Decolonial and Postcolonial Computing Research: A Scientometric Exploration

ABSTRACT Decolonial and postcolonial computing scholars focus on the relationship between coloniality and technology. While many recent empirical and design studies have adopted these theoretical lenses, these conversations are often disconnected. Through a systematic literature review, we seek to understand patterns within and between decolonial computing and postcolonial computing. As an early step toward that objective, this poster presents results from our preliminary scientometric exploration of 115 papers’ metadata and discusses research trends and popular publication venues in these areas. Using citation network analysis, we found smaller communities in decolonial and postcolonial computing scholarship based on their use of theoretical frameworks, objectives, types of papers, authors’ collaboration and affiliations, and research sites and populations. We conclude by discussing future research directions to bring these communities into conversations with each other.