Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development最新文献

A Qualitative Difference: Integrating Qualitative Data into Humanitarian Response Operations 质量差异:将质量数据整合到人道主义应急行动中

Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development Pub Date : 2022-06-27 DOI: 10.1145/3572334.3572398

C. Maitland, Jean-Laurent Martin, Maria Gabriela Urgiles Bravo, A. Bertram

{"title":"A Qualitative Difference: Integrating Qualitative Data into Humanitarian Response Operations","authors":"C. Maitland, Jean-Laurent Martin, Maria Gabriela Urgiles Bravo, A. Bertram","doi":"10.1145/3572334.3572398","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3572334.3572398","url":null,"abstract":"Recent developments in qualitative data analytics may generate helpful insights for humanitarian response. At the same time, humanitarian coordination efforts are embracing data sharing platforms to ease data flows. Combined, these two innovations could simultaneously offer operational insights across multiple humanitarian organizations. We pursue this potential through the QualMiner project, an18-month collaboration of the UN-led response to the Venezuelan forced migration crisis in Ecuador. In our efforts to integrate qualitative data, we developed applications with implications for local operations as well as platform features and analyzed data entry processes and information product designs. Our analysis finds the established quantitative system serves as an installed base enacting agency and generating three effects, namely framing, artifacts, and informing. We also find collaborative innovation with non-profit users results in direct and indirect factors shaping the data sharing platform's boundaries. Finally, our analysis provides a critical, yet depolarized [1], assessment of advanced analytics in the humanitarian context. These findings have implications for platform boundary theories and critical data studies in the humanitarian domain, as well as humanitarian information management practice.","PeriodicalId":213752,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125803128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

Mobile Mandi: Towards an Accessible Agricultural Market Information Service for Low-Literate Users 移动Mandi:为低文化水平用户提供无障碍的农业市场信息服务

Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development Pub Date : 2022-06-27 DOI: 10.1145/3572334.3572377

Jaskirat Chahal, A. Gopalan

{"title":"Mobile Mandi: Towards an Accessible Agricultural Market Information Service for Low-Literate Users","authors":"Jaskirat Chahal, A. Gopalan","doi":"10.1145/3572334.3572377","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3572334.3572377","url":null,"abstract":"The provision of agricultural market information has demonstrated potential to improve the incomes of smallholder farmers who comprise over 80% of India’s agricultural population. The scarcity of accurate price information, however, leads farmers to accept suboptimal economic outcomes. By eliminating information asymmetries, the provision of actionable information theoretically reduces costs of price discovery and increases farmers’ bargaining power. The resulting price convergence increases market efficiency and reduces volatility. Evaluations of market information services, however, show mixed results. In addition to market barriers, technical and language illiteracy undermine the success of market information services in low-income countries. In this paper, we present Mobile Mandi – a mobile application that delivers daily retail prices of 22 essential commodities at 157 markets sourced from the Government of India’s Department of Consumer Affairs. We present next-day price forecasts by training long short-term memory (LSTM) models on a univariate time series dataset of daily crop prices over ten years and benchmark performance against a baseline persistence model. We design the user interface for low-literate users and provide a conversational agent to facilitate information dissemination in English, Hindi, Punjabi and its transliterations. Noting the prevalent use of the WhatsApp messaging service in India, we integrate the service for seamless interoperability.","PeriodicalId":213752,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130643778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Unpacking Tensions in Designing Annotation System for Public Toilets to Support Menstrual Mobilities 解决公共厕所标注系统设计中的紧张关系，以支持月经流动

Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development Pub Date : 2022-06-27 DOI: 10.1145/3572334.3572399

Gauri Bhatnagar, Pushpendra Singh, Neha Kumar, A. Tuli

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Toleration Factors: The Expectations of Decorum, Civility, and Certainty on Rural Social Media 容忍因素:乡村社交媒体对礼仪、文明和确定性的期望

Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development Pub Date : 2022-06-27 DOI: 10.1145/3572334.3572378

S. Sultana, Rokeya Akter, Zinnat Sultana, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed

{"title":"Toleration Factors: The Expectations of Decorum, Civility, and Certainty on Rural Social Media","authors":"S. Sultana, Rokeya Akter, Zinnat Sultana, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed","doi":"10.1145/3572334.3572378","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3572334.3572378","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the understanding of the rural perception of toleration on Facebook by Bangladeshi users. In a three-year long ethnographic study with villagers in 12 rural areas in Jessore, Bangladesh, we investigated the three major aspects of toleration: decorum, civility, and certainty. Our findings informed that these factors influenced rural villagers’ interaction on social media. We found that to address these concerns, rural people often adopt their own framework where they co-existed with their own opinion along with the parties whose opinions were disagreeable to them. Here, the major concerns were unpredictable behavior of social media algorithms, conflicts of ideologies and cultural values, and mismatching language skills while using Facebook collectively and collaboratively within the family. We also found that the practice of toleration and associated factors influenced users’ interaction with other users both online and in the physical world. Building on our findings, we argue that understanding different conceptualizations of toleration is essential to have a safer digital space for marginalized rural communities. Our study contributes to HCI’s and ICTD’s understanding of disagreement and conflicts by bringing in the concept of toleration and helps design better appropriate Facebook experience for the users in rural Bangladesh and other similar communities.","PeriodicalId":213752,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development","volume":"130 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134119465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Connecting Mental Health with Sustainable Development Goals: Insights from Call Data of a Telephone Crisis Helpline in Bangladesh 将心理健康与可持续发展目标联系起来:来自孟加拉国电话危机求助热线呼叫数据的见解

Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development Pub Date : 2022-06-27 DOI: 10.1145/3572334.3572384

