[IAEP] Fwd: [1vfleadership] fw: Call 2 for Chapter Proposal: ICTs and Sustainable Solutions for Global Development: Theory, Practice and the Digital Divide

[Edward Cherlin]

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Date: Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 1:14 AM
Subject: [1vfleadership] fw: Call 2 for Chapter Proposal: ICTs and
Sustainable Solutions for Global Development: Theory, Practice and the
Digital Divide
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FYI...

Need your input on this.

Jeff
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From: Jacques Steyn <Jacques.Steyn at infotech.monash.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 8:52 AM
To: jeff at onevillage.biz
Subject: Call 2 for Chapter Proposal: ICTs and Sustainable Solutions
for Global Development: Theory, Practice and the Digital Divide

[Proposal Submission Deadline: 15 August 2008]

Dear Jeff
This email serves as a personal invitation to you as expert in the
discipline of ICT and communities of use.

We would like to cordially invite you to consider contributing your
expertise to a forthcoming book set entitled ICTs and Sustainable
Solutions for Global Development: Theory, Practice and the Digital
Divide.

Vol 1 will be more theoretical, while each of the other three volumes
will contain case studies and each focus on a different region on the
globe.

Vol 1
ICTs and Sustainable Solutions for Global Development:
Theory, Practice and the Digital Divide
Editors: Jacques Steyn and Graeme Johanson

Vol 2
ICTs for Development in Asia and the Pacific:
Theory, Practice and the Digital Divide
Editors: Jacques Steyn and Stephanie Fahey

Vol 3
ICTs for Development in Africa:
Theory, Practice and the Digital Divide
Editors: Jacques Steyn and Jean-Paul van Belle

Vol 4
ICTs for Development in South America, Central America and the Caribbean:
Theory, Practice and the Digital Divide
Editors: Jacques Steyn and Eduardo Villanueva

VOLUME 1
Volume 1 is aimed at understanding why some ICT public access
deployments seem to work, while the greater majority seem to fail.
There is substantial non-academic literature on this, but most lack
solid scientific theoretical and methodological foundation. On one
hand this book will investigate cultural, social and ethnographical
issues, and on the other hand it will investigate enabling
technologies and economic models.

This book will attempt to understand topics such as the so-called
digital divide, or its more recent synonym, social inclusion, as well
as other themes such as e-adoption, global information technologies,
cultural acceptance and rejection of digitalization and globalization,
the knowledge society, regional adoption or rejection of technology,
local and global economies and trade, policies and their effect, the
information revolution, networking to rural areas and the pace of
digital diffusion.
For more detailed background, see
http://www.developmentinformatics.org/projects/book/index.html

OBJECTIVE OF VOLUME 1
As there is no authoritative reference in this field, we believe the
impact of this book will be high for institutions (governments,
philanthropists, NGOs, donor agencies, etc.) that deploy ICT solutions
in marginalized communities.

The book will serve academic scholars and researchers, as well as
representatives of other institutions, as a consolidated reference
guide on Development Informatics issues.

There is quite a vast body of literature on the successful and
unsuccessful use of ICT for communities. By far the majority are
self-reports, written to keep donor agencies happy. Relatively few are
based on good scientific principles.

Volume 1 is an attempt to rectify this gap in the literature. It will
provide the theoretical framework, and scientific methodology of the
regional case studies presented in the other three volumes in this
set.

RECOMMENDED TOPICS FOR VOLUME 1
Your are invited to contribute a chapter on one (or more) of the
following themes:

Definitions and approaches
* The focus of Development Informatics (DI)
* Assumptions, ideologies and value systems in defining terms such as
financial poverty, ICT poverty, the digital divide, social inclusion
and social exclusion
* Approaches to bridging the gap - is the gap is worth bridging?
* Sustainability - what are the issues?
* Content pillars of DI: education, health, agriculture, sustainable living
* Rural economics, business models
The scientific approach
* Methodologies and theories
* Participatory Action Research in this context
* Evaluating success of ICT systems
* Present connectivity, use
The status quo
* Population demographics
* Failures and successes - reasons
* Present status of ICT in developing world
* Use and available of phonelines, mobile phones, internet
The future - until 2050
* The future of ICT in the developing world: connectivity, use, affordability
* Plans for connectivity; Government, Business
* Connectivity in rural areas - trends
* By 2030 about 3 billion people will live in rural areas - will they
be connected?
* Constraints, population growth, rural/remote areas, etc.
Good Practice
* Practical tips - what works, what does not work

You are most welcome to submit other possible themes for our consideration.

Contributions will be double-blind peer reviewed.

