April 2014 - change - Mailing Lists

ICTD2015 Call for Papers
by Kentaro Toyama 16 Apr '14

16 Apr '14

ICTD2015 Call for Papers is out: Full Paper deadline is Oct. 13, 2014; Notes deadline, Dec. 2014. More info at http://ictd2015.org/call-papers-notes/. Thanks! Kentaro

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Upcoming conference of potential interest to students/faculty: Social Media for Nonprofits
by Donna Manders 16 Apr '14

16 Apr '14

Hello, I am a student in the COMMLead program at UW COMM. I recently volunteered to help-out at a conference entitled Social Media for Nonprofits (http://socialmedia4nonprofits.org/seattle/) to be held on April 28 at Seattle University. Ritu Sharma, Executive Director, contacted me to see if I could help get the word out about the conference to UW students and faculty. (She mentioned that they may be able to provide a significant discount to UW students and faculty. I have copied Ms. Sharma on this email.) My colleague, Carolyn Higgins, thought you might be interested in this information. Please feel free to forward details about the conference to your contacts. Please let me know if you have questions. Thank you very much and have a very good day, Donna Manders

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Social Entrepreneurship in Pakistan talk from UW alumnus Monday, 21 April at noon at Foster
by Charlene Balick 15 Apr '14

15 Apr '14

The SMS integration part should be interesting for Change folks. Write to cbalick(a)uw.edu<mailto:cbalick@uw.edu> with questions. Invite friends through the Facebook invite or forward. Social Entrepreneurship in Pakistan [http://aurora.dawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2-in-the-kitchen.jpg?w=600] [http://aurora.dawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/3-Gilgit.jpg?w=600] Speaker: Junaid Malik, CEO of Raise d'Bar, a social enterprise in Pakistan When: Monday, April 21st 12:00-1:20 Where: Dempsey Hall<http://uw.edu/maps/#!/dem> Classroom 126 (At Foster School of Business) Eat! tasty samosas from Shalimar Pakistani restaurant are served Facebook invite here: www.facebook.com/events/1437061566533902/<http://www.facebook.com/events/1437061566533902/> Open to all UW students, faculty, staff, and public * Learn about UW grad, social entrepreneur and filmmaker, Junaid Malik changing the lives of farmers and families in the mountain regions in Pakistan. * His social startup, Raise d'Bar, is paving a new market for the dried fruits and nuts farmed in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Northern Pakistan * Brainstorm with him as he moves to work with Telenor (Telecom company in Pakistan) to create an SMS-based social network equipping farmers with the power of information to strengthen their selling power. This lunchtime talk is for anyone interested in using business for good in a developing country, who is inspired by a guy who creates a positive impact through a creative business idea - and has the passion to pull it off. Pakistan is a tough place for an entrepreneur. Come hear how this UW grad [2007 in economics and drama] and filmmaker has created an enticing granola bar in slick packaging to appeal the city markets of Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi. Read more about Raise d'Bar here: www.facebook.com/raiseyourbar<http://www.facebook.com/raiseyourbar> And here: http://aurora.dawn.com/2014/03/24/the-new-entrepreneurs/ Brought to you by the Global Business Center's GSEC (Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition<http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/gbc/globalsocialentrepreneurshipco…>) at the Foster School of Business and The Jackson School [1C_FosterUnitLogo_GBC_W_ID_Black_R] [South Asia Logo transparent background] Charlene Balick Assistant director, global business center Michael G. Foster School of Business * University of Washington mackenzie Hall 137 * Box 353200 * Seattle, WA 98195-3200 T: 206.543.4109 * C: 206.683.6296 cbalick(a)uw.edu<mailto:cbalick@uw.edu> * foster.washington.edu<http://www.foster.washington.edu/> Building Global Business Expertise<http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/gbc/Pages/globalbusiness.aspx> [make-a-gift.gif] <https://www.washington.edu/giving/make-a-gift?page=funds&source_typ=5&sourc…>

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Tomorrow at Change: Robert Racadio
by Trevor Perrier 14 Apr '14

