with communities affected by disaster? Case Studies from Typhoon Haiyan from 2014-02-27T17:17:34
This seminar will investigate how different technologies were used by CDAC Network Members in the immediate response to Typhoon Haiyan, focusing particularly on how needs assessment data was collec...
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The Internet in a post-PRISM world from 2014-02-12T15:37:15
Dan McQuillan examines the Internet in a post-PRISM world, and asks if its power to tackle global poverty will be lost. This seminar will examine the Internet in a post-PRISM world, and ask if its...
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Crowdsourcing and Development of Activity Systems: the Case of Emergency Response from 2014-02-12T15:29:43
Gregory Asmolov suggests applying the notion of activity systems and zones of proximal development, as conceptualized in Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT), to the field of ICT4D. The prese...
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The Post-2015 Development Agenda: Implications for ICT4D Research from 2014-02-12T15:23:05
Richard Heeks explores new post-2015 development agenda and its implications for ICT4D (information and communication technologies for development) research priorities. With the Millennium Developm...
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The Information Society Agenda: Prospects and Problems from 2014-01-16T11:27:45
Discussion of dominant approaches by intergovernmental agencies to information society policy and the prospects for introducing critical perspectives that acknowledge the power relations which info...
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ICTs, Innovation and Regulation in the Somali Territories from 2014-01-16T11:25:13
A seminar exploring technology and regulation in the Somali territories of the Horn of Africa. Despite weak or non-existent government institutions, innovation has flourished with local solutions t...
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Humanitarian campaigns in social media: network architectures and Kony 2012 as a polymedia event from 2014-01-16T11:05:21
An assessment of the optimism surrounding the opportunities that social media offer for humanitarian action, drawing on analysis of the phenomenally popular and controversial Kony 2012 campaign. In...
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Disjunctures and Connections: Case Studies of How Techno-politics Make and Cut Networks from 2014-01-16T11:02:30
In a development context, the ways in which new media objects (eg ICTs) are defined in relation to other objects, people and institutions map out new figurations of power and connection, that reval...
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Development 2.0 and beyond: Challenges for ICT4D in 2013 from 2014-01-16T10:59:27
Dr Thompson addresses some of the opportunities and contradictions presented by ICT4D and considers some emerging ways in which ICT4D researchers may contribute to the field. The discipline of ICT4...
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