Members of the Michigan ICTD Team had several papers, extended abstracts, and workshop papers at CHI 2018 in Montreal, Canada. Congratulations to everyone who presented this year! Best Papers: “Keeping a Low Profile? Technology, Risk and Privacy among Undocumented Immigrants,” by Tamy Guberek, Allison McDonald, Sylvia Simioni, Abraham H. Mhaidli, Kentaro Toyama and Florian Schaub…
Politicians and Social Media in the Global South Saturday, April 14th, 2018 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM North Quad, Space 2435 105 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 In the last decade, politicians in various parts of the world have invested in social media campaigns, including in settings where a relatively small proportion of…
“I had a block that if I used a cane my dignity would be lost.”—quoted from an interview with a blind woman from India. Social stigma is lethal. Whether openly or reluctantly, most people will agree that the implicit biases and assumptions surrounding disability are incredibly powerful. Everyday, the social stigma of disability affects the…
Politicians in various parts of the world have invested in social media campaigns, including in settings where a relatively small proportion of the voting public is actually online. Leaders use social media to actively court constituents, to present a narrative on their political program to the international community, or to use the affordances of social…
The Connectivity Lab is a lab where students, NGOs, and technology companies are able to test and train for the technologies used in developing countries and disaster response. Facebook has given the Connectivity Lab access to the “2G Tuesdays” software they developed with Ericsson. Additionally, the lab has collaborated with the University of Waterloo this…
Several of our ICTD members will be presenting at the Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference on South Asia in the Mediations of Mobility section. Best wishes to all our ICTD members presenting.
Politicians and Social Media in the Global South In the last decade, politicians in various parts of the world have invested in social media campaigns, including in settings where a relatively small proportion of the voting public is actually online. Leaders may use social media for a range of reasons including to actively court constituents,…
Michigan ICTD at CHI 2017
We’re delighted to have Ed Happ join us as an Executive Fellow as of January, 2017. In previous lives, Ed was co-founder of NetHope, a consortium of large non-profits and technology companies, CIO of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. and CIO of Save the Children. At the University of Michigan School of Information,…
Narendra Modi becomes most followed political leader
Detroit Bootlegger’s Tour, Project Boost
ICTD2016 was successfully held at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor these last few days.
Michigan ICTD 