Why the ‘Digital Native’ notion does not apply to Zoomers everywhere and considerations for regional INGOs “We need fresh ideas and new content, and we need to get these ideas out everywhere fast,” the coordinator of a humanitarian aid programme said with a sense of urgency. Data analytics of several…
Is cyberfeminism a buzzword or is it a concept that appeared to truly portray a true revolution for feminists? The word “cyberfeminism” was first used in the 1990s, when women started looking for alternative spaces to express and claim their identities. According to Paasonen (2011), the theory of cybernetics, which…
Today, it is safe to say that almost everyone is familiar with the large variety of dating apps available to “find your match”. Perhaps less known is that charities are using apps with similar designs, where donors swipe among a selection of charity-profiles to find their match. In this post…
Cryptocurrency has been hailed as revolutionary and disruptive, a “truth machine” and “the future of money and global finance”. Has cryptocurrency helped drive the development agenda in the Global South, or are the claims too good to be true? What is cryptocurrency? Cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, emerged in the aftermath…
It is not just the growing developments in big data and increased amounts of open data that have grown society’s interest in digital development or ICT4D. Nor is it only the benefits or positive impacts of these changes in the post-covid era of globalisation. The curiosity also lies in the…
The Data Kitchen is a group of development professionals curious about the good, the bad, and the ugly of data for development. All five of us are enrolled in the Masters of Communication for Development at Malmö University, Sweden. We’re learning that new technology and applications for data are often…
