Reducing “white elephant” ICT4D projects: A Community Researcher Engagement

• Main Authors: Tariq, Zaman, Yeo, Alvin Wee, Heike, Winschiers-Theophilus
• Format: Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series 2015
• Subjects: HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11965/1/No%2013%20%28abstrak%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11965/; http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2768554

Participation is a key requirement to ensure that ICT4D and HCI4D projects succeed. Specifically, the relationship between the research and community is necessary for any ICT4D project; without this cooperation, the proverbial white elephant project will result. Existing literature provides much evi...