Research Article Strengthening Metis Around Routine Health Information Systems in Developing Countries
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: James Scott argues that, in state interventions, there are signiªcant attempts to simplify, standardize, and make legible processes which, by deªnition, are too complex to realize such changes. Scott also argues that, as a result, many state interventions have led to large-scale tragedies. The alternative provided by Scott is to focus on metis—a form of local and practical knowledge which is aimed at local problem solving. In this paper, Scott’s notion of metis is ap-plied to public health information systems in developing countries to examine how the trend of traditional non-use of systems can be corrected. Two sets of implications are developed with respect to metis: the ªrst at the level of sys-tem design, and the second relating to institutional agency in creating an envi-ronment in which metis can ºourish. 1.
Authors: Sundeep Sahay, John W. Lewis
Institution: University of Oslo
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1493986668