In the first episode of this seasonโs DEFDialogues in association with A-CODE we spoke with Ms. Chitranganie Mubarak, a digital society development expert from Sri Lanka who shed light on the massive economic crisis in her country and how people and civil society are protesting and fighting for change.
Rajiv Kumar congratulates the Digital Empowerment Foundation on completing 20 years and has a deep discussion about the future of digital in India.
In the third episode of the A-CODE DEFDialogue Anvita Abbi speaks about endangered languages in India and how they can be and are being documented.
Hear from Dr. Shahid Siddiqui, Development Practitioner on โSubverting Gendered Education through STEM for Girlsโ.
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 […]
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This Republic Day, TypeRight delves into how, despite the constitutional recognition of the country’s linguistic diversity, many languages are not given the resources they need to thrive – and how we can bring in digital inclusion to help the endangered languages. The world is home to more than 7,000 languages, many of which are in […]
Did you know Darjeeling Tea, Kolhapuri Chappal and Tirupati Laddu are GI tagged? This week’s TypeRight will take a dive into GIs and how local communities can make use of the GI tags and digital tools to have better livelihoods and convert their location into a destination. Let’s start with some basic definitions, and wikipedia […]
The UN has announced that 2023 would be the ‘Year of Millet’. What are millets, how do they differ from our more commonly used grains, and why should we focus on these grassy crops? This week’s TypeRight takes a look, and talks about what we at DEF the relationship and plan with the โdigitalโ and […]
First, Happy New Year to our readers! This week, we would first like to share several of those New Years posts through DEF and its associate handles. And then we will get on to the real issue of the phenomenon called ChatGPT. DEF’s Abner Manzar has travelled to over 200 villages across fifteen states in […]