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Tatenda Chatikobo

Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership, Co-ordinator
t.chatikobo@ru.ac.za
046 603 8921

Qualifications:
BSocSci Information Systems and Organisational Psychology (Rhodes), PDMM (Rhodes), MA (Rhodes)

Address

Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership
Prince Alfred Street
Great Hall
Rhodes University
Grahamstown
6140

Courses


PDMM: Digital and Social Media
JMS3 Radical Discourses online
Community Engagement
Siyakhula Living Lab
Coding and robotics club in local schools in Makhanda


Research areas


Critical Data Studies
ICT-for-development
Mobile communication
Digital inequalities


Research projects


2021-2022 SSRC Next Generation of Social Sciences in Africa Doctoral Research Fello
Research publications
Chatikobo, T., & Dalvit, L. (2021). Reflections on coloniality of power through digital technologies in a Global South context. Digital Divide Working Group (DID), IAMCR Online 2021, United States International University, 11-15 July 2021.

Buthelezi, M., Chatikobo, T., & Dalvit, L. (2021). United in diversity? Digital differences and inequalities within a South African rural community. Information, Communication & Society, 24(3), 455-469.

Chatikobo, T., & Dalvit, L. (2019). Services, Schools and Skills: Mobile Media and local development in a South African rural area. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development, Rome, 22-24 May 2019. ISBN 978-981-13-9651-9

Chatikobo, T., Ciaghi, A., Dalvit, L., Indrajith, D., Miya, M., Molini, P. B., & Villafiorita, A. (2016). Hacking for Southern Africa: Collaborative development of hyperlocal services for marginalised communities. In IST-Africa Week Conference, 2016 (pp. 1-9). IEEE. Available at: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7530656/ 

Ciaghi, A., Chatikobo, T., & Dalvit, L. (2016). Training and development of mobile apps for a rural area in South Africa: international and multi-disciplinary collaborations. 9th International Conference on Education Research and Innovation. 14 – 16 November 2016, Seville (Spain). Available at: https://library.iated.org/view/CIAGHI2016TRA 

Chatikobo, T., Cristoferi, M., Dalvit, L., Miya, M. & Buthelezi, M. (2016). Mobile phones and effective resource management in developing communities: the case of Dwesa. Poster presented at the 5th Mobile for Development conference. 21 – 22 October 2016, Maputo (Mozambique). Available at: http://kau.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1056790&dswid=-4821