Evolving Perspectives on ICTs in Global Souths: 11th International Development Informatics Association Conference, IDIA 2020, Macau, China, March 25–27, 2020, Proceedings

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by  Don Rodney Junio, Cecile Koopman

Don Rodney Junio
Cecile Koopman (Eds.)
Communications in Computer and Information Science 1236
Evolving Perspectives
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11th International Development
Informatics Association Conference, IDIA 2020
Macau, China, March 25–27, 2020
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Preface
Welcome to the proceedings of the 11th International Development Informatics
Association(IDIA2020)whichtookplaceduringMarch25–27,2020.Theconference
wasorganizedunderthetheme“Themorethingschange…”Followingthisaphorism,
we wanted IDIA 2020 to be a venue for reflection on how scholarship and practice in
the Information and Communications Technology for Development (ICT4D) space
haveevolvedovertheyearsnotingfundamentalshiftsandstasisinthewaythefieldis
construed not only in, but also for, and by the Global Souths.
Forthreedays,sessionswereorganizedalongfourthemes:(i)ICT4D:takingstock;
(ii) Harnessing frontier technologies for sustainable development; (iii) ICT4D dis-
course,methodologies,andtheoreticalreflections;and(iv)theevolvingglobalsouths.
Across these sessions, authors and participants were invited to discuss empirical
researchthat examined (old and new) ways ICT4D projects havemade adifference in
various measures of outcomes; critically reflect on theoretical and practical formula-
tions on issuesaround ICT4D; and re-examine formulations and reformulations ofthe
notion of “global south” within the ICT4D discourse among many other topics.
IDIA 2020 received 43 paper submissions from more than 10 countries across 5
continents.Eachpaperunderwentadouble-blindpeerreviewbyatleastthreemembers
of our Technical Program Committee (TPC), which consisted of international ICT4D
experts. Members of the TPC provided comprehensive reviews, and authors had to
submitupdatedversionsoftheirsubmissionbeforefinaldecisionsweremadeaboutthe
paper’s acceptance. Meta reviewers were also assigned to consolidate reviews on
specific papers in cases where there were notable discrepancies between the reports
ofthedifferent reviewers.Afterthis rigorous reviewprocess,14papers wereaccepted
and included in this volume representing an overall acceptance rate of 33%.
IDIA 2020 took place against the backdrop of a global health pandemic. When it
wasnolongertenabletohosttheconferencein-person,theOrganizingCommitteetook
thedecisiontotransitiontheeventtoavirtualformat.Despitethechallengesinvolved
inrunninganeventinasetupunfamiliartomanyofus,weembracedthenewformatas
it allowed us to reach a wider audience among many other things. More importantly,
the virtual format gave us a chance to re-imagine a new system to run a conference.
This brings usback to thethemeof theconference on how themore things change
the more seemingly they stay the same. As demonstrated by our shift to a new con-
ference format and the depth and breadth of scholarship of the papers included in this
volume, there is scope to move beyond the aphorism that is our conference theme, to
dothingsdifferently,toimagineamoreempoweringrolefortechnologyinthecontext
of sustainable development, and to build back better post the ongoing pandemic.
We would like to thank our reviewers, authors, conference participants, and other
members of the Organizing Committee who made IDIA 2020 a success.