VOLUMES 2, 3 and 4
Volumes 2, 3 and 4 will present successful and unsuccessful case
studies of the deployment of ICTs for public use. Many hundreds of
millions of dollars have been wasted by well meaning philanthropists,
aid agencies and governments in projects to deploy ICT solutions in
developing contexts. The very long list of public internet access
facilities (telecentres, internet cafés, multi-purpose community
centres) that were either closed down, or that never got off the
ground in the first place, is very troublesome. Yet there are some
cases that seem to be very effective.

The volume set attempts to bring together the theoretical
underpinnings and scientific methodology of an approach of deploying
ICT in marginalised communities to bridge the so-called digital
divide. Volumes 2, 3 and 4 contain case studies from three different
regions that demonstrate which approaches work, and which do not, in
deploying public access to information sources.
For more detailed background, see
http://www.developmentinformatics.org/projects/book/index.html

OBJECTIVE OF VOLUMES 2, 3 and 4
This book aims to be a single source of reference containing case
studies of ICT deployments for public access in three different
regions. Reports on the case studies need to be researched along the
principals of good scientific research. The editors are not interested
in anecdotal evidence, or in contributions that are based on reports
for funders. The case studies to be presented in this book must be
founded on solid scientific evidence.

RECOMMENDED TOPICS FOR VOLUMES 2, 3 and 4
Your are invited to contribute a chapter on a case study in the region
of your choice. It is highly recommended that you reference the
following in your chapter.

* The nature of the ICT system - whether it is a telecentre, internet
café, multi-purpose community centre, hole-in-the-wall, mobile phone
system, etc.
* Brief history of the system
* System configuration - technologies used, software used, available content
* Purpose of the system
* Project scope
* Cost (in USD), funder(s) and other financial issues, person-hours
* Demographics of users; user profile - intended and actual
* Methods used for the measurements of success / failure
* Assessments methodology
* Lessons learnt and recommendations for future projects
* Theoretical paradigm within which the project is deployed
* Theories, assumptions, values
* Timeline: period and issues in pre-planning, planning, deployment, operational
* Issues: problems (technical as well as social)
* Why is this project a success or a failure?
* Other relevant findings

These themes do not have to be presented in a structure rigidly
following the above, but contributions are expected to address all
these topics.

You are most welcome to submit other possible themes for our consideration.

Contributions will be double-blind peer reviewed.

HOW TO SUBMIT
To submit your chapter proposal, please use the web form at:
Vol 1: http://www.developmentinformatics.org/projects/book/proposalglobal.html
Vols 2, 3, 4: http://www.developmentinformatics.org/projects/book/proposalsubmissions.html

WEB ADDRESSES
Volume Set: http://www.developmentinformatics.org/projects/book/index.html
Vol 1: http://www.developmentinformatics.org/projects/book/global.html
Vol 2: http://www.developmentinformatics.org/projects/book/asia.html
Vol 3: http://www.developmentinformatics.org/projects/book/africa.html
Vol 4: http://www.developmentinformatics.org/projects/book/america.html

DEADLINES
15 August 2008 Proposal submissions
For other deadlines, see website

LANGUAGE
Contributions will only be accepted in English. If your first language
is not English, please make use of some English language service. The
editors will not assist in changing text to be more compliant with
English language conventions. It is up to contributors to ensure
adherence to the conventions of the English language.

PUBLISHER
The volume set is scheduled to be published by IGI Global
(www.igi-global.com) in their Information Science Reference imprint in
2010.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to
contact us. We appreciate your consideration of this invitation and
hope to hear from you soon!

Best wishes,
Jacques, Graeme, Stephanie, Jean-Paul, Eduardo
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Jacques Steyn (PhD)
School of Information Technology
Monash South Africa
+27-11-950-4132 Phone
+27-11-950-4033 Fax
jacquezzteyn Skype
jacques.steyn at infotech.monash.edu

Graeme Johanson (PhD)
Director, Centre for Community Networking Research (www.ccnr.net).
Caulfield School of Information Technology,
Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University.
E-mail: graeme.johanson at infotech.monash.edu.au.
Phone: +61 3 9903 2414
Fax: +61 3 9903 1077

Stephanie Fahey
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International)
Monash University
Stephanie.Fahey at adm.monash.edu.au

Jean-Paul Van Belle (PhD)
Department of Information Systems, University of Cape Town
+27-21-650 4256 Phone
+27-21-650 2280 Fax
Jean-Paul.VanBelle at uct.ac.za

Eduardo Villanueva
Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru
evillan at pucp.edu.pe


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