Digital development dilemma : from progress to control / Azadeh Akbari -- The evolution of ICT4D : content, context, process (interview with Shirin Madon) / Azadeh Akbari & Silvia Masiero -- Bringing critical ICT4D from the margin to the centre / Tony Roberts -- The interface position of ICT4D research / Silvia Masiero -- The violence of algorithmic systems in social policy in Colombia : (re) localising the digital welfare state in the postcolonial context / Joan Lopez Solano -- Digital humanitarianism : orthodoxy and lived realities / Silvia Masiero -- Reimaging smart city transplants for the Global South : a post-colonial lens on human rights and digital sovereignty / Alina Wernick, Gabriel Udoh, & Emeline Banzuzi -- From data governance to data ethics : invoking epistemological plurality for enabling a critical turn in ICT4D / Stefano Calzati -- Design for water justice : co-developing tools for equitable cities / Fenna Hoefsloot, Andrea Jimenez, & Liliana Miranda Sara -- Social media and sisterhood in Latin America : discourse and practice / Juan Fernando Bossio & Illari Chani Diez Montes.

"The edited volume Critical ICT4D highlights the need for a paradigm change in theorising, designing and researching Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D). Engaging authors from the Global South, entering a process of restoring epistemic justice in knowledge production and ownership the text: - Reflects on the histories and narratives around development programmes, their deep-rooted socio-political background, and the power relations integrated into or induced by such measures; - Problematises the current scholarship and practices through decolonial and pluralistic approaches built with an explicit perspective of resisting epistemic violence; and - Constructs justice-enacting engagements of technologies with society. Offering thematic discussions in many development sectors with up-to-date case studies informed by recent research in the field, it sheds light on constructive contributions of critical ICT4D research. Written in an accessible language, the book will appeal to postgraduate students, fellow researchers, policymakers in the fields of sociology, development studies, STS, critical data studies, surveillance studies, international relations, public administration, and information systems"--