Ananya Bhattacharjee, M. R. Amin, Yeshim Iqbal, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed

{"title":"Connecting Mental Health with Sustainable Development Goals: Insights from Call Data of a Telephone Crisis Helpline in Bangladesh","authors":"Ananya Bhattacharjee, M. R. Amin, Yeshim Iqbal, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed","doi":"10.1145/3572334.3572384","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3572334.3572384","url":null,"abstract":"Efficacy of the traditional individualistic viewpoint towards mental health is questionable, particularly in the context of the Global South countries. Past works in psychology have rarely incorporated people’s background and surroundings in dealing with mental health. In contrast, we argue that many mental health problems of people living in the Global South countries are rooted in underdevelopment. Analyzing 1,000 call data of a telephone crisis helpline in Bangladesh, we found that 91% of the cases where callers shared their problems were impacted by failure to meet one of the 17 sustainable developed goals proposed by United Nations. Challenges towards ensuring gender equality, good health and well-being, quality education, and decent work and economic growth among a few others were causing mental health problems among callers. Our findings demonstrate the need to revise support behavior models followed by helplines in the Global South and advocate for a shift in viewing mental health problems from an individualistic to a social approach.","PeriodicalId":213752,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134365180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

Opportunities for Women in Computing: Perspective of Bangladesh 妇女在计算机领域的机会:孟加拉国的视角

Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development Pub Date : 2022-06-27 DOI: 10.1145/3572334.3572369

Nova Ahmed, Tamanna Motahar, Silvia Ahmed, Tamanna Urmi, Mahbuba Tasnim, Lamia Iftekhar

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The World is in My Hand Now: Smartphones for Empowering Rural Women in Developing Countries: Smartphones for Empowering Rural Women in Developing Countries 世界在我手中:智能手机增强发展中国家农村妇女权能:智能手机增强发展中国家农村妇女权能

Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development Pub Date : 2022-06-27 DOI: 10.1145/3572334.3572394

Monisha Biswas, Misita Anwar, M. Saha, Nova Ahmed, Y. Strengers, L. Stillman, Gillian C. Oliver

{"title":"The World is in My Hand Now: Smartphones for Empowering Rural Women in Developing Countries: Smartphones for Empowering Rural Women in Developing Countries","authors":"Monisha Biswas, Misita Anwar, M. Saha, Nova Ahmed, Y. Strengers, L. Stillman, Gillian C. Oliver","doi":"10.1145/3572334.3572394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3572334.3572394","url":null,"abstract":"Smartphones are important for international development in the Global South. This paper explores how access to smartphone technologies promote women's agency for social change in these contexts by creating learning and livelihood opportunities and increasing connection with local market and service providers. The paper presents findings from a project which provided 200 Bangladeshi rural women farmers with smartphone technologies, training and support, and qualitatively investigated their ability to cope with geographic vulnerabilities, challenging market access, and social barriers. Reporting on a subset of these women's experiences, smartphone technologies helped these women gain better access to public agricultural extension and financial services, along with better acceptance from family and society. This, in turn, improved their dignity, confidence and sense of wellbeing. Insights will help ICT4D designers and development practitioners understand the importance of low-cost, bottom-up design inputs and social factors in future projects in similar developing country contexts.","PeriodicalId":213752,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115129568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Navigating crisis, navigating ICTs: A study of Indian migrant workers during the pandemic 应对危机，应对信息通信技术:大流行期间印度移徙工人的研究

Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development Pub Date : 2022-06-27 DOI: 10.1145/3572334.3572393

S. Ganeshan, Bidisha Chaudhuri

引用次数: 1

Digital Platform Use for Refugee Crisis Response 数字平台用于难民危机应对

Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development Pub Date : 2022-06-27 DOI: 10.1145/3572334.3572376

C. Maitland, Marisol Wong-Villacrés, Roberto Pereira, Elba del Carmen Valderrama Bahamóndez, L. Peres, Rehema Baguma

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On Inclusion: Video Analysis of Older Adult Interactions with a Multi-Modal Voice Assistant in a Public Setting 关于包容:老年人在公共场合与多模态语音助手互动的视频分析

Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development Pub Date : 2022-06-27 DOI: 10.1145/3572334.3572371

Andrea Cuadra, Hyein Baek, D. Estrin, Malte F. Jung, Nicola Dell

{"title":"On Inclusion: Video Analysis of Older Adult Interactions with a Multi-Modal Voice Assistant in a Public Setting","authors":"Andrea Cuadra, Hyein Baek, D. Estrin, Malte F. Jung, Nicola Dell","doi":"10.1145/3572334.3572371","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3572334.3572371","url":null,"abstract":"Older adults around the world lack access to a wide range of potentially life-changing digital applications, services, and information that could be provided by voice assistants (such as Amazon’s Alexa, Google’s Assistant, or Apple’s Siri). However, older adults’ needs are underrepresented in the design of voice assistants. Because of this, we are missing opportunities for digital inclusion, and increasing risks of excluding older adults as these devices permeate public settings. In this work, we video record older adults (n=26) interacting with a multi-modal voice assistants while waiting in line at food pantries, and use Interaction Analysis to draw insights from these recordings. We find that by being agnostic to body language, audio-prosodic features, and other contextual factors, voice assistants fail to capture and react to some important aspects of interactions. We discuss design (e.g, interpreting users’ posture as a cue to wake the device when they are leaning towards the device) and research (e.g., surveillance trade-offs) implications, and argue for the use of multi-modal inputs with attention to privacy. Designing and training voice assistants to take in and appropriately respond to non-verbal cues may increase their inclusivity, helping them fulfill important needs of our aging population.","PeriodicalId":213752,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development","volume":"247 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127759911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 3