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Required Readings
- Srinivasan, R. (2006). Where Information Society and Community Voice Intersect. The Information Society, 22(5), 355–365. https://doi.org/10.1080/01972240600904324
- Neophytou, L. (2022). Critical Media Literacy: A Comprehensive Approach Enabling Students (as Citizens) To Use ICT in the Quest for a Just Society. In L. Mâță (Ed.), Ethical Use of Information Technology in Higher Education (pp. 145–161). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1951-9_10
- Chikonzo, A. (2006). The potential of information and communication technologies in collecting, preserving and disseminating indigenous knowledge in Africa. The International Information & Library Review, 38(3), 132–138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iilr.2006.06.006
- Taylor, L. (2021). There Is an App for That: Technological Solutionism as COVID-19 Policy in the Global North. In E. Aarts, H. Fleuren, M. Sitskoorn, & T. Wilthagen (Eds.), The New Common: How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Transforming Society (pp. 209–215). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65355-2_30
- Abdelnour-Nocera, J., & Densmore, M. (2017). A review of perspectives and challenges for international development in information and communication technologies. Annals of the International Communication Association, 41(3–4), 250–257. https://doi.org/10.1080/23808985.2017.1392252
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Papers
- Smith, M. L., Elder, L., & Emdon, H. (2017). Open Development: A New Theory for ICT4D. Information Technologies and International Development. Cambridge, v.7, n.1, p.iii-ix, Spring 2011. Retrieved September 15, from https://itidjournal.org/index.php/itid/article/download/692/692-1850-3-PB.pdf
- Holmes, R. (2020). The Problem with Solutions. Places Journal, July 2020. https://doi.org/10.22269/200714
- Zuckerman, E. (2014), New Media, New Civics? Policy & Internet, 6: 151-168. doi:10.1002/1944-2866.POI360. Pre-print version: http://ethanzuckerman.com/papers/newmedianewcivicsprepress.pdf
- Herber, L., & Bookchin, M. (1965). Towards a liberatory technology. La Presse Populaire de Montréal. Retrieved September 10, 2020 from https://abinnitio.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/@78.pdf
- Ramalingam, B., & Bound, K. (2016). Innovation for international development. Navigating the paths and pitfalls. Retrieved September 15, 2020 from http://www.kiwanja.net/media/docs/NESTA-Banks-Ramalingam-2016.pdf
- Rotman, D. (20). COVID-19 has killed the myth of Silicon Valley, MIT Technology Review. Retrieved September 15, 2020 from: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/04/25/1000563/covid-19-has-killed-the-myth-of-silicon-valley-innovation/
- Toyama, K. (2010). Can Technology End Poverty?, Boston Review, November, 2010. Retrieved from: http://bostonreview.net/forum/can-technology-end-poverty
- Montero, S. (2018). Leveraging Bogotá: Sustainable development, global philanthropy and the rise of urban solutionism. Urban Studies, 004209801879855. doi:10.1177/0042098018798555
- Illich, I., & Lang, A. (1973). Tools for conviviality. Retrieved from https://monoskop.org/images/2/24/Illich_Ivan_Tools_for_Conviviality_1973.pdf
- Barton, A. C., Tan, E., & Greenberg, D. (2016). The makerspace movement: Sites of possibilities for equitable opportunities to engage underrepresented youth in STEM. Teachers College Record, 119(6), 11-44. Retrieved September 15, 2020 from https://eugenemakerspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/The-Makerspace-Movement_-Sites-of-Possibilities-for-Equitable-Opportunities-to-Engage-Underrepresented-Youth-in-STEM.pdf
- Meier, P. (2012). Crisis Mapping in Action: How Open Source Software and Global Volunteer Networks Are Changing the World, One Map at a Time. Journal of Map & Geography Libraries, 8(2), 89–100. doi:10.1080/15420353.2012.663739
- Njambi-Szlapka, S. (2019) Youth and Technology: A desk review of the makerspace phenomenon and its potential to enhance youth employment and empowerment. Retrieved September 12, 2020 from http://theresiliencecollective.org/docs/ODIdeskreviewonyouthtechnologyempowermentfinalreport.pdf
- Harlow, S. (2015). Beyond representation: Exploring participation in and through technology at an alternative newspaper in El Salvador. Cuadernos, 37, 35-47.
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