-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Fwd: The Contribution of Practice Theories to ICT for Development Datum: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 09:17:53 +1100 Von: Stan Karanasios stan.karanasios@rmit.edu.au An: AISWorld@lists.aisnet.org

*Call for papers:*

*The Contribution of Practice Theories to ICT for Development*

IFIP Work Group 9.4 on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries

Yogyakarta, Indonesia. May 22-24, 2017

*Track chairs:*

Stan Karanasios RMIT University, Australia (stan.karanasios@rmit.edu.au)

Pär-Ola Zander, Aalborg University, Denmark (poz@hum.aau.dk)

Natalie Pang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore ( nlspang@ntu.edu.sg)

*Track theme:*

Despite the growing body of research on ICT and development (ICTD) it has been argued that the theoretical contribution of research in the ICTD field is weak (Avgerou, 2010; Karanasios, 2014). It has also been argued that there is a difficulty in identifying relevant theoretically grounded approaches to frame ICTD research, which are of maximum benefit to theory and practice (Walsham & Sahay, 1999). This track focuses on the use and development of practice theories in ICTD. Practice theories, such as actor-network theory (ANT), structuration theory and activity theory can be described as focusing on understanding change and development of human practice (Miettinen et al., 2012) and deepening understandings about the recursive interactions between social structures, human agents and technologies (Orlikowski, 1992). Within ICTD, the use of practice theories remains under-developed. ANT (e.g. Andrade & Urquhart, 2010), structuration theory (e.g. Walsham & Han, 1993) and activity theory (e.g. Karanasios & Allen, 2013) are perhaps the most common theoretical approaches (Steyn, 2015).

*Exemplar topics and types of contributions looked for:*

We seek relevant and rigorous submissions which address several of the following criteria:

• Apply and develop practice theories by demonstrating the empirical and theoretical contributions they offer

• Offer new contributions to practice theories, for instance extending the approaches or signalling how the field of ICTD can offer a fertile landscape for their application

• Offer in depth comparison between practices theories and their contribution to ICTD

• Critical studies on practice theory, and papers that illuminate on the difficulties of applying them

• Contribute to understand of use of technologies in developing countries using practice theories

• Explore how practice theories may guide interventions in expansive learning processes and understand the practice of policy-making and enactment of these processes

Ideally, submissions will provide new understandings of ICTD and practice theory. Submissions will be evaluated using rigorous criteria associated with high quality academic research.

See http://2017.ifipwg94.net/ for paper submission details

*Associate editors:*

1. Professor David Allen, University of Leeds, UK

2. Dr Mira Slavova, GIBS Business School, South Africa

3. Dr Aljona Zorina, University of Leeds, UK

4. Dr Stephen Burgess, Victoria University, Australia

5. Dr Larry Stillman, Monash University, Australia

6. Dr Jyoti Mishra, University of Bradford, UK

7. Dr Gary Cifuentes Alvarez, University of Los Andes, Colombia

8. Senior Researcher Jacki O’Neill, Microsoft Research India

9. Dr Saifuddin Khalid, Aalborg University, Denmark

10. Professor Sikder Monoare Murshed, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

11. Dr Markus Rohde, University of Siegen, Germany

12. Dr Mega Subramaniam, University of Maryland, USA

13. Professor Gary Burnett, Florida State University, USA

14. Professor Schubert Foo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

*Important dates:*

Submission Deadline: November 15, 2016 Notification of Acceptance: January 31, 2017 Resubmissions Due: February 28, 2017

For more information please contact Stan Karanasios ( stan.karanasios@rmit.edu.au)

References

Andrade, A. D., & Urquhart, C. (2010). The affordances of actor network theory in ICT for development research. Information Technology & People, 23(4), 352-374.

Avgerou, C. (2010). Discourses on ICT and Development. Information Technologies & International Development, 6(3), 1-18.

Karanasios, S. (2014). Framing ICT4D research using activity theory: A match between the ICT4D field and theory? Information Technologies & International Development, 10(2), 1-17.

Karanasios, S., & Allen, D. (2013). ICT for development in the context of the closure of Chernobyl nuclear power plant: an activity theory perspective. Information Systems Journal, 23(4), 287-306. doi: 10.1111/isj.12011

Miettinen, R., Paavola, S., & Pohjola, P. (2012). From Habituality to Change: Contribution of Activity Theory and Pragmatism to Practice Theories. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 42(3), 345-360. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-5914.2012.00495.x

Orlikowski, W. J. (1992). The Duality of Technology: Rethinking the Concept of Technology in Organizations. Organization Science, 3(3), 398-427.

Steyn, J. (2015). Idols on the ICTD theatre - The Stage. Paper presented at the 13th International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, Negombo, Sri Lanka.

Walsham, G., & Han, C.-K. (1993). Information systems strategy formation and implementation: the case of a central government agency. Accounting, Management and Information Technologies, 3(3), 191-209.

Walsham, G., & Sahay, S. (1999). GIS for district-level administration in India: problems and opportunities. MIS Quarterly, 23(1), 39-65. _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld@lists.aisnet.org