Critical Perspectives on Open Development Empirical Interrogation of Theory Construction
Cross-cutting theoretical frameworks and analyses examine how open innovations in international development can empower poor and marginalized populations. Over the last ten years, “open” innovations—the sharing of information and communications resources without access restrictions or cost—have emer...
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| Format | eBook Book |
| Language | English |
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Cambridge
MIT Press
2021
The MIT Press International Development Research Centre |
| Edition | 1 |
| Series | International Development Research Centre |
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| ISBN | 0262542323 9780262542326 9780262363327 0262363321 |
| DOI | 10.7551/mitpress/11480.001.0001 |
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- References -- 6. Changing Infrastructure in Urban India: Critical Reflections on Openness and Trust in the Governance of Public Services -- Introduction -- Chennai as a Provisioning Machine -- Public Service in a Multilevel Governance Reality -- Valorizing Corporate and Consultant-Driven Service Solutions -- Work-Arounds for Opening Up Public Service Accessibility -- Reflections on Public Services and Open, Trustworthy Systems -- Notes -- References -- 7. Learning through Participation in a Weather Information System in West Bengal, India -- Introduction -- Open Practices within the Weather Information System -- Moumita's Story -- Substantive Learning from Open Practices as Positive Social Transformation -- Notes -- References -- II. Coevolutionary Perspectives on Open Development -- 8. Understanding Divergent Outcomes in Open Development -- A Snapshot: #FeesMustFall -- Introduction -- Understanding Situated Interaction with Digital Services -- Situating Informal Learning in the Context of Activities -- The Social Context of Activities -- Interacting Activity Systems -- Divergent Outcomes Arising from Prior Inequalities -- The Practices of Literacy -- OpenUp and Journalism -- Making All Voices Count -- "Liberating" Government Data -- OpenUp as a Community of Practice -- Divergent Outcomes Arising from Prior Inequalities -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 9. A Critical Capability Approach to Evaluate Open Development -- Introduction -- A Critical Capability Approach to Open Development -- Evaluative Framework -- Evaluative Questions for Different Types of Open Development Projects -- Research Methodology -- References -- 10. Open Institutions and Their "Relevant Publics": A Democratic Alternative to Neoliberal Openness -- The Field of Open Development -- Open Development as Open Institutions -- Relevant Publics -- The Problem of Open Washing
- Contextual Public Interest for an Open Organization -- Public Systems in the Network Age -- Open Institutions as Antidote to Institutional Capture -- Notes -- References -- Reflections II -- 11. What Makes an Agriculture Initiative Open? Reflections on Sharing Agriculture Information, Writing Rights, and Divergent Outcomes -- Introduction -- Coming to Grips with Writing Rights in Open Agricultural Initiatives -- Moving Beyond Divergent Outcomes of Open Agriculture Initiatives -- References -- 12. Using the Critical Capabilities Approach to Evaluate the Tanzanian Open Government Data Initiative -- Introduction -- TOGI's Open Data Design within the Education Sector -- Implementation Challenges -- Comparing TOGI's End-of-Term Evaluation with the CCA Evaluation -- References -- 13. Three Problems Facing Civil Society Organizations in the Development Sector in Adopting Open Institutional Design -- Introduction -- Problem 1: Identifying a Public Is One Thing, but Engaging a Public through ICT Can Be a Massive Headache -- Problem 2: Open Institutional Design Will Not Resolve Severe ICT Inequality -- Problem 3: CSOs Dependent on Donor Funding May Not Have Much Power to Adopt Open Institutional Designs -- References -- 14. Conclusion -- Understanding Positive Social Transformation -- Connecting Openness to Social Transformation -- Conclusion -- References -- Contributors -- Index
- Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- About the SIRCA III Program -- 1. Openness in International Development -- Introduction -- Delimiting the Boundaries of Open Development -- Obscuring the Boundaries: What Kind of Social Transformation Are We Talking About? -- A Brief History of Openness and Development Theory -- Putting Openness and Development Theory into Practice: Toward Critical Perspectives on Open Development -- Two Overarching Perspectives on How Openness Contributes to Positive Social Transformation: Overview of the Book -- Part I: Pragmatic Approaches to Open Development -- Part II: Coevolutionary Perspectives on Open Development -- Conclusion -- References -- I. Pragmatic Approaches to Open Development -- 2. A Stewardship Approach to Theorizing Open Data for Development -- Introduction -- Stewardship of Open Data -- Locating Stewardship: Regimes and Actors -- Illustrating the Stewardship Approach: Four Models of Stewardship -- Communities of Practice -- Discussion and Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 3. Trust and Open Development -- Introduction -- Literature Review Regarding "Trust" -- Dimensions of Trust in Open Development: Preliminary Research Directions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4. Learning as Participation: Open Practices and the Production of Identities -- Introduction -- Situated Learning Theory and Open Practices -- Building a Theoretical Framework for Connecting Learning as Participation, Identity, and Open Practices -- A Research Agenda for Understanding How Participation in Open Practices Shapes Identity -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Reflections I -- 5. Stewardship Regimes within Kenya's Open Data Initiative and Their Implications for Open Data for Development -- Introduction -- Kenya and Open Data -- Connecting KODI's Open Data Stewardship Regimes to Open Data for Development