Welcome to ‘Perplexed Periphery’, a blog that will provide you with information on the ICT4D (Information and Communications Technologies for Development), aid work, and communicating development. This is intended as a space for reflection on topics such as ICT4D, its role in the decolonisation of the development project, and its potential as an empowerment enabler. It also aims to discuss the role of technologies in the knowledge production for development, and reflect on how development, aid, and effective giving are currently communicated.
The Perplexed Periphery blog seeks to engage with people who are interested in the topics of humanitarianism, development, aid, and social change. Basic knowledge and experience in the field would help with understanding the topics better but are not necessary in order to engage with the content. If you are a recent graduate this place is for you too! We are also students and would like to keep this fresh and filled with different views and opinions.
Whether you are a professional working in the field or purely passionate about aid work, communication tools and development, this blog will hopefully lead to open and engaging conversations, as well as the exchange of differing thoughts and ideas. As such, this digital space, together with our social media presence, intends to serve as a starting point for debate and dialogue together with you, the readers.
Over the next five weeks, you will be able to find weekly posts on Perplexed Periphery that different authors will have written. We are six students in the Communication for Development master’s program at Malmö University (Sweden) – Ana Carina Figueiredo, Chloé Rigélo, Ivona Petrova, Jessica Stegermaier, Juan Posada Burbano, and Paula Mata. If you would like to learn more about us, click here.
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