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It is argued here that many of the ideas behind diffusion are remnants of European colonialism. As such they reflect a power imbalance in the relationships between users and traditional IS developers that we would be well-advised to rethink in favour of more participative and democratic design and development processes.
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McMaster, T. (2001). The Illusion of Diffusion in Information Systems Research. In: Ardis, M.A., Marcolin, B.L. (eds) Diffusing Software Product and Process Innovations. TDIT 2001. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 59. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35404-0_6
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