March 2020 Don Rodney Junio
Cecile Koopman
Organization
Conference Chairs
Hannah Thinyane United Nations University, Institute in Macau, Macau,
China
Mamello Thinyane United Nations University, Institute in Macau, Macau,
China
Program Chairs
Caroline Khene De Montfort University, UK
Araba Sey Research ICT Africa, South Africa
Proceedings Chairs
Don Rodney Junio United Nations University, Institute in Macau, Macau,
China
Cecile Koopman University of South Africa, South Africa
Local Organizing Chairs
Jenny Ju Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau,
China
Ignacio Marcovecchio United Nations University, Institute in Macau, Macau,
China
Communications Chairs
Qing Huang United Nations University, Institute in Macau, Macau,
China
Francisca Sassetti United Nations University, Institute in Macau, Macau,
China
Tarinee Youkhaw United Nations University, Institute in Macau, Macau,
China
Technical Program Committee
Catherine Adeya Strathmore University, Kenya
Gugulethu Baduza Rhodes University, South Africa
Francois Bar University of Southern California, USA
Michael Best Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Wallace Chigona University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Edward Cutrell Microsoft Research, USA
Lorenzo Dalvit Rhodes University, USA
Robert Davison City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Andy Dearden Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Melissa Densmore University of Cape Town, South Africa
Antonio Díaz Andrade Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Stephen Flowerday Rhodes University, South Africa
Christopher Foster The University of Manchester, UK
Hernan Galperin University of Southern California, USA
Maria Garrido University of Washington, USA
Lauri Goldkind Fordham University, USA
Mark Graham University of Oxford, UK
G. ‘Hari’ Harindranath Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Richard Heeks The University of Manchester, UK
Marlien Herselman CSIR, South Africa
P. Vigneswara Ilavarasan Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
Naomi Isabirye University of Fort Hare, South Africa
Don Rodney Junio United Nations University, Institute in Macau, Macau,
China
Salah Kabanda University of Cape Town, South Africa
Caroline Khene Rhodes University, South Africa
Oláñrewájú Lewis Tai Solarin University of Education, Nigeria
Han-Teng Liao Sun Yat-sen University, China
Hugo Lotriet University of South Africa, South Africa
Mario Marais CSIR, South Africa
Tendani Mawela University of Pretoria, South Africa
Hafeni Mthoko University of Cape Town, South Africa
Petter Nielsen University of Oslo, Norway
Joyojeet Pal University of Michigan, USA
Sammia Poveda University of Sheffield, UK
Nimmi Rangaswamy IIIT Hyderabad, India
Isabella Rega Bournemouth University, UK
Ulrike Rivett University of Cape Town, South Africa
Tony Roberts Institute of Development Studies, UK
Steven Sam Brunel University, UK
Araba Sey Research ICT Africa, South Africa
Ingrid Sieborger Rhodes University, South Africa
Clement Simuja Rhodes University, South Africa
Revi Sterling USAID, USA
Maureen Tanner University of Cape Town, South Africa
Alfredo Terzoli Rhodes University, South Africa
Devinder Thapa University of Agder, Norway
Hannah Thinyane United Nations University, Institute in Macau, Macau,
China
Organization ix
Mamello Thinyane United Nations University, Institute in Macau, Macau,
China
Tim Unwin Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Jean-Paul Van Belle University of Cape Town, South Africa
Judy van Biljon University of South Africa, South Africa
Contents
ICT4D: Taking Stock
The Effect of Digital Community-Based Tourism Platform
to Hosts’ Livelihood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Pietari Keskinen, Niina Arvila, Heike Winschiers-Theophilus,
and Marko Nieminen
ICT and Interactivity in the Classroom: A Case Study of an ICT
Intervention in Indian Rural Public Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Pradyumna Taduri, Srravya Chandhiramowuli, and Amit Prakash
Harnessing Frontier Technologies for Sustainable Development
Towards a Human Rights-Based Approach to AI: Case Study of Apprise. . . . 33
Hannah Thinyane and Francisca Sassetti
Perceived Factors Influencing Blockchain Adoption in the Asset
and Wealth Management Industry in the Western Cape, South Africa . . . . . . 48
Philip De Castro, Maureen Tanner, and Kevin Johnston
EvolvinganEfficientandEffectiveOff-the-ShelfComputingInfrastructure
for Rural Communities of South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Ingrid Siebörger, Alfredo Terzoli, and Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams
ICT4D Discourse, Methodologies, and Theoretical Reflections
After the Smartphone Has Arrived in the Village. How Practices
and Proto-Practices Emerged in an ICT4D Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Larry Stillman, Mauro Sarrica, Tom Denison, and Anindita Sarker
Mapping the Factors Influencing the Sustainability of Public Access
Computing in Africa to the ACE Framework: A Systematic
Literature Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Amantha Naicker, Marita Turpin, and Jean-Paul van Belle
Technology Stewardship Training for Agricultural Communities
of Practice: Establishing a Participatory Action Research Program
in Sri Lanka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Gordon A. Gow, Uvasara Dissanayeke, Chandana K. Jayathilake,
Isuri Kumarasinghe, Kumudu Ariyawanshe, and Sanduni Rathnayake