14 Apr '14

*What:* Robert Racadio: The work of community health workers in India: Opportunities for Design *When:* Tuesday, April 15th at 12pm *Where:* The Allen Center, CSE 203 Please join us tomorrow for Change. Robert Racadio from Human Cantered Design and Engineering will be presenting on research on the work flows of Indian health workers. *Abstract:*. Much of the work on mobile health technologies in low-resource settings has focused on providing health workers new tools for working in their communities. Finding design solutions most appropriate for them must be grounded in an understanding of their day-to-day work. Through field observations and interviews, this research seeks to understand the work and social practices of community health workers at primary health centers in India. I present stories and experiences of health workers from primary health centers in India, describing their responsibilities, strategies, and challenges of working in these centers. I conclude by exploring implications and opportunities for designing technologies that better support and augment their work. *About the speaker:* Robert Racadio is a 3rd year PhD student in Human Centered Design and Engineering, where he is a member of the Tactile and Tactile and Tactical Design Lab, and is advised by Professor Beth Kolko. Robert is interested in understanding how to better design technologies that promote community well-being in low resource environments.

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FW: Scholarships for our MSc in ICT4D
by Chris Coward 10 Apr '14

10 Apr '14

From: Royal Holloway ICT4D Centre [mailto:info=ict4dc.org@mail21.wdc03.rsgsv.net] On Behalf Of Royal Holloway ICT4D Centre Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 7:00 AM To: Chris Coward Subject: Scholarships for our MSc in ICT4D 2014-15 International Scholarships for our MSc in ICT4D - apply now! View this email in your browser<http://us3.campaign-archive2.com/?u=007de766dd76518e683a6ecfb&id=b1727879c2…> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/007de766dd76518e683a6ecfb/images/banner.png] 2014-15 MSc Scholarships International Excellence Scholarships for the 1-year MSc in ICT4D at the ICT4D Centre/UNESCO Chair at Royal Holloway, University of London (for all countries) Santander International Excellence Scholarships (for residents of Venezuela, Uruguay, Spain, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Peru, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Argentina) Royal Holloway American Foundation Excellence Scholarships (for resident/domiciled in USA) Closing deadline for all applications: 25th April 2014 https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/international/feesandfunding/scholarships/h… The MSc Practising Sustainable Development (ICT4D specialism) brings together a community of future responsible leaders in the field of ICT4D. Participants come from all over the world, and from diverse professional and academic backgrounds. To widen their outlook and optimise their career prospects, participants study both the broader context of development and sustainability as well as the growing specialist field of information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) within it. The course combines cutting-edge teaching by leading experts (incl. Tim Unwin, Katie Willis, Dorothea Kleine, David Simon, Yingqin Zheng and David Grimshaw) with rigorous training in research methods (quant. and qual., including GIS and participatory video) as well as project design, management and monitoring and evaluation tools. The emphasis is on participatory, sustainable, culturally-sensitive, locally relevant, gender-aware and inclusive approaches and appropriate technologies. Working together, learning takes place in small groups, in an intellectually exciting and friendly atmosphere with individual mentoring by faculty, fostering confident and responsible future leaders in the field. More information on the course is here: https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/geography/coursefinder/mscpgdippsdict4d.aspx Or contact the course director: Dr Dorothea Kleine (dorothea.kleine(a)rhul.ac.uk<mailto:dorothea.kleine@rhul.ac.uk>) [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/007de766dd76518e683a6ecfb/images/UNESCO_Chair…] Copyright © 2014 ICT4D Centre, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website, you are friends with a member of the Centre, or you have attended one of our events or conferences. Our mailing address is: ICT4D Centre Royal Holloway, University of London Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX United Kingdom Add us to your address book<http://ict4dc.us3.list-manage.com/vcard?u=007de766dd76518e683a6ecfb&id=1ac9…> unsubscribe from this list<http://ict4dc.us3.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=007de766dd76518e683a6ecfb&i…> update subscription preferences<http://ict4dc.us3.list-manage.com/profile?u=007de766dd76518e683a6ecfb&id=1a…> [Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp]<http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm…>

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Fwd: Scholarships for our MSc in ICT4D
by Yaw Anokwa 10 Apr '14

10 Apr '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Royal Holloway ICT4D Centre <info(a)ict4dc.org> Date: Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 7:00 AM Subject: Scholarships for our MSc in ICT4D To: Yaw <yanokwa(a)cs.washington.edu> 2014-15 International Scholarships for our MSc in ICT4D - apply now! View this email in your browser<http://us3.campaign-archive2.com/?u=007de766dd76518e683a6ecfb&id=b1727879c2…> 2014-15 MSc Scholarships International Excellence Scholarships for the 1-year MSc in ICT4D at the ICT4D Centre/UNESCO Chair at Royal Holloway, University of London (for all countries) Santander International Excellence Scholarships (for residents of Venezuela, Uruguay, Spain, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Peru, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Argentina) Royal Holloway American Foundation Excellence Scholarships (for resident/domiciled in USA) Closing deadline for all applications: *25th April 2014* https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/international/feesandfunding/scholarships/h… The MSc Practising Sustainable Development (ICT4D specialism) brings together a community of future responsible leaders in the field of ICT4D. Participants come from all over the world, and from diverse professional and academic backgrounds. To widen their outlook and optimise their career prospects, participants study both the broader context of development and sustainability as well as the growing specialist field of information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) within it. The course combines cutting-edge teaching by leading experts (incl. Tim Unwin, Katie Willis, Dorothea Kleine, David Simon, Yingqin Zheng and David Grimshaw) with rigorous training in research methods (quant. and qual., including GIS and participatory video) as well as project design, management and monitoring and evaluation tools. The emphasis is on participatory, sustainable, culturally-sensitive, locally relevant, gender-aware and inclusive approaches and appropriate technologies. Working together, learning takes place in small groups, in an intellectually exciting and friendly atmosphere with individual mentoring by faculty, fostering confident and responsible future leaders in the field. More information on the course is here: https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/geography/coursefinder/mscpgdippsdict4d.aspx Or contact the course director: Dr Dorothea Kleine ( dorothea.kleine(a)rhul.ac.uk) *Copyright © 2014 ICT4D Centre, All rights reserved.* You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website, you are friends with a member of the Centre, or you have attended one of our events or conferences. *Our mailing address is:* ICT4D Centre Royal Holloway, University of London Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX United Kingdom Add us to your address book<http://ict4dc.us3.list-manage.com/vcard?u=007de766dd76518e683a6ecfb&id=1ac9…> unsubscribe from this list<http://ict4dc.us3.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=007de766dd76518e683a6ecfb&i…> update subscription preferences<http://ict4dc.us3.list-manage.com/profile?u=007de766dd76518e683a6ecfb&id=1a…> [image: Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp]<http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm…>

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Fwd: [TIER] Dream Job in ICT4D with Inveneo: Director of Engineering
by Yaw Anokwa 10 Apr '14

10 Apr '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andris Bjornson <andris(a)inveneo.org> Date: Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 5:33 PM Subject: [TIER] Dream Job in ICT4D with Inveneo: Director of Engineering To: tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu Inveneo -- a 501(c)(3) non-profit social enterprise whose mission is to connect and empower rural and underserved communities in the developing world with information and communications technologies -- is searching for a Director of Engineering to lead its engineering team and help guide the technical vision of the organization. Inveneo is a unique organization, and this position requires a diverse set of skills not always found in one individual. A successful candidate must be an expert in at least two of the following areas, with significant experience and interest in the remaining areas. I'm posting the link to the job description here in the TIER list in the hopes that there's an ICTD technologist out there who'd be a perfect fit! thanks much, Andris Bjornson CTO - Inveneo -- ................................................................ andris bjornson inveneo chief technology officer office: +1.415.901.1969x 1215 skype: andris.bjornson web: www.inveneo.org ................................................................ _______________________________________________ TIER mailing list Website: http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu TIER(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tier

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visit by activists from Pakistan tomorrow (April 10)
by Alan Borning 09 Apr '14

09 Apr '14

Hi - there's a group of 9 young activists from Pakistan who are using social media in various interesting ways. There's a presentation/conversation with them tomorrow (April 10) in downtown Seattle, 6-7:30pm: https://www.world-affairs.org/calendarevent/social-media-non-profits-and-co… (The group is visiting UW before that - some of us are first talking about OneBusAway, and then some folks from the ICT4D lab are meeting with them.) cheers, Alan

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Tomorrow at Change: Neha Kumar: ICT's and Multi-Media
by Trevor Perrier 07 Apr '14

07 Apr '14

Join us tomorrow for Change. UW CSE postdoctoral researcher Neha Kumar will join us for a discussion on her work examining the relationship between ICT and media consumption in rural, small-town, and urban India. What: Neha Kumar: The Link Between ICT's and Media Consumption When: Tuesday, April 8th at 12pm Where: The Allen Center, CSE 203 *Abstract:* Research initiatives in the fields of Information and Communication Technology and Development (ICTD) have largely overlooked leisure-driven uses of new media technologies in their efforts to address agricultural, educational, financial and other instrumental needs. My research finds that affordable new media technologies have been significant in driving the procurement of entertainment content and the production of culture. Individuals from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds quickly become adept at using these technologies, paving the way for development-friendly outcomes. This is the phenomenon I analyze, as I examine individual agency in the intertwining of culture and new media in the context of dominant development narratives. This talk will draw upon research that investigates the leisure-driven appropriation of the mobile phone by youth from marginal backgrounds in rural, small-town, and urban India. I study the influx of new media and its resulting impact in folk music-rich communities of rural Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Shifting focus to the motivations that drive youth towards mobile consumption of folk and popular media, I examine the unique material affordances of mobile technology and its influence on emerging media practices. Highlighting the notion of agency, both human and material, I investigate the pirate media network responsible for the widespread dissemination of digital media /and/ technical skills. I then discuss the agency of urban Indian youth that guides them to further build on these skills as they negotiate various linguistic, social, and technological hurdles in their thirst to engage with social media. *About the speaker:* Neha is a postdoctoral researcher at UW CSE, where her research focuses on the design, production, and dissemination of visual media to address maternal and infant mortality in rural India. She recently completed her Ph.D. from the School of Information at UC Berkeley, where she conducted an ethnography of the adoption and self-guided uses of new media technologies of Indian youth from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds. Her research objective is to contribute a deeper, more grounded understanding of emerging uses and /users/ to the field of ICTD and its interventions. She is most at home in cross-disciplinary contexts, having worn the hats of computer scientist, education researcher, designer, data analyst, and ethnographer at various stages of her graduate work.

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Fwd: Announcing the Joint Seminar in Development Economics at UW
by Melody Clark 06 Apr '14

06 Apr '14

Very cool upcoming research seminar on development economics. Please forward to those you think might be interested. Begin forwarded message: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Joshua Blumenstock <joshblum(a)uw.edu<mailto:joshblum@uw.edu>> Date: Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 9:12 PM Subject: Fwd: Announcing the Joint Seminar in Development Economics at UW To: "ifac(a)uw.edu<mailto:ifac@uw.edu>" <ifac(a)uw.edu<mailto:ifac@uw.edu>>, "iphds(a)uw.edu<mailto:iphds@uw.edu>" <iphds(a)uw.edu<mailto:iphds@uw.edu>> Cc: isc-council(a)u.washington.edu<mailto:isc-council@u.washington.edu> Dear friends and colleagues, The UW Information School, Evans School of Public Affairs, and Department of Economics are excited to announce the launch of a new research seminar, the Joint Seminar in Development Economics (JSDE)<http://jblumenstock.com/jsde>. This seminar series will provide a regular forum for interaction among the growing community of quantitative social scientists at UW working on issues related to international development. We will meet 5-7 times each term, with presentations from prominent scholars in the field. The seminar will run on Fridays from 11:00-12:30, in Savery Hall Room 410 (the 4th floor economics conference room). We have an exciting lineup of speakers for the inaugural term: * April 11: Kelsey Jack<http://sites.tufts.edu/kjack/>, Tufts * April 25: Hani Mansour<http://econ.ucdenver.edu/mansour/>, University of Colorado, Denver * May 9: Jeremy Magruder<http://are.berkeley.edu/~jmagruder/>, U.C. Berkeley * May 16: Dean Karlan<http://karlan.yale.edu/>, Yale * May 23: Ted Miguel<http://emiguel.econ.berkeley.edu/>, U.C. Berkeley * May 30: Seema Jayachandran<http://faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/~sjv340/>, Northwestern * June 6: Michael Kremer<http://scholar.harvard.edu/kremer/home>, Harvard To sign up for the JSDE email list, send an email to Allison Kelly at akelly11(a)uw.edu<mailto:akelly11@uw.edu>, or visit this page<https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/jsde> (https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/jsde) Additional information on the seminar and links to papers can be found at the seminar website<http://jblumenstock.com/jsde> (http://jblumenstock.com/jsde) Please circulate this notice to interested faculty, student, staff, or other international development experts from the broader Seattle community. We look forward to seeing you at the inaugural JSDE seminar on April 11! Best, Joshua Blumenstock<http://jblumenstock/>, iSchool Brian Dillon<http://faculty.washington.edu/bdillon2/>, Evans School Rachel Heath<http://faculty.washington.edu/rmheath/>, Economics ---- Joshua Blumenstock University of Washington The Information School Seattle, WA 98195-2840 -- Joshua Blumenstock University of Washington The Information School Seattle, WA 98195-2840

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