Category: ICT4D & #mtech
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Catching up: Data is still power, but who gets to use it?
It has been a little while since I last sat down to write here. In the meantime, the questions that have shaped much of my work have not become smaller. If anything, they have become more urgent. We are collecting more information than ever before. We can map forests, track rainfall, follow supply chains, monitor…
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Indigenous Data Sovereignty is not a setting in a database
There is a reassuring story that technology often tells about itself. We are told that if data is well organized, safely stored, properly anonymized and made available through the right platform, then its benefits will naturally follow. Better information will lead to better decisions. Better decisions will lead to better outcomes. In many contexts, that…
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How Citizen-Generated Data Can Empower Indigenous Peoples: My Experience at the UNSD Expert Group Meeting
Last month, I had the opportunity to participate in a fascinating meeting organized by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) in Copenhagen. The meeting brought together experts from different fields and sectors to discuss how citizens can contribute to data production and use for public policy and SDG monitoring. This topic is very close to…
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ICT4D and Mobile Technologies
continuing my research on mobile technologies and their implementation in development. Specifically, I wanted to expand my understanding of the dangers posed by utilizing and implementing these technologies in support of vulnerable populations. Data, and particularly personally identifiable data, often collected alongside geographic (GPS) data can pose a very real physical threat to community members…