ABSTRACT

Reviews of the ICTD literature have noted a scarcity of studies about Latin American countries. We investigate (1) what are the alternatives to ICTD and English-language ICTD publication venues researchers utilize to disseminate their work and why they may do so, and (2) what methodological, theoretical, and contextual characteristics these researchers bring to their publications. The study takes a two-pronged approach to answer these questions: a survey of researchers who have conducted ICTD research in Latin America and an analysis of their ICTD publications. We find that researchers use an array of specific alternative and additional terms to describe ICTD research, that methodological and theoretical characteristics of the literature resemble ICTD in general, and that contextual coverage of the region is lacking. Our results prompt a set of recommendations for better incorporating scholarship about Latin America in the ICTD field as well as improving global coverage of the ICTD community.

摘要

对ICTD文献的评论指出，有关拉丁美洲国家的研究很少。我们研究（1）研究人员用来传播ICTD和英语ICTD出版物的替代场所是什么，以及他们为什么可以传播他们的著作，以及（2）这些研究者为出版物带来了哪些方法，理论和背景特征。该研究采用两种方法来回答这些问题：对在拉丁美洲进行ICTD研究的研究人员进行的调查，以及对ICTD出版物的分析。我们发现研究人员使用一系列特定的替代术语和附加术语来描述ICTD研究，文献的方法和理论特征总体上类似于ICTD，并且缺少该地区的上下文覆盖。