Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies and Development: Notes - Volume 2最新文献

Community detection in cellular network traces 小区小区在蜂窝网络跟踪中的检测

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies and Development: Notes - Volume 2 Pub Date : 2013-12-07 DOI: 10.1145/2517899.2517932

M. Zheleva, Paul Schmitt, M. Vigil, E. Belding-Royer

引用次数: 3

Voice-based marketing for agricultural products: a case study in rural Northern Ghana 基于语音的农产品营销:加纳北部农村的案例研究

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies and Development: Notes - Volume 2 Pub Date : 2013-12-07 DOI: 10.1145/2517899.2517924

Francis Dittoh, C. V. Aart, V. D. Boer

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引用次数: 22

Ila Dhageyso: an interactive voice forum to foster transparent governance in Somaliland Ila Dhageyso:促进索马里兰透明治理的互动声音论坛

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies and Development: Notes - Volume 2 Pub Date : 2013-12-07 DOI: 10.1145/2517899.2517947

Mohamed Gulaid, Aditya Vashistha

{"title":"Ila Dhageyso: an interactive voice forum to foster transparent governance in Somaliland","authors":"Mohamed Gulaid, Aditya Vashistha","doi":"10.1145/2517899.2517947","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2517899.2517947","url":null,"abstract":"In many developing countries, it is challenging for remote communities to access reliable and accurate sources of news. This paper examines the case of Somaliland, where there is a fragmented media landscape that is subject to tribal biases and manipulations. Often, exaggeration or misrepresentation of facts prompts conflicts and hostility towards authorities, especially in remote areas. To foster more transparent communications between governmental institutions and the public, we built and deployed an interactive voice forum, accessible to anyone with a basic mobile handset. Called Ila Dhageyso, this forum enables callers to listen and respond to official recordings from the Presidential Ministry, as well as to the responses of other callers. Audio messages are also threaded and posted on YouTube to involve Somaliland people in diaspora. From December 2012 to April 2013, Ila Dhageyso logged 4,300 posts from callers. This paper reviews the media climate and geopolitical circumstances in Somaliland that motivated the formation of Ila Dhageyso. It also describes the design, implementation, and experiences gained in the first exploratory deployment of the service.","PeriodicalId":309698,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies and Development: Notes - Volume 2","volume":"215 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123455959","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: 18

Lean e-integration for development: the case of the national licensing center in Albania 精益电子集成促进发展:阿尔巴尼亚国家许可中心的案例

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies and Development: Notes - Volume 2 Pub Date : 2013-12-07 DOI: 10.1145/2517899.2517906

Endrit Kromidha

引用次数: 1

A mobile scaffolding application to support novice learners of computer programming 一个移动脚手架应用程序，以支持初学者的计算机编程

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies and Development: Notes - Volume 2 Pub Date : 2013-12-07 DOI: 10.1145/2517899.2517941

Charity Chao Mbogo, E. Blake, H. Suleman

引用次数: 16

Psychological dynamics in ICTD projects ICTD项目中的心理动力学

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies and Development: Notes - Volume 2 Pub Date : 2013-12-07 DOI: 10.1145/2517899.2517944

Tara S. Behrend, Alexander E. Gloss, Garett Howardson, L. F. Thompson, S. McCallum

引用次数: 1

Participate, collaborate, and decide: defining design problems in a Syrian community 参与、合作和决定:在叙利亚社区中定义设计问题

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies and Development: Notes - Volume 2 Pub Date : 2013-12-07 DOI: 10.1145/2517899.2517901

Ammar Halabi, Basile Zimmermann, M. Courant

引用次数: 3

Survivability to sustainability of biodiversity: what do ICTs and indigenous knowledge have to do with it? 生物多样性的生存性与可持续性:信息通信技术和本土知识与之有何关系?

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies and Development: Notes - Volume 2 Pub Date : 2013-12-07 DOI: 10.1145/2517899.2517900

M. Masinde

{"title":"Survivability to sustainability of biodiversity: what do ICTs and indigenous knowledge have to do with it?","authors":"M. Masinde","doi":"10.1145/2517899.2517900","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2517899.2517900","url":null,"abstract":"Literature is awash with the term 'sustainability'; sustainable development, sustainable education, sustainable eco-system, sustainable this, sustainable that but, it all boil down \"the balance among nature (ecology), people (community of social networks) and the economy which transcends one generation\". Sustainability is driven by the thirst to improve quality of life through sustained economic growth; however, with the world's population growing exponentially, and an equal measure of world's resource decline, maintaining this has become a mountainous task. This has led to the 'survival-for-the-fittest' kind of scenario where many people are left pushing so hard to survive; for them, sustainability has slowly given way to survivability. Sustainable use of biodiversity is one area where African has lagged behind. Rampant biodiversity degradation and the inability to cope with the resultant changes are some of the reasons why the Continent tops the list of climate change vulnerability victims. As researchers develop solutions to ensure Africa's survivability amidst these changes, they must avoid \"transferring of Northern designs to Southern realities\". No one knows Africa's biodiversity more that the local people themselves; they are host to rich indigenous knowledge on biodiversity degradation and mitigation practices; they have observed and experienced the changes over the years. However, this knowledge is facing threats from various circles and on its own, it may not deliver Africa's survivability tool. Information and telecommunications technology (ICT) provides the missing puzzle; integrating this with the indigenous knowledge (IK) is a sure way of improving survivability. In this paper, the design of such an integrated system for tracking biodiversity degradation is described and the link between the system and survivability demonstrated.","PeriodicalId":309698,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies and Development: Notes - Volume 2","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121657516","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: 6

Maps, politics and data sharing: a Palestinian puzzle 地图、政治和数据共享:巴勒斯坦的难题

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies and Development: Notes - Volume 2 Pub Date : 2013-12-07 DOI: 10.1145/2517899.2517946

C. Maitland

引用次数: 2

Participatory action research & inclusive information and knowledge management for empowerment 参与性行动研究和包容性信息和知识管理，以增强权能

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies and Development: Notes - Volume 2 Pub Date : 2013-12-07 DOI: 10.1145/2517899.2517903

L. Stillman

引用次数: 5