Open AccessDigitalization in the Global South
Author(s) -
Kerstin Schopp,
Laura Schelenz,
Jessica Heesen,
Maria Pawelec
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
zeitschrift für technikfolgenabschätzung in theorie und praxis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2568-020X
pISSN - 2567-8833
DOI - 10.14512/tatup.28.2.s10
Subject(s) - functional illiteracy , context (archaeology) , information and communications technology , digital divide , global south , colonialism , political science , point (geometry) , sociology , power (physics) , media studies , engineering ethics , public relations , engineering , geography , economic geography , law , mathematics , physics , geometry , archaeology , quantum mechanics
What are opportunities and risks of ICT in a global context from an ethical and interdisciplinary point of view? This TATuP special topic addresses often neglected issues, like unequal power relations, neo-colonialism, (digital) illiteracy, general barriers to access, or the gender digital divide.
Editors: J. Heesen, L. Schelenz, K. Schopp and M. Pawelec