DEF Dialogues

The questions and formulations on data use, discourses and discussions on datafication in society, and the questions of data are currently limited to either security or privacy. The most unconnected people are facing several exclusions and data systems or AI/ML are increasing this. This research initiative is trying to look into data justice, talk about…

Videos

Tamasha: Unveiling Rural Realities Through Nukkad Natak #Video-Stories Empowering Villages Through Technology #Video-Stories From Extractive to Reciprocal Co Creating Data with Speakers of Unwritten & Endangered Languages cop #Video-Stories Whose Citizenship Counts? | Exclusion of Transgender Persons in India’s Digital Policy Landscape #Video-Stories ReDEF’24 II Goutam Das Baul and Swapan Das Bairagyam II The renowned…

Articles and Publications

Advancing Data Justice By Digital Empowerment Foundation <Read the book> Charkha in a Box By Digital Empowerment Foundation <Read the book> Digital Literacy Media Information Literacy By Digital Empowerment Foundation <Read the book> Alfaaz Ki Mehfil 2024 By Satya Prabhakar 2024 Alfaaz Ki Mehfil 2024 <Read the book> Indian Internet in Late 90s and Contrast…

Swaraj, Sustainability, and the Digital: Reflections from the Learning Societies UnConference 2025

Each year, the Learning Societies UnConference (LSUC) convenes a diverse network of individuals and communities who challenge dominant paradigms of education, development, and social organisation. Far from being a conventional event, LSUC seeks to open a space to imagine and resist the monoculture of thought in order to rethink and imagine how institutionalised schooling, consumer-driven…

Digital Artisans of India Award 2023-24

India’s artisan community, numbering over 200 million, surpasses the population of all but six countries worldwide. This vast republic of artisans constitutes a pillar of India’s cultural and economic heritage, enriching traditions through diverse crafts and practices. The handloom industry, with 23.77 lakh looms and employing 3,522,512 workers, predominantly women, underscores its significance as the…

Bazm-e-Sukhan at Seven: Culture, Digital Futures, and the Ethics of Continuity

Bazm-e-Sukhan is nurtured under A-CODE (Art & Collective for Digital Empowerment), an initiative led by Centre for Development Policy & Practice (CDPP) in partnership with the Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) that foregrounds community knowledge systems, cultural agency, and ethical digital inclusion. A-CODE situates digital transformation within lived social and cultural contexts, emphasising that technology must…