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Ingredients to avoid: lessons learned about data for development

Kristin November 5, 2022, 10:47 am November 5, 2022 Blog

Efficiency, automation, integration, innovation: information and communication technologies (ICT) promise all of these and more. More specifically, the field of data for development (D4D) “ascribe[s] power and agency to data as a development actor” (Cinnamon, 2020, p. 215). How can data be a development actor? Cinnamon (2020) explains that in…

The case for techno-pessimism

Kristin October 23, 2022, 2:40 pm October 23, 2022 Blog

According to the media, techno-optimism is everywhere. There’s a lot of buzz around the metaverse, artificial intelligence, web 3, NFTs… the list goes on. But what do these terms actually mean, and what good (or bad) will they deliver for society? I had the chance to delve deeper into this…