No more “solutionism” or “saviourism” in futuring African HCI: A manyfesto

MS Adamu - ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Research in HCI4D has continuously advanced a narrative of “lacks” and “gaps” of the
African perspective in technoscience. In response to such misguided assumptions, this …

[PDF][PDF] The impact of COVID-19 on the academic performance of students: a psychosocial study using association and regression model

AB Sakpere, AG Oluwadebi, OH Ajilore… - International Journal of …, 2021 - researchgate.net
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has affected every sector of human activities. The
outbreak has not only resulted in the risk of death from infection but has greatly affected the …

Navigating Afrocentric Human-Computer Interaction Research: A Sco** Review and Proposition of Afro-Postmodernism for Decolonial Praxis

O Arueyingho, DO Lawrence, H Webb - Extended Abstracts of the CHI …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Ongoing Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) studies in Africa have revealed the prevalence
of colonial influences in current research and design practices. These colonial influences …

Ladange, Adange, Jeetange: The Farmers' Movement and Its Virtual Spaces

P Gupta, A Petterson, D Motla, P Chandra - Proceedings of the ACM on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
The farmers' movement began in November 2020, when more than 300,000 protesters
marched towards New Delhi in India in opposition to new agrarian acts introduced by the …

Integrating human-computer interactions in Nigerian energy system: A skills requirement analysis

O Adepoju, O Akinyomi, O Esan - … of Digital Food, Energy & Water …, 2023 - journals.uj.ac.za
The energy sector constitutes an important contributor to the growth and development of the
Nigerian economy. Despite Nigeria's abundant energy resources, the sector faces multiple …

Land, letṧema and leola: Digital transformation on a rural community's own terms

KD Magoro, NJ Bidwell - Innovation Practices for Digital Transformation in …, 2022 - Springer
Eurocentric paradigms for technology continue to dominate in Africa yet can impede digital
transformation by perpetuating senses of inferiority in societies that have endured …

Including critical Approaches in HCI Curricula: A provocation

H Mthoko, M Adamu, S Lazem, A Peters - Proceedings of the 5th Annual …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
This is not a paper [1]; it is more of a collection and reflection of tangled ideas and
discussions on the politics of engaging multiple worlds in design. Discussions brought on by …

Appropriation, coloniality, and digital technologies. Observations from within an African place

G van Stam - arxiv preprint arxiv:2108.10087, 2021 - arxiv.org
This paper provides an assessment of experiences and understanding of digital
technologies from within an African place. It provides philosophical reflections upon the …

Infusing Futuring into Community-based Co-design: A Pathway to Innovative Technology Design with Indigenous Communities in Africa

C Muashekele, H Winschiers-Theophilus… - Proceedings of the 4th …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
This paper argues for a fusion between community-based co-design and futuring as an
approach for alternative and innovative technology development in rural indigenous settings …

Analyzing Digital Practices in Indigenous Communities: A Foucauldian Sociotechnical Demarginalizing Method

R Naidoo, F Adebesin - Proceedings of the 4th African Human Computer …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Responsible Human-Computer Interaction for Development (HCI4D) and Information
System (IS) researchers have called for demarginalizing methods for decolonizing digital …