[STS-Africa] FW: New Papers on Datafication, Big Data and International Development

[Gianluca Miscione]

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Gianluca Miscione
​University College Dublin
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From: Richard Heeks [mailto:richard.heeks at manchester.ac.uk] 
Sent: Friday 9 February 2018 16:06
To: Richard Heeks <richard.heeks at manchester.ac.uk>
Subject: New Papers on Datafication, Big Data and International Development
 
Five papers on datafication, big data and development are available at:  <https://www.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/research/publications/di/> https://www.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/research/publications/di/
 
They investigate particularly the intersection between datafication, power/politics and social justice; and each is provided with an educators’ guide for use in teaching:
 
- DI72: ‘Big Data and Urban Transportation in India’
 
- DI69: ‘A Structural Model and Manifesto for Data Justice for International Development’
 
- DI66: an exploratory paper on issues and conceptual frameworks: ‘Exploring Big Data for Development: An Electricity Sector Case Study from India’ (podcast at:  <http://blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/exploring-big-data-development-electricity-sector-case-study-india/> http://blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/exploring-big-data-development-electricity-sector-case-study-india/)
 
- DI63: ‘Data Justice for Development: What Would it Mean?’
 
- DI62: ‘Measuring the Barriers to Big Data for Development: Design-Reality Gap Analysis in Colombia’s Public Sector’
 
Richard Heeks
 <http://www.cdi.manchester.ac.uk/> Centre for Development Informatics
University of Manchester, UK
 
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