https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/issue/feedThe Journal of Community Informatics2024-01-03T07:10:55-05:00Colin Rhinesmithcrhinesmith@metro.orgOpen Journal Systems<p><span style="font-style: italic;">The Journal of Community Informatics</span> provides an opportunity for Community Informatics researchers and others to share their work with the larger community. Through the Journal's application of a rigorous peer review process, knowledge and awareness concerning the community use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is being brought to a wider professional audience. In addition, the Journal makes available key documents, “points of view”, notes from the field and other materials that will be of wider interest within the community of those working in Community Informatics.</p> <p>Original funding for the Journal was provided by the Canadian Research Alliance for Community Innovation and Networking (CRACIN), a project funded by the Canadian Social Science and Humanities Research Council.</p> <p> </p>https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/article/view/5583Community informatics and artificial intelligence2023-12-30T18:58:43-05:00Colin Rhinesmithcrhinesmith@metro.org2023-12-30T00:00:00-05:00Copyright (c) 2023 The Journal of Community Informaticshttps://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/article/view/5234Relational and person-centred approaches to archival practice and education 2023-02-26T18:51:28-05:00Anna Sextona.sexton@ucl.ac.ukElizabeth Shepherde.shepherd@ucl.ac.ukWendy Duffwendy.duff@utoronto.ca<p>In 2013 Terry Cook identified four paradigms that have shaped archival theory and praxis over the last 150 years: evidence, cultural memory, societal engagement and identity and community. More recently, Jennifer Douglas, Mya Ballin, and Sadaf Ahmadbeigi (2021) have identified a fifth emerging paradigm, Person-Centred Archival Theory and Praxis. Person-centred approaches to archival science shifts the discussion from a focus on records to a focus on “the people that create, keep, use and/or are represented in records.” This paper argues that a person-centred approach to archival theory and praxis must acknowledge the deep emotional impact of working with records, record keeping and the people who create and use archives.</p>2023-12-30T00:00:00-05:00Copyright (c) 2023 The Journal of Community Informaticshttps://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/article/view/5191For whom is data literacy empowering? An awareness-action typology2023-03-24T15:02:10-04:00Shiri Mundshiri@nyu.eduYoav Bergnerybb2@nyu.edu<p><em>Building on recent empowerment perspectives on data literacy, we examine how students and working adults talk about their understanding of data and report on their own personal-data-related practices. Through a deductive and inductive analysis of interviews with 19 subjects ranging from middle school to middle age, we find that awareness and action with respect to data consumption and production do not necessarily increase in tandem. For example, being more aware of the data that can be used to track them does not make individuals more likely to take action to manage their personal data. While some feel anxiety about the gap between knowledge and action, others resolve the tension by choosing not to care. These findings are synthesized in a typology of personas in the space of data awareness and action. We investigate the relationship between age and educational attainment with location in this awareness-action space and discuss implications for data literacy education. </em></p>2023-12-30T00:00:00-05:00Copyright (c) 2023 The Journal of Community Informaticshttps://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/article/view/4948ICT and Institutional Transformations in the Global South2023-02-12T22:03:15-05:00Shobhit Shakyashshak@ttu.eeWolfgang Drechslerwolfgang.drechsler@taltech.ee<p>At a juncture where various streams questioning the role of ICT in democratic governance have joined, this paper explores how a traditional South Asian institution – the Guthi – is rejuvenated, if not resuscitated, by ICT, especially – but not only – by the Communication aspect, prompted by a cataclysmic event, and also propelled towards global normative priorities. The case came to attention after the major earthquake of 2015 in Nepal. The Guthi, the traditional institution of cooperative self-governance prevalent primarily amongst the Newars of Kathmandu Valley, was in serious decline and the earthquake laid bare the void it had left behind. Leveraging on ICT and following their traditions, the communities put forward the case for their participation in rebuilding efforts. Especially this, but also those possibilities in general, “spun off” new iterations of the Guthi: neo-Guthis, sub-Guthis, and quasi-Guthis. We argue that much of the criticism that is levelled against the Guthi today ignores these and solely focuses on the ancient, guthis. As we put forth, it was the reaction to the demand of the time as well as utilizing the tools available, and even adapting the organization(s) to do so, that enabled the rejuvenation of an indigenous institution.</p>2023-12-30T00:00:00-05:00Copyright (c) 2023 The Journal of Community Informatics