Moving Beyond the WEIRD - 9783658475857

Moving Beyond the WEIRDLessons from an Amazigh Community in Shaping Pluralistic Digital Futures\nAuthor(s): Sarah Rller\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, Germany\nImprint: Springer VS\nISBN-13: 9783658475857, 978-3658475857\nSynopsis\nIn this open-access book, Sarah Rller offers a comprehensive exploration of the complexities and nuances of conducting Western digital research in non-Western contexts, focusing on a case study in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. The research underscores the importance of addressing the challenges inherent in navigating this intercultural landscape, particularly as Western researchers immersed in ethnographic work. The studies highlight the multifaceted issues surrounding postcolonial frameworks, extractivism, technocapitalism, exploitation, and the evolving paradigms of development and sustainability, and underscores the urgent need for a more pluralistic, site-specific co-design approach. This approach is central to pro.