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The MIT PressInternational Development Research Centre Series Open - photo 1

The MIT PressInternational Development Research Centre Series

Open Development: Networked Innovations in International Development, edited by Matthew L. Smith and Katherine M. A. Reilly

Public Access ICT across Cultures: Diversifying Participation in the Network Society, edited by Francisco J. Proenza

Shadow Libraries: Access to Knowledge in Global Higher Education, edited by Joe Karaganis

Digital Economies at Global Margins, edited by Mark Graham

Making Open Development Inclusive: Lessons from IDRC Research, edited by Matthew L. Smith and Ruhiya Kristine Seward

Critical Perspectives on Open Development

Empirical Interrogation of Theory Construction

Edited by Arul Chib, Caitlin M. Bentley, and Matthew L. Smith

The MIT Press

Cambridge, Massachusetts

London, England

International Development Research Centre

Ottawa Amman Dakar Montevideo Nairobi New Delhi

2020 Contributors

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) International License.

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Published by the MIT Press.

A copublication with

International Development Research Centre

PO Box 8500

Ottawa, ON K1G 3H9

Canada

The research presented in this publication was carried out with the financial assistance of Canadas International Development Research Centre. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of IDRC or its Board of Governors.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Chib, Arul, editor. | Bentley, Caitlin M., editor. | Smith, Matthew L., editor.

Title: Critical perspectives on open development : empirical interrogation of theory construction / edited by Arul Chib, Caitlin M. Bentley, and Matthew L. Smith.

Description: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020] | Series: The MIT Press--International Development Research Centre series | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020024468 | ISBN 9780262542326 (paperback)

Subjects: LCSH: Information technology--Economic aspects. | Information technology--Social aspects. | Information society. | Information commons. | Open source software. | Economic development.

Classification: LCC HC79.I55 C75 2020 | DDC 303.4833--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020024468

ISBN: 978-1-55250-596-0 (IDRC e-book)

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Contents
  1. Caitlin M. Bentley, Arul Chib, and Matthew L. Smith
  2. Katherine M. A. Reilly and Juan Pablo Alperin
  3. Anuradha Rao, Priya Parekh, John Traxler, and Rich Ling
  4. Bidisha Chaudhuri, Janaki Srinivasan, and Onkar Hoysala
  5. Paul Mungai and Jean-Paul Van Belle
  6. David Sadoway and Satyarupa Shekhar
  7. Linus Kendall and Purnabha Dasgupta
  8. Andy Dearden, Marion Walton, and Melissa Densmore
  9. Yingqin Zheng and Bernd Carsten Stahl, with contributions from Becky Faith
  10. Parminder Jeet Singh, Anita Gurumurthy, and Nandini Chami
  11. Piyumi Gamage, Chiranthi Rajapakse, and Helani Galpaya
  12. Goodiel C. Moshi and Deo Shao
  13. Caitlin M. Bentley
  14. Matthew L. Smith, Arul Chib, and Caitlin M. Bentley

List of Figures

A model of trust between stakeholders using open systems and the ecosystem of trust.

Leaky water pipe in south Bengaluru (Bangalore).
Source: Sadoway, Gopakumar, and Sridharan (2013).

Map of southern India showing Chennai (Madras) on the southeast coast.
Source: Open Street Map (2018), https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=5/12.983/73.960&layers=T.

An example of a public place mainly utilized by men.
Source: Authors.

Moumita updating the public blackboard.
Source: Authors.

Basic structure of an activity.
Source: Authors, modified from Kari Kuutti, Activity Theory and Human-Computer Interaction, in Context and Consciousness, ed. Bonnie A. Nardi (MIT Press, 1996), 28.

Examining the perspective of Gazette journalists.
Source: Code4SA (now OpenUp) (2016). https://twitter.com/OpenUpSA/status/793741180945268736.

Screenshot of the window farmers use to send questions to 1920.
Source: Mobile app designed by LIRNEasia.

List of Tables

The three main types of open processes, connected open practices, key characteristics, and examples

ICT in development

Schools of thought about intermediation

The three main types of open processes, key characteristics of open practices, and learning as participation

Questions concerning the design stage of open development projects

Questions regarding the implementation stage of open development projects

Questions concerning the evaluation stage of open development projects

Three main types of open processes

Social transformation as changing social relations in open initiatives

Acknowledgments

This research was conducted as part of the Strengthening Information Society Research Capacity Building Alliance (SIRCA) III program and is funded by Information and Networks in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, a partnership between the United Kingdoms Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and Canadas International Development Research Centre (IDRC), under the Networked Economies program at IDRC.

We would also like to acknowledge two SIRCA members, Yvonne Lim and Sandy Pek, whose contributions were critical to this volumes success.

At IDRC, we thank Catherine Bienvenu for copyediting the manuscript, and Nola Haddadian, publisher, for providing invaluable assistance in publishing our manuscript. We also appreciate the contributions of MIT Presss Gita Devi Manaktala, editorial director, and Mara Isela Garca, acquisitions assistant, to the publication of this volume.

Preface

The Strengthening Information Society Research Capacity Alliance (SIRCA) program ran for over a decade. What began as an intensive mentorship program for Asian scholars soon expanded to include members from across the globe. Driven by a passion for social change through the application of information and communications technology (ICT) in developing countries, SIRCA scholars have demonstrated outstanding influence. They have shifted ICT4D (ICT for Development) discourses and taken up leadership roles within their institutions. Now, following the end of SIRCAs third iteration, we have successfully developed and tested a more concentrated research model focused on a central objectiveto build the field of open development. Focusing on the impact of digitally enabled openness in reducing global inequalities enables SIRCA to bring our transformed program design into effective action.

In 2015, we began theorizing open development by centering on whether, how, for whom, and in what circumstances does the free, networked, public sharing of digital (information and communication) resources contribute toward (or not) a process of positive social transformation. Six teams of leading scholars developed white papers, which were released to the public to enable external researchers to build research proposals for investigation. An additional six teams of empirical researchers were selected in 2016 to put our theories to the test.

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