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Dear Dermott, Thanks for the paper. Discussion on issues of trust and face-to-face communication for design of ICTD intiative is important. I could say so based on previous experience of field work in India. Good to read similar findings from Africa. Best Regards, Abhigyan web: http://abhigyan.info/ linkedin: http://nl.linkedin.com/in/agsingh Design Researcher, Multimedia Information Retrieval Lab, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), The Netherlands Web: http://dmirlab.tudelft.nl/ On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 1:17 AM, Dermott McMeel <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > As part of my PhD into mobile phone use in construction I came across some > work by Tom Molony, he has written a few things since on mobile phone and > small to medium enterprises in sub-saharan Africa > http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1268624. Some interesting work around > 21st Century networks and trust. > > Dermott > On 19/10/2011, at 11:35 AM, Kara Pecknold wrote: > > > Here's a link to one of my papers if it be of any help to you, Abhigyan. > > My research considered how low-tech tools could create a more > participatory model of design brief development for a development project. > > > http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1640233.1640270&coll=DL&dl=GUIDE&CFID=49421767&CFTOKEN=17703003 > > > > Some of the images/work is also housed in this: > http://www.ideo.com/work/human-centered-design-toolkit > > > > At the time, I'd hope for more investigation into the ICT potential but > the women had no electricity, computers or cell phones to enable it. > > > > Best, > > Kara Pecknold, MAA Design > > Emily Carr University of Art + Design > > > > Olivelife Creative > > Designer and Researcher > > @karapecknold > > > > Dialogue Through Design > > Thoughts on design > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 18, 2011, at 1:45 PM, abhigyan singh wrote: > > > >> Dear all, > >> > >> I am writing my doctoral studies proposal on the theme of > interdisciplinary > >> research on crowd-sourcing in low-literacy and low-technology contexts > in > >> emerging markets (India & Sub-Saharan Africa). > >> > >> I request for pointers to research papers, links, case studies etc which > >> discuss aspects related to the subject. Some themes: Community > Informatics & > >> Crowd-sourcing, Social Design & Actor Network Theory, Cultural > dimensions & > >> design of ICT-Interfaces, research incorporating both 'real-world' > social > >> network and 'virtual' social network, Ethics and Economics of > >> Crowd-sourcing, Social Capital & ICTD. > >> > >> Your directions will be very helpful. If you are aware of any research > >> lab/university conducting similar research then please share the > >> information. > >> > >> Thanks in advance! > >> > >> Best Regards, > >> Abhigyan Singh > >> > >> web: http://abhigyan.info/ <http://nl.linkedin.com/in/agsingh> > >> > >> > >> Design Researcher, > >> > >> Multimedia Information Retrieval Lab, > >> > >> Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), > >> > >> HB11.320, Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD, Delft, > >> > >> The Netherlands > >> > >> Web: http://dmirlab.tudelft.nl/ > > Rm 430 | Architecture Building |School of Architecture and Planning | > National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries > University of Auckland | 26 Symonds Street | Auckland, New Zealand > > Tel: +649 3737599 ext. 81926 | MB: 021 024 53232 | [log in to unmask] > dspace.variablefrog.co.uk >