Lessons and opportunities in ICT4D: three things I did not know before I started my research

Authors:
Samantha Merritt
Affiliations:
School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University
Venue:
XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students - ICT for Development: Bettering our world through technology
Year:
2012

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Abstract

If ICT4D aims to effectively answer the grand challenges it faces, young researchers, in both design and computer science, must be aware of the consequences of how terminology frames this field, be willing to critique and adjust research methods and attend to neglected, challenging concepts.