Tatenda Chatikobo

Research Fellow

Digital Inequalities; Digital Coloniality; Critical Data Studies; Decolonial Theories; Cultural Studies

School of Law
S1.15, Social Sciences Building
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL
United Kingdom

024 765 74546

Bio

Tatenda Chatikobo is a Research Fellow at the University of Warwick's School of Law under the Wellcome-funded project focusing on global health law, bioethics, entrepreneurship, epidemiology and governance. The interdisciplinary project seeks to analyse the regulation of digital health applications and the governance of cross-border data migration. His research areas include digital health data governance, data migration, tech infra- legalities and digital inequalities. On the project, Tatenda is investigating digital health data practices and exploring possibilities for inclusive, culturally sensitive and contextual health applications and data management designs.

Tatenda was a Rhodes University postgraduate (MA and later PhD) researcher on a multidisciplinary ICT4D project called Siyakhula Living Lab in South Africa, aimed at providing ICT infrastructure (internet, computers and software) in rural areas. As part of the project, he facilitated digital technology training and research work in a rural area in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa and collaborated with a team of developers at the Bruno Kessler Foundation in Italy to develop bespoke mobile applications for rural service delivery. He has specialist knowledge on inclusive methodologies for digital technology research in marginalised contexts with rich and diverse cultural protocols.

Scholarship Publications

Sekalala, S., & Chatikobo, T. (2024). Colonialism in the new digital health agenda. BMJ Global Health, 9(2), e014131. https://gh.bmj.com/content/9/2/e014131

Loewenson, R., Sekalala, S., & Chatikobo, T (2024). Power, influence of and response to global private actors in health in sub-Saharan Africa. UNU.

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. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2020.1864000

Chatikobo, T., & Dalvit, L. (2021). Reflections on coloniality of power through digital technologies in a Global South context. Paper presented as part of the Digital Divide Working Group (DID) at the annual conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research, IAMCR Online 2021, hosted by United States International University - Africa, 11-15 July 2021.

Chatikobo, T., & Dalvit, L. (2020). Services, schools and skills: Mobile media and local development in a South African rural area. In Project and Design Literacy as Cornerstones of Smart Education: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development (pp. 219-231). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9652-6_20

Ciaghi, A., Chatikobo, T., 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). 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. Full paper presented at the 9th International Conference on Education Research and Innovation. 14 – 16 November 2016, Seville (Spain). 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