Digital scholarship landscape in common Global South

About the event

Invitation Eventbrite (Development Studies Association)

Theme Unleashing southern research leadership: how can we use technology better to ensure southern research contributes to solving local problems: An invitation to learn and co-create ideas for piloting

Recording

Notes

Challenges:

1. network/access (plays for both ends: researcher as producers and researcher as users),
2. language (English-centric),
3. skill in research and how to use available technology (related to no 1 and 2),
4. policy that drives perception of quality (Western-centric),
5. incentives (build upon no 4).

Available tech:

1. free communication platforms (Whatsapp, Telegram, Slack, Google Mail/Miling list, etc),
2. open source publishing platform (OJS from PKP), Eprints from Soton,
3. university resource sharing