Information sustainability in Rural Bangladesh: The use of analogue and digital backups

Viviane Frings-Hessami

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-28035-1_6

Information sustainability in Rural Bangladesh: The use of analogue and digital backups

Viviane Frings-Hessami

Department of Human Centred Computing

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Abstract

Access to information plays an important role in supporting sustainable
development goals. In marginalised communities where people have limited
access to information, preservation of information previously accessed can play a
crucial role in supporting economic, social, and personal activities and fostering
sustainable development. However, little is known about how marginalised rural
communities in developing countries preserve information and how digital technologies
have impacted on their practices. In order to investigate how individuals
in remote rural communities access and preserve the information that they need
to support their work and daily activities, the author organised two focus group
discussions and ten individual interviews with village men and women in the district
of Satkhira in Bangladesh. The findings from the research show that villagers,
who have limited access to smartphones and to the internet, are conscious of the
fragility of digital technologies and digital data and use paper notebooks as a
form of backup for information found on the internet, and that some of them also
use digital backups to preserve important information. These findings highlight
the importance of ensuring the sustainability of information and of encouraging
the use of methods to access and preserve information that are appropriate to the
cultural and technological contexts and that meet the needs of the marginalised
communities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	18th International Conference, iConference 2023 Virtual Event, March 13–17, 2023 Proceedings, Part I
Editors	Isaac Sserwanga, Anne Goulding, Heather Moulaison-Sandy, Jia Tina Du, Antonio Lucas Soares, Viviane Hessami, Rebecca D. Frank
Place of Publication	Cham Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	66-78
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031280351
ISBN (Print)	9783031280344
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28035-1_6
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	iConference 2023 - Online, Switzerland Duration: 13 Mar 2023 → 17 Mar 2023 Conference number: 18th https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-28035-1 (Proceedings) https://www.ischools.org/event-details/iconference-2023-physical-program (Website)

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	13971
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	iConference 2023
Abbreviated title	iConference 2023
Country/Territory	Switzerland
Period	13/03/23 → 17/03/23
Internet address	https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-28035-1 (Proceedings) https://www.ischools.org/event-details/iconference-2023-physical-program (Website)

Keywords

Information sustainability
Information preservation
Analogue backups
Digital backups
Bangladesh
Sustainable development

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10.1007/978-3-031-28035-1_6

Recordkeeping for empowerment of rural communities in developing countries
Frings, V.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
7/01/21 → 6/01/25
Project: Research

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Frings-Hessami, V. (2023). Information sustainability in Rural Bangladesh: The use of analogue and digital backups. In I. Sserwanga, A. Goulding, H. Moulaison-Sandy, J. T. Du, A. L. Soares, V. Hessami, & R. D. Frank (Eds.), 18th International Conference, iConference 2023 Virtual Event, March 13–17, 2023 Proceedings, Part I (pp. 66-78). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 13971). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28035-1_6

Frings-Hessami, Viviane. / Information sustainability in Rural Bangladesh : The use of analogue and digital backups. 18th International Conference, iConference 2023 Virtual Event, March 13–17, 2023 Proceedings, Part I. editor / Isaac Sserwanga ; Anne Goulding ; Heather Moulaison-Sandy ; Jia Tina Du ; Antonio Lucas Soares ; Viviane Hessami ; Rebecca D. Frank. Cham Switzerland : Springer, 2023. pp. 66-78 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Frings-Hessami, V 2023, Information sustainability in Rural Bangladesh: The use of analogue and digital backups. in I Sserwanga, A Goulding, H Moulaison-Sandy, JT Du, AL Soares, V Hessami & RD Frank (eds), 18th International Conference, iConference 2023 Virtual Event, March 13–17, 2023 Proceedings, Part I. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 13971, Springer, Cham Switzerland , pp. 66-78, iConference 2023, Switzerland, 13/03/23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28035-1_6

Information sustainability in Rural Bangladesh: The use of analogue and digital backups. / Frings-Hessami, Viviane.
18th International Conference, iConference 2023 Virtual Event, March 13–17, 2023 Proceedings, Part I. ed. / Isaac Sserwanga; Anne Goulding; Heather Moulaison-Sandy; Jia Tina Du; Antonio Lucas Soares; Viviane Hessami; Rebecca D. Frank. Cham Switzerland : Springer, 2023. p. 66-78 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 13971).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review

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Frings-Hessami V. Information sustainability in Rural Bangladesh: The use of analogue and digital backups. In Sserwanga I, Goulding A, Moulaison-Sandy H, Du JT, Soares AL, Hessami V, Frank RD, editors, 18th International Conference, iConference 2023 Virtual Event, March 13–17, 2023 Proceedings, Part I. Cham Switzerland : Springer. 2023. p. 66-78. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-28035-1_6

Information sustainability in Rural Bangladesh: The use of analogue and digital backups

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