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Queensland University of Technology
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Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies | Communication and Media Studies
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2023
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 11-07-2023
Publisher: University of Illinois Libraries
Date: 29-03-2022
DOI: 10.5210/SPIR.V2022I0.13080
Abstract: Our presentation will discuss how our team of Indigenous and non-Indigenous developed a unique Indigenous research methodology to increase understanding of the digital inclusion challenges faced by low income Indigenous families living on Mornington Island, a remote Aboriginal community in remote Queensland, Australia. We discuss our methodology and findings of how low income Mornington Island Aboriginal families use the internet to access government and social services, education, e-health and e-commerce. This project employs Indigenous methodologies including yarning, participant photography, and co-design workshops to inform policies, practices and programs. Our results are interpreted within the growing body of decolonizing methodologies and Indigenous research, methods and methodologies. Informed by Martin’s (2009) Relatedness Theory, our data is considered through Aboriginal ways of being, doing and knowing, with Aboriginal axiology, epistemology and ontology forming a window through which we observe, analyse and interpret data. In this presentation, we will discuss how we as a blended research team: • facilitated Indigenous involvement in the research (starting with the development of the research concept and design) • engaged strongly with with Indigenous research and literature, both academic and community-based to interpret data and findings • engaged with and developed Indigenous methodologies to ensure the effectiveness and appropriateness of this research and • represented Indigenous authors and voices in analysis and communication of research results
Publisher: RMIT University
Date: 2017
Publisher: University of Illinois Libraries
Date: 31-10-2019
DOI: 10.5210/SPIR.V2019I0.11005
Abstract: North West Queensland (NWQ) is one of Australia’s least digitally included regions (Thomas et. al. 2018). This research investigated the lived experience of digital inclusion – comprised of internet access, affordability and digital ability – in NWQ’s rural farming households. A qualitative approach was employed to illuminate factors that underlie particularly low levels of digital inclusion among ‘farmers and farm managers’. By talking to cattle farmers at rural events and remote property visits in the Northern Gulf region, the researcher explored the specific opportunities for, and barriers to, getting connected and using digital technologies in life and business for both men and women. The findings revealed a paradox in women’s lived experience of digital inclusion. While internet access is often limited and sometimes out of their control, rural women are thrust into undertaking computer-based tasks and managing data scarcity, which are often seen as ‘women’s work’. Ironically, many of these women develop a thirst for further digital skills and connections, which can be difficult to obtain in the absence of digital ability programs in rural areas.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2014
Publisher: University of Illinois Libraries
Date: 15-09-2021
DOI: 10.5210/SPIR.V2021I0.12206
Abstract: This paper details a qualitative investigation of human factors relating to adoption of digital agricultural technologies on Australian farms. We employed an ‘ecosystems’ approach to undertake a case study of a cotton farm’s transition to digital farming. Interviews and participant observation were conducted across the farm’s supply chain to understand how the experiences, perceptions, and activities of different stakeholders constituted a community-level orientation to digital agriculture, which enabled and constrained on-farm adoption. Technology providers installed a variety of data-generating technologies – remote sensors, automation, satellite crop imagery, WiFi/4G connectivity, and a customised data dashboard on the farm. However, the farmers lacked digital and data literacy skills to access, manage and use data effectively and independently. Specialist expertise for data translation was required, and support and resourcing for the farmers to acquire data capabilities was limited. This ‘data ide’ between the generation and application of farm data was complicated by broader issues raised by participants about data ownership, portability, privacy, trust, liability, and sovereignty, which have been observed internationally. The paper raises questions about the level of expertise farmers should be expected to attain in the transition to digital farming, who in the ecosystem is best placed to fill this ‘data ide’, and what interventions are necessary to address significant barriers to adoption in rural communities. It also highlights a tension between farmers’ $2 as decision-makers on their own properties and their $2 on digital technologies – and the ecosystems that support uptake of digital AgTech – to inform on-farm decisions.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 26-04-2022
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2020
Publisher: Queensland University of Technology
Date: 21-12-2021
DOI: 10.5204/REP.EPRINTS.227177
Abstract: As global agricultural production methods and supply chains have become more digitised, farmers around the world are adopting digital AgTech such as drones, Internet of Things (IoT), remote sensors, blockchain, and satellite imagery to inform their on-farm decision-making. While early adopters and technology advocates globally are spruiking and realising the benefits of digital AgTech, many Australian farmers are reluctant or unable to participate fully in the digital economy. This is an important issue, as the Australian Government has said that digital farming is essential to meeting its target of agriculture being a $100billion industry by 2030. Most studies of AgTech adoption focus on in idual-level barriers, yielding well-documented issues such as access to digital connectivity, availability of AgTech suppliers, non-use of ICTs, and cost-benefit for farmers. In contrast, our project took an ‘ecosystems’ approach to study cotton farmers in the Darling Downs region in Queensland, Australia who are installing water sensors, satellite imagery, and IoT plant probes to generate data to be aggregated on a dashboard to inform decision-making. We asked our farmers to map their local ecosystem, and then set up interviewing different stakeholders (such technology providers, agronomists, and suppliers) to understand how community-level orientations to digital agriculture enabled and constrained on-farm adoption. We identified human factors of digital AgTech adoption at the macro, regional and farm levels, with a pronounced ‘data ide’ between farm and community level stakeholders within the ecosystem. This ‘data ide’ is characterised by a capability gap between the provision of the devices and software that generate data by technology companies, and the ability of farmers to manage, implement, use, and maintain them effectively and independently. In the Condamine Plains project, farmers were willing and determined to learn new, advanced digital and data literacy skills. Other farmers in different circumstances may not see value in such an undertaking or have the necessary support to take full advantage of the technologies once they are implemented. Moreover, there did not seem to be a willingness or capacity in the rest of the ecosystem to fill this gap. The work raises questions about the type and level of new, digital expertise farmers need to attain in the transition to digital farming, and what interventions are necessary to address the significant barriers to adoption and effective use that remain in rural communities. By holistically considering how macro- and micro-level factors may be combined with community-level influences, this study provides a more complete and holistic account of the contextualised factors that drive or undermine digital AgTech adoption on farms in rural communities. This report provides insights and evidence to inform strategies for rural ecosystems to transition farms to meet the requirements and opportunities of Agriculture 4.0 in Australia and abroad.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 27-06-2023
DOI: 10.1177/1329878X231183292
Abstract: Despite recent investments in telecommunications infrastructure in regional Australia, a digital ide remains between rural and urban communities. The impacts of comparatively limited digital connectivity in rural Australia include fewer opportunities for economic participation, difficulty accessing health and educational services, and challenges responding to crisis events such as natual disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic. There is an acute need for improved access to robust mobile and broadband services before, during and after crises in rural Australia. This article presents solutions for improved digital connectivity and digital capability in Far North Queensland, founded in a project that brought together researchers, business owners, councils, development organisations, technical experts and service providers to collaboratively identify and define telecommunications challenges related to a catastrophic flood in 2019. The research supports telecommunications providers, state and local governments, and community development organisations working together to collaboratively invest in technical and social solutions that enable rural communities to achieve greater crisis resilience.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 18-09-2023
Start Date: 2021
End Date: 06-2024
Amount: $620,765.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
View Funded ActivityStart Date: 2020
End Date: 2020
Funder: Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia
View Funded ActivityStart Date: 2018
End Date: 2019
Funder: Australian Communications Consumer Action Network
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