Developing software in a bicultural context: the role of a SoDis inspection

dc.contributor.authorGotterbarn, D. W.en
dc.contributor.authorGray, W.en
dc.contributor.authorHouliston, B.en
dc.contributor.authorClear, T.en
dc.date.accessioned2008-11-24T13:33:38Z
dc.date.available2008-11-24T13:33:38Z
dc.date.issued2006-04-01en
dc.descriptionThis paper introduces the SoDIS process to identify ethical and social risks from software development in the context of designing software for the New Zealand Maori culture. In reviewing the SoDIS analysis for this project, the tensions between two cultures are explored. The paper concludes with some reflections upon the key principles informing the professional development of software and ways in which cultural values are embedded in supposedly neutral technologies, and reviews the lessons learned about avoiding colonization while working on a bicultural project. The modified SoDIS methodology was used in the design and development of a national database in New Zealand to develop a genealogy database to distribute NZ 700 million dollars worth of fisheries assets to several claimant tribes.en
dc.identifier.citationGotterbarn, D. W. et al.(2006) Developing software in a bicultural context: the role of a SoDis inspection. International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction, 2(2), pp. 1-23.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.4018/jthi.2006040101
dc.identifier.issn1548-3908en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2086/217
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherIdea Group Publishingen
dc.researchgroupCentre for Computing and Social Responsibility
dc.subjectRAE 2008
dc.subjectUoA 23 Computer Science and Informatics
dc.subjectIndigenous people
dc.subjectRisk assessment software
dc.subjectColonization
dc.subjectMaori
dc.subjectSoftware development impact statements
dc.titleDeveloping software in a bicultural context: the role of a SoDis inspectionen
dc.typeArticleen

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