CBPS organizes an in-office talk by Dr. Janaki Srinivasan, Assistant Professor at IIITB, on Thursday, 28 June 2018
The title of her talk was ‘Seeing Invisibility’. The abstract for it is given below:
Technology for development has a long history, from railroads to mobile phones. And if there is one thing we can learn from this history, much depends on the framing of the problem. How technology is used, whether it is used, who uses it, and what impacts it has. She discussed how the framing of problems has gone on to shape implications in several ICTD initiatives. Specifically, the focus on certain actors and assumed behaviors has ensured that others stay invisible in the framing process. She used diverse examples from her work, and that of her students, on financial inclusion, identity systems, and e-waste management, to trace the implications of this invisibility.