Digital and Development

Question 1

industrial revolution

Answer 1

electricity, engines, and telecomms ere made in the US and UK and spread unevenly (spatial)

Question 2

SOURCE: people’s access to the internet is mediated by framing institutions with specific norms and expectations

Answer 2

Wajcman, 2004

Question 3

SOURCE: technology is society

Answer 3

Castells, 1996

Question 4

how many people dont have access to the internet

Answer 4

2.7 B

Question 5

how many people dont have access to safe water

Answer 5

1.3 B

Question 6

what is technology justice?

Answer 6

everyone has the right to access the technologies they need to live the life they value without limiting the ability of others now and in the future to do the same

Question 7

SOURCE: technology justice

Answer 7

Practical Action, 2014

Question 8

what year was the www created?

Answer 8

1989

Question 9

ICT

Answer 9

information and communication technologies

Question 10

what is digital divides?

Answer 10

inequalities in the spread of ICTs between countries and within societies

Question 11

SOURCE: digital divides

Answer 11

Norris, 2001

Question 12

ICT4D

Answer 12

ICT for development: promotes goal 9 of the SDGs which is “promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation

Question 13

ICT4D aims to:

Answer 13

1. accelerate human progress
2. bridge the digital divide
3. develop knowledgable societies

Question 14

name two criticism of ICT4D

Answer 14

supply led
majority of inventions fail
digital divides persist
overly optimistic and highly western
lack of fundamental conceptual and empirical foundation

Question 15

AfriCultuRes

Answer 15

new data collected using satellites that can help agriculture sector stakeholders make more informed decisions, and therefore improve food security in africa

Question 16

Your Voice Counts (oxfam)

Answer 16

supporting field staff to capture currently undocumented feedback which is received face to face by using ICTs to enable responsive and accountable uses of information

Question 17

GeDIA

Answer 17

Gender-Just digital innovation in africa: uniting women and their male counterparts to co-design gender-just digital futures

Question 18

SOURCE: digital innovations are often designed by men

Answer 18

kwami, 2011

Question 19

SOURCE: digital innovations are often with a design culturally embedded in north america and europe

Answer 19

Hicks, 2013