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1. 1. Transcending Borders with Site Specificity : A Global Case Study in Transcultural Digital Engagement

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Francisco Ortiz; [2023]
   Keywords : site specific; digital engagement; transcultural; semiotics; theater; South Africa; Johannesburg; ICT4D;

   Abstract : Despite our digitally interconnected world, media representations of people and cultures are often harmfully biased or narrow. This makes it difficult for viewersto understand the conditions, feelings, and struggles of others, not only on a global scale, but also within local contexts. READ MORE

3. 2. Call for Diversity in Web 3.0 : Case Study of NFT Art Projects World of Women (WoW) and Women Rise

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Berna Syuleymanoglu; [2022]
   Keywords : NFTs; Web 3.0; blockchain; women; gender; representation; voice; art; social change;

   Abstract : Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are digital assets that exist in the blockchain with a unique signature that has been gaining significant attention starting from the early 2021. While NFTs can be anything stored digitally from text to music, since these digital tokens enable artists to democratize their works, there has been a particular rise in using them to promote digital art which has long been undervalued. READ MORE

4. 3. Participation as a Way for a Postcolonial Design of ICT4Ds

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Georgios Koletis; [2022]
   Keywords : C4D; ICT4Ds; design for social change; participatory design; postcolonialism; stereotypes; knowledge and identity creation; pluriverse; universalisms;

   Abstract : The ongoing digital transformation of our societies impacts all aspects of our lives aswell as the international development and the design for social change. Having said that,in this paper I studied whether the design of participatory ICT4Ds can engage the localend-users/beneficiaries in the processes of knowledge and identity creation, and thus,achieve their self-representation in order to break the colonial-based stereotypes. READ MORE

5. 4. Dialling up women farmers’ empowerment vis-à-vis agriculture: Exploring the effects of mobile phones in rural India

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Vanessa Berghoff; [2021]
   Keywords : agriculture; agricultural development; agricultural transformation; India; feminisation; farmer; women farmer; gender equality; empowerment; rural livelihoods; rural development; mobile phones; mobiles; smartphones; technology; ICT4D; ICT4Ag; mixed methods; quantitative methods; qualitative methods; case study; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Despite women being the backbone of the agricultural sector in India, the patriarchal agrarian system poses major obstacles and challenges specific to women farmers with consequences well beyond the individual. This research aims to explore how mobile phones can empower rural women vis-à-vis agriculture. READ MORE

6. 5. Digital Partnership : A case study on the implementation of online platforms in INGO:s

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Lina Lystad; [2021]
   Keywords : Participation; Digitalization; ICT4D; Capacity development; HRBA; The Digital Divide;

   Abstract : .... READ